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SelgasCano Unveils 2015 Serpentine Pavilion Design

Serpentine Pavilion 2015, designed by SelgasCano
Image © Steven Kevin Howson / SelgasCano
Serpentine Pavilion 2015, designed by SelgasCano
Image © Steven Kevin Howson / SelgasCano
SelgasCano's founders, José Selgas and Lucía Cano
Photo © Hisao Suzuki
Plasencia Auditorium and Congress Centre<br />SelgasCano<br />C&#225;seres, Spain<br />2013
SelgasCano
Cáseres, Spain
Photo © Hisao Suzuki
El B Auditorium and Congress Hall, 2011
SelgasCano
Cartagena, Spain
Photo © Iwan Baan
El B Auditorium and Congress Hall, 2011
SelgasCano
Cartagena, Spain
2011
Photo © Iwan Baan
El B Auditorium and Congress Hall<br />SelgasCano<br />Cartagena, Spain<br />2011
SelgasCano Unveils Serpentine Pavilion Design
El B Auditorium and Congress Hall
SelgasCano
Cartagena, Spain
2011
Photo © Iwan Baan
Factory M&#233;rida, 2011
SelgasCano
Badajoz, Spain
Photo © Iwan Baan
Factory M&#233;rida<br />SelgasCano<br />Badajoz, Spain<br />2011
SelgasCano Unveils Serpentine Pavilion Design
Factory Mérida
SelgasCano
Badajoz, Spain
2011
Photo © Iwan Baan
Factory M&#233;rida, 2011
SelgasCano
Badajoz, Spain
Photo © Iwan Baan
Office in the Woods, 2009
SelgasCano
Madrid
Photo © Iwan Baan
Office in the Woods, 2009
SelgasCano
Madrid
Photo © Iwan Baan
MIT
Photo © Iwan Baan
Amidst the Air: Installation at 13th Venice Biennale, Italy, 2012
SelgasCano
Photo © Hisao Suzuki
Serpentine Pavilion 2015, designed by SelgasCano
Serpentine Pavilion 2015, designed by SelgasCano
SelgasCano's founders, Jos&#233; Selgas and Luc&#237;a Cano
Plasencia Auditorium and Congress Centre<br />SelgasCano<br />C&#225;seres, Spain<br />2013
El B Auditorium and Congress Hall, 2011
El B Auditorium and Congress Hall, 2011
El B Auditorium and Congress Hall<br />SelgasCano<br />Cartagena, Spain<br />2011
Factory M&#233;rida, 2011
Factory M&#233;rida<br />SelgasCano<br />Badajoz, Spain<br />2011
Factory M&#233;rida, 2011
Office in the Woods, 2009
Office in the Woods, 2009
MIT
Amidst the Air: Installation at 13th Venice Biennale, Italy, 2012
March 25, 2015

Architects & Firms

SelgasCano

SelgasCano, the Madrid-based firm known for its buildings wrapped in polychromatic plastic, today unveiled its design for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion in London. The temporary structure—a multicolored cocoon covered in plastic webbing—will employ ETFE, a fluorine-based membrane that the firm has used in a number of projects, including its El B Auditorium and Congress Hall in Cartagena, Spain. The pavilion, the gallery’s 15th, will be on the grounds of the Serpentine Gallery from June 25 to October 18 and host a number of live events.

Says curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, “We can’t wait to go inside to experience the light diffused through the colored panels like stained glass windows.”

Click on the slide show for more renderings and a sampling of SelgasCano’s past projects, including Badajoz Conference Center, one of the firm’s earlier experiments with translucent plastic.

Check out our coverage of past pavilions, including Smiljan Radić's in 2014, Sou Fujimoto's in 2013, and Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei’s in 2012.

 



 

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