Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009

Serpentine Gallery Pavilions: Annual Architectural Commissions and Public Programmes

The 2009 Pavilion resembled a reflective cloud or a floating pool of water, sitting atop a series of delicate columns. The aluminium roof structure varied in height, from wrapping itself around the trees in the park and reaching up towards the sky to sweeping down almost to the ground in various places. Open and ephemeral in structure, its reflective materials made it sit seamlessly within the natural environment, reflecting both the park and sky around it. The architects said: ‘The Pavilion is floating aluminium, drifting freely between the trees like smoke. The reflective canopy undulates across the site, expanding the park and sky.’