Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2005
Álvaro Siza, Cecil Balmond2 July 2005 - 2 October 2005
Serpentine Galleries
London , United Kingdom
Serpentine Gallery Pavilions: Annual Architectural Commissions and Public Programmes
The 2005 Pavilion was based on a simple rectangular grid that was distorted to create a dynamic curvaceous form. It comprised interlocking timber beams, a material that accentuated the relationship between the Pavilion and surrounding park. A translucent polycarbonate covering allowed light to penetrate the Pavilion. This impermeable shell stopped 1.3 metres from the ground, so the structure appeared to hover above the lawn, poised like an animal with an arched back and taut skin, ready to pounce. The structure also mirrored the scale of the Serpentine Gallery and articulated the landscape between the two buildings.
- Title: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2005
- Creator: Álvaro Siza, Eduardo Souto de Moura with Cecil Balmond, Arup
- Date Created: 2 July 2005 - 2 October 2005
- Further Information: <a href="http://alvarosizavieira.com/">Álvaro Siza</a> <a href="http://balmondstudio.com/"> Cecil Balmond </a>
- Acknowledgements: Architectural Design Álvaro Siza Eduardo Souto de Moura with Cecil Balmond, ArupDesign Team Tiago Coelho, Eduardo Souto de Moura Architects Tiago Figueiredo, Eduardo Souto de Moura Architects Atsushi Ueno, Álvaro Siza ArchitectsStructural Engineering: Arup Cecil Balmond Lip Chiong Anthony Ferguson Andrew Hall Andrew Lawrence Hamish Nevile Martin Self Charles Walker Steve Walker António Adão da Fonseca, AFA Rui Furtado, AFA Raul Serafim, AFAProject Director: Serpentine Gallery Julia Peyton-JonesProject Leader: Serpentine Gallery Mark Robinson Project Organiser: Serpentine Gallery Rebecca MorrillProject Advisors Lord Palumbo, Chairman, Serpentine Gallery Peter Rogers, Stanhope Zaha Hadid, Trustee, Serpentine Gallery Bernadette Kenny, Estates Manager, The Royal Parks Simon Betts, Estates Manager, The Royal Parks Westminster City Council Planning Office Westminster City Council District Surveyor’s Office (Building Control) City of Westminster Planning and Transportation Department London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority London Region, English Heritage Friends of Hyde Park and Kensington GardensContractors Arabella Lennox-Boyd Bay Plastics Bovis Lend Lease Bowles & Wyer Clipfine Davis Langdon DB Construct DP9 Finnforest Merk Fixers Ltd GTL Partnership Ltd Hewden Irvine Whitlock John Doyle Group Keltbray Knight Frank Laing O’Rourke Penten Group Peri Ltd S. Design Screwfast Ltd SES Ltd Sikken Solar Century T Clarke William Hare Sponsor EurexAdvisors Arup Stanhope
- Type: Architecture
- External Link: Serpentine Gallery
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