Yellow Pavilion
The first week of the festival (Monday 1 – Sunday 7 June) kicks off with the Focus Country, Ireland, and New Horizon_architecture from Ireland opening two pavilions built by four Irish practices as part of a year-long initiative from ID2015 to promote Irish Design globally. Located in Lewis Cubitt Square, King’s Cross, these pavilions will play host to talks and workshops throughout the festival, and will provide a visual reminder of the international influences that inform London’s architecture. The Red Pavilion (by TAKA, Clancy Moore and Steve Larkin) explores architecture’s role as a background to the activities it contains, and the Yellow Pavilion (by Hall McKnight) explores how the phenomenon of the city is assembled from individual pieces, including bricks from a street in Belfast.
In response to this year’s theme of ‘Work In Progress’, the festival invites members of the public to consider the changing nature of workplace, encouraging them to question ideas such as whether co-working spaces mark the future of the workplace, and how workplace can influence well-being. The pivotal role of architects in the development of the workplace, and thus the landscape of the city, will be highlighted to the public in an engaging and varied way.
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson said:
"With so much development going on across the capital, Londoners are more acutely aware of architecture and its impact than ever before. This year's London Festival of Architecture promises some fascinating insights and debate about the challenges being addressed by the men and women who have designs on our cities."
