Pavilion as an architecture of new placeness : a case of Serpentine Pavilion project

Figures & data

Figure 1. Dwelling capsule concept in “Cushicle and Suitaloon”, 1967.

Table 1. The Serpentine gallery’s Pavilion project.

Years	Architects	Image	Representation	Years	Architects	Image	Representation
2000	Zaha Hadid		Morphological approach, which reinterprets the primitive tent-form pavilion	2010	Jean Nouvel		Showing the context and memory of a space through classic British icons
2001	Daniel Libeskin		Experiment with deconstructivism by creating a single roof with an irregular form	2011	Peter Zumthor		Highlighting the atmosphere of a space through reinterpretation of materials, proximity to the ground surface and tactile experience
2002	Toyo Ito		Experiment with exoskeleton, single crust by algorithm	2012	Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei		The symbolic role of connecting the past and the present through an archeological excavation and exhibition of the vestige of the old pavilion
2003	Oscar Niemeyer		Expression of movements and lines by combining floor-façade-roof	2013	Sou Fujimoto		The tectonic of thin white steel pipes expresses ephemeral modern phenomena.
2004	MVRDV(unbuilt)		Emphasis on the symbolic role of the agenda of sustainability by renewing the original space	2014	Smiljan Radić		Combination of local materials with tensile structure
2005	Álvaro Siza & Eduardo Souto de Moura		Technological tent structure by grid module and new material	2015	SelgasCano		Delivering the message of design needs to connect with nature and feel part of the landscape by presenting new architectural experiences to the public through new typology and materials
2006	Rem Koolhaas		New materiality and tectonic suggesting antigravity form	2016	BIG- Bjarke Ingels		Experiment with create any imaginable form using mass-produced elements
2007	Olafur Eliasson & Kjetil Thorsen		Exclusive possession of the environment through visualization of ascending circular movement	2017	Diébédo Francis Kéré		Proposing an environmental agenda through local materials, tectonic and ecological design
2008	Frank Gehry		Timber structures, garden parties, a flock of butterflies, and a military catapult created by Leonardo da Vinci to present a new space based on tectonic	2018	Frida Escobedo		Highlighting the atmosphere of a space through reinterpretation of materials, proximity to the ground surface and tactile experience
2009	SANAA		Providing a neutral space through reflective materials and extending horizontal roof canopy	2019	Junya Ishigami		Homogenization of nature and artificial construction using sustainable materials in an innovative structure
				2020	Counterspace		Discourse to deploy environmental issues by using recycled materials

Figure 2. Serpentine Gallery Pavilion as a tectonic notion (a) Zumthor (2011); (b) Escobedo (2018); (c) Fujimoto (2013).

Figure 3. Serpentine gallery Pavilion as a combination of tectonic and representation (a) Radić (2014); (b) Kéré (2017).

Figure 4. Serpentine Pavilions as an imagery reproduction (a) Libeskind (2001); (b) Zaha Hadid (2000); (c) Toyo Ito (2002); (d) SANAA (2009); (e) Eliason & Thorsen (2007).

Figure 5. Serpentine gallery Pavilion as a place for discourse for social problems (a) Kéré (2017); (b) Escobedo (2018); (c) Counterspace (2020).

Figure 6. Serpentine Pavilions as an emphasis on the curtain and surface surrounding the body of a structure (a) Ito (2002); (b) OMA (2006); (c) SelgasCano (2015).

Figure 7. The origins of buildings and orders.” Sir William Chambers (1722–1796). Primitive buildings of conical and cubic form c.1757.