Serpentine Pavilion 2015
Selgascano’s design for the 15th Pavilion, sponsored by Goldman Sachs, reveals an amorphous, double-skinned, polygonal structure consisting of panels of a translucent, multi-coloured fluorine-based polymer (ETFE) woven through and wrapped like webbing. Visitors can enter and exit the Pavilion at a number of different points, passing through a ‘secret corridor’ between the outer and inner layer of the structure and into the Pavilion’s colourful interior. The architects’ inspiration not only came from the site itself, but from the ways in which people move through London, notably the London Underground with its many-layered, chaotic yet structured flow.
Project Directors:
Julia Peyton-Jones, with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Galleries
Project Leader:
Julie Burnell, Project Leader
Curators:
Jochen Volz, Head of Programmes Emma Enderby, Exhibitions Curator, Serpentine Galleries
Technical Advisors:
AECOM with David Glover, AECOM, Thomas Webster, Michael Orr, Jack Wilshaw, Katja Leszczynska
Construction:
Ted Featonby, Alan Doyle, Stage One Creative Services Ltd
Consultants: Barnaby Collins, with Katie Smith, DP9
Project Advisors: Michael Bloomberg, Chairman, Serpentine Board of Trustees Zaha Hadid, Architect, Serpentine Board of Trustees, Colin Buttery, Director of Parks, The Royal Parks, Andrew Williams, Parks Superintendent, The Royal Parks Westminster City Council Planning Office, Hassan Lashkariani, Westminster City Council District Surveyor’s Office (Building Control), Jenny Wilson, Westminster City Council (Licensing Authority), London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, London Region, English Heritage
Friends of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
