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SelgasCano's 2015 Serpentine Pavilion

By Laura Mirviss
Tunnel Vision
Serpentine Pavilion 2015
SelgasCano
London
Photo © Iwan Baan
Tunnel Vision
Serpentine Pavilion 2015
SelgasCano
London
Photo © Iwan Baan
Tunnel Vision
Serpentine Pavilion 2015
SelgasCano
London
Photo © Iwan Baan
Tunnel Vision
Serpentine Pavilion 2015
SelgasCano
London
Photo © Iwan Baan
Tunnel Vision
Serpentine Pavilion 2015
SelgasCano
London
Photo © Iwan Baan
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Serpentine Pavilion 2015
SelgasCano
London
Photo © Iwan Baan
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Serpentine Pavilion 2015
SelgasCano
London
Photo © Iwan Baan
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Serpentine Pavilion 2015
SelgasCano
London
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Serpentine Pavilion 2015
SelgasCano
London
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August 16, 2015

Architects & Firms

SelgasCano

SelgasCano, the Madrid-based firm known for its playful buildings wrapped in polychromatic plastic, has applied its signature material to the design of this year's Serpentine Pavilion in London. The temporary structure is a steel frame clad in shimmering plastic webbing. The cocoon is formed from a double layer of ETFE, a fluorine-based membrane the firm has used in a number of projects, such as El B Auditorium and Congress Hall in Cartagena, Spain. The installation, the gallery's 15th, will be on view through mid-October. Located in Kensington Gardens, it worms across a verdant lawn near the Serpentine Gallery, housed in a former neo-Georgian tea salon.

 
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Laura Mirviss was a staff writer and editor for Architectural Record between 2012 and 2015.

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