Acclaimed Japanese architect, Sou Fujimoto has become the youngest architect to be invited to design the summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery at the age of 41. With infamous projects such as House NA featuring an almost wall-less façade and a tree house arrangement, the summer pavilion is a good example of his unique architectural aesthetic. The pavilion which opens tomorrow features a scaffold-looking structure with an organic cloud-like shape that resonates with the natural environment.
Concerned with the dichotomy between the natural and artificial, Fujimoto sets out to explore such contrasts as Jay Merrick of The Independent best describes, "It looks finished and unfinished, delicate and substantial, hard-edged and softly indistinct."
The interior, built to resemble a climbing cage, is Fujimoto's wish for the occupants to explore the structure and become mesmerised in "a seductive maze of perspectives that lead your gaze into the structure and then, very teasingly, turns apparently strict structural order into impossible visual riddles."
In all this chaos however, one can still remain sheltered with a cafe sitting safely underneath the transparent plastic discs above.
The Serpentine Pavilion will remain in front of the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens until 20 October 2013 so be sure to check it out if you happen to be around London!
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