London’s Serpentine Galleries has announced that Bangladeshi architect and educator Marina Tabassum and her Dhaka-based firm, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA), have been selected to design this year's Serpentine Pavilion. Titled “A Capsule in Time,” it will be on view at Serpentine South at Kensington Gardens from June 6–October 26 and will host live cultural events and other activations.
MTA’s pavilion is inspired by, appropriately, park-going and garden canopies, as well as traditional Shamiyana tents and awnings found in South Asia. The open, wooden capsule-shaped structure is oriented around a central courtyard planted with a mature tree. With a facade clad in translucent material that diffuses and dapples sunlight, the pavilion features a movable arch form that allows for modifying the space.
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