The Serpentine Gallery sees red with Jean Nouvel’s summer pavilion


The Serpentine Gallery in London's Hyde Park is well known for its iconic design exhibitions and this year's summer pavilion follows in the footsteps of the floating pool of water and dishevelled timber installations of previous years. The pavilions have established the Gallery as an international site for experimental architecture and help to draw some of the world’s leading designers to the UK. 


Designed by avant-garde infused French designer Jean Nouvel, his first work in the UK, the 10th in the gallery's summer pavilions is a bright red, angular, geometric construction that is planned as a distinct contrast to the grassy greens of Hyde Park. Using lightweight panels and cantilevered structures, the pavilion features a retractable awning and a twelve metre high free standing wall, which slopes precariously at a very sharp angle.


Inspired by the likes of the traditional British post box, the pavilion will be opened on 5th July and runs through to 20th October 2010, along with the random addition of a ping pong table that is bound to become a focal point on sunny afternoons in the park.


While Prince Charles is reputed not to be a fan of Jean Nouvel's anti-traditionalist work, but the Pritzker prize winner's temporary summer pavillion at the Serpentine Gallery is ready to bring new colour to Hyde Park.

 

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