London’s Serpentine Galleries has revealed Spanish architects SelgasCano’s design for the 15th Serpentine Pavilion. Headed by José Selgas and Lucía Cano, the award-winning studio is the first Spanish architecture practice to be asked to design the temporary Pavilion on the Serpentine’s lawn in London’s Kensington Gardens. The pavilion will be the studio’s first new structure in the UK.According to the Serpentine, the design render shows an amorphous, double-skinned, polygonal structure consisting of panels of a translucent, multi-coloured fabric membrane (ETFE) woven through and wrapped in webbing. It will feature multiple entry and exit points as well as a “secret corridor” that leads into the Pavilion’s stained glass-effect interior. The architects said that they based their initial concept for the pavilion on pure visitor experience. The duo began by looking at what the structure needed to provide and what materials should be used in a Royal Park in London. They then added their own architectural interests as well as the knowledge that the design needs to connect with nature and feel part of the landscape.“We sought a way to allow the public to experience architecture through simple elements: structure, light, transparency, shadows, lightness, form, sensitivity, change, surprise, colour and materials, the architects said. “We have therefore designed a Pavilion which incorporates all of these elements,” they added.
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