I popped along to the Serpentine Gallery this week to look at the new Summer Pavilion. Designed by Smiljan Radic, the Folly looks like a large chrysalis on top of some rocks. I'm not too sure that was the look he was going for, but the texture of the fibreglass structure really comes into it's own when you are inside. He was representing papier mache, and it definitely gave that effect.
Sharp LED lights with a "rubberised" diffuser snaked through the space, and distinctive cuts in the structure allowed views through to the surrounding park. A stark contrast to the Serpentine Gallery itself, it had an air of "the space ship has landed".
Probably not my favourite pavilion thus far on the outside, I loved the space on the inside.
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