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cork used in serpentine gallery pavilion
Image© Iwan Baan

Building the Pavilion

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Building the Pavilion offers a unique insight into the conception and construction of the Serpentine Gallery 2012 Pavilion, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, and shows the European pair discuss their ideas.

This year's Pavilion is the 12th annual commission, which invites internationally renowned architects to build a temporary structure on the lawn in Kensington Gardens, in central London.

The series presents the work of an international architect or design team who has not completed a building in England at the time of the gallery's invitation.

The memory of past pavilions is recalled in the form of this year's structure, which invites visitors beneath the Serpentine Gallery's lawn to explore their hidden histories. The undulating landscape of this year's pavilion was designed by overlaying the footprints of the previous pavilions, with each column echoing an architectural element of a former commission.

The 2012 Pavilion is Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's first UK collaboration, providing the opportunity for the design team responsible for the celebrated Beijing National Stadium, built for the 2008 Olympic Games, to work together again in London's Olympic year.

serpentine gallery pavilion
Image© 2012 Iwan Baan



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