Contract Magazine - July/August 2018 - 120

Every year since 2000, the
Serpentine Gallery has commissioned a temporary pavilion by
a leading architect, including
Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas,
Frank Gehry, and Bjarke Ingels.
This year's pavilion, by Frida
Escobedo, will remain in place
until October 7.

Melding Cultures Through Material

Frida Escobedo's 2018 Serpentine Pavilion
blends British and Mexican design influences
Renowned for her knack for reviving urban spaces, 38-year-old Frida
Escobedo recently designed the 18th Summer Pavilion at London's
Serpentine Gallery, making her the youngest-ever architect to accept
the invitation to do so. Merging Mexican architecture with British
materials and history, Escobedo's courtyard design plays with the
interaction of light, water, and geometry.
"My design for the Serpentine Pavilion 2018 is a meeting of
material and historical inspirations inseparable from the city of London
itself and an idea which has been central to our practice from the
beginning: the expression of time in architecture through inventive
use of everyday materials and simple forms," Escobedo says.
Designed as an enclosed courtyard, the structure is comprised
of two rectangular volumes featuring walls of British-made concrete
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roof tiles layered in a lattice design. Evoking a celosia-a traditional
breeze wall common in Mexican architecture-the structure partially
obstructs the view to the surrounding park, blurring nature's blues
and greens and allowing light and air into the space.
While the outer walls align with the gallery's eastern facade
and the axis of the internal courtyard aligns with the north, the pavilion's
pivoted axis references the Prime Median line at London's Royal
Observatory in Greenwich. Reflective details, including the mirrorclad canopy underside and a triangular pool that aligns with the edge
of the roof, map time through the movement of light and shadow
throughout the day. -LAUREN VOLKER

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JULY/AUGUST 2018

PHOTOGRAPHY: PAVILION IMAGES BY IWAN BAAN 2018, ESCOBEDO PORTRAIT BY CUAUHTEMOC GARCÍA

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