Critics Laud Francis Kéré?s 2017 Serpentine Pavilion for Its Simplicity and Authenticity
London?s annual temporary architecture pavilion spectacular has returned. Each summer the Serpentine Pavilion program selects an accomplished architect who has yet to create work in the United Kingdom, and asks them to build a temporary shelter on the gallery's lawn. The resulting structure is erected in June and dismantled in October.
© Iwan Baan
London?s annual temporary architecture pavilion spectacular has returned. Each summer the Serpentine Pavilion program selects an accomplished architect who has yet to create work in the United Kingdom, and asks them to build a temporary shelter on the gallery's lawn. The resulting structure is erected in June and dismantled in October.This year?s offering is designed by Francis Kéré?the first pavilion designed by an African Architect to grace Kensington Gardens. Kéré?s project is composed of a series of curving blue walls shaded by an elliptical cantilevering wood and steel canopy. Thus far the design has been universally lauded by critics; read on to find out why they thought the project was so appealing.
© Laurian Ghinitoiu
?This simple structure is laced with countless stories of inclusivity which speak to a London in grief? ? Ike Ijeh, BDOnlineIke Ijeh places Kéré?s communal pavilion in the social context of the Grenfell Tower disaster, Brexit, and the divisive political climate that currently grips the capital city. Ijeh finds this year?s offering to be one of the ?most low-tech pavilio...
© Iwan Baan
London?s annual temporary architecture pavilion spectacular has returned. Each summer the Serpentine Pavilion program selects an accomplished architect who has yet to create work in the United Kingdom, and asks them to build a temporary shelter on the gallery's lawn. The resulting structure is erected in June and dismantled in October.This year?s offering is designed by Francis Kéré?the first pavilion designed by an African Architect to grace Kensington Gardens. Kéré?s project is composed of a series of curving blue walls shaded by an elliptical cantilevering wood and steel canopy. Thus far the design has been universally lauded by critics; read on to find out why they thought the project was so appealing.
© Laurian Ghinitoiu
?This simple structure is laced with countless stories of inclusivity which speak to a London in grief? ? Ike Ijeh, BDOnlineIke Ijeh places Kéré?s communal pavilion in the social context of the Grenfell Tower disaster, Brexit, and the divisive political climate that currently grips the capital city. Ijeh finds this year?s offering to be one of the ?most low-tech pavilio...
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