11 Years of The Serpentine Pavilion

Presents The 11 1 Serpentine Pavilion YEARS OF WHAT IS IT? SERPENTINE GALLERY The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, central London. The gallery was established in 1970 and housed in a classical 1934 tea pavilion. It takes its name from the nearby Serpentine Lake. MODERN + CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION PUBLIC PROGRAMS 750,000 The Serpentine Gallery annually commissions renown international architects to design and construct temporary pavilions, where they host special programs open to the public. One of the requirements is that the pavilions have to be designed by leading architects who have built nothing in Britain prior to this invitation. VISITORS/YEAR LOCATION HYDE PARH Knight Frank acts as the Serpentine pavilion real estate agent. The selling price for each pavilion usually doesn't cover more than 40% of the project cos. The rest of the funding for these pavilions comes from sponsors. КENSINGTON GARDENS Pavilions PRITZKER PRIZE WINNER 2000-2011 This 600 sqm tent was made with cloth stretched over a steel triangulated frame. The idea was to reinvent the idea of the marquee. It operated as a shelter for a fund-raising dinner. While it was supposed to only stay a week, it wasn't taken down until 3 months later. 2000 ZAHA HADID ? *It was bought by the Royal Shake- spear company and reassembled in the car park of Stratford Globe in 2001. It was later given to a local farmer. IRAQ Cecil Balmond + Arup: Cecil Balmond is a Sri Lankan - British designer, engineer, artist, architect, and writer. Balmond joined Ove Arup & Partners in 1968, where he became deputy chairman. Balmond has also been a creative force behind London's Serpentine Pavilion programme. Clad in aluminium panels the "Eighteen turns", as it is called, was inspired by origami. 2001 *Bought by an anonymous buyer and reemerged outside of Fota House in Cork, Ireland as part of its European City of Culture program. DANIEL LIBESKIND ARUP POLAND This 3rd pavilion had an underlying pattern based on an algorithm of a cube that expanded as it rotated. It was composed of solid, open, and glazed panels giving it a semi internal semi external feel. *Bought by Victor Hwang (then the owner of Battersea Power 32002 TOYO ITO + Station) and reused as a visitor's center for his proposed develop- ment there, Now it is used for events at his Hôtel Le Beauvallon in France ARUP This pavilion was made of steel and concrete and had a basement. 4 O2003 *Bought by an anonymous buyer for many millions. This anonymous buyer also bought pavilions by Siza, Koolhaas, and Eliasson with future plans to bring them back to the eye of the public. OSCAR NIEMEYER BRAZIL Plans for this pavilion proved to be too costly and were never completed. $2004 MVRDV INTERIOR Made of interlocking laminated timber, the roof turned into sloping walls. 2005 ALVARO SIZA + 8 EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA Y PORTUGAL *Bought by an anonymous buyer. This pavilion was a gas filled balloon-like structure that was designed to rise in good weather, opening to bright views of the sky, and fall in bad weather to keep rain out. O2006 REM KOOLHAAS + CECIL BALMOND + ARUP THE NETHERLANDS *Bought by an anonymous buyer for roughly £750,000. This buyer also bought pavil- ions by Siza, Eliasson, and Niemeyer. This timber clad spiral allowed visitors to walk to the top, admire surrounding views and then walk back down. 2007 OLAFUR ELIASSON + KJETIL THORSEN + DENMARK *Bought by an anonymous buyer who also bought pavilions by Siza, Koolhaas, and Niemeyer. Made of chunky pieces of timber, and flying planes of wood and glass, it was anchored by four massive steel columns. 2008 FRANK GEHRY CANADA Bought by an anonymous buyer. This thin, free form aluminium roof drifts like smoke between the park's trees. The reflection of the sky and park created an expanding sensation. 0 2009 KAZUYO SEJIMA RYUE NISHIZAWA JAPAN *Bought by an anonymous buyer. The pavilion is made of light-weight materials and dramatic metal cantilevered structures. The vivid red reflects iconic British images of buses and phone boxes. O2010 JEAN NOUVEL Y FRANCE *Bought by an anonymous buyer. FLOOR PLAN Based on the theme hortus conclusus, this pavilion is a contemplative room, a garden within a garden. 22011 PETER ZUMTHOR Y SWITZERLAND How Many of the Architects Built in London after their Pavilion Was Fea- tured in the Gallery? PRITZKER PRIZE RELATION % WHO WON BEFORE OR AFTER THE (27% 72% SERPENTINE PAVILION 67% 33% OF ARCHITECTS OF ARCHITECTS BUILT IN LONDON AFTER THE SERPENTINE PAVILION HAVE WON THE PRITZKER PRIZE BEFORE WHO WILL DESIGN THE NEXT? Presents The 11 1 Serpentine Pavilion YEARS OF WHAT IS IT? SERPENTINE GALLERY The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, central London. The gallery was established in 1970 and housed in a classical 1934 tea pavilion. It takes its name from the nearby Serpentine Lake. MODERN + CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION PUBLIC PROGRAMS 750,000 The Serpentine Gallery annually commissions renown international architects to design and construct temporary pavilions, where they host special programs open to the public. One of the requirements is that the pavilions have to be designed by leading architects who have built nothing in Britain prior to this invitation. VISITORS/YEAR LOCATION HYDE PARH Knight Frank acts as the Serpentine pavilion real estate agent. The selling price for each pavilion usually doesn't cover more than 40% of the project cos. The rest of the funding for these pavilions comes from sponsors. КENSINGTON GARDENS Pavilions PRITZKER PRIZE WINNER 2000-2011 This 600 sqm tent was made with cloth stretched over a steel triangulated frame. The idea was to reinvent the idea of the marquee. It operated as a shelter for a fund-raising dinner. While it was supposed to only stay a week, it wasn't taken down until 3 months later. 2000 ZAHA HADID ? *It was bought by the Royal Shake- spear company and reassembled in the car park of Stratford Globe in 2001. It was later given to a local farmer. IRAQ Cecil Balmond + Arup: Cecil Balmond is a Sri Lankan - British designer, engineer, artist, architect, and writer. Balmond joined Ove Arup & Partners in 1968, where he became deputy chairman. Balmond has also been a creative force behind London's Serpentine Pavilion programme. Clad in aluminium panels the "Eighteen turns", as it is called, was inspired by origami. 2001 *Bought by an anonymous buyer and reemerged outside of Fota House in Cork, Ireland as part of its European City of Culture program. DANIEL LIBESKIND ARUP POLAND This 3rd pavilion had an underlying pattern based on an algorithm of a cube that expanded as it rotated. It was composed of solid, open, and glazed panels giving it a semi internal semi external feel. *Bought by Victor Hwang (then the owner of Battersea Power 32002 TOYO ITO + Station) and reused as a visitor's center for his proposed develop- ment there, Now it is used for events at his Hôtel Le Beauvallon in France ARUP This pavilion was made of steel and concrete and had a basement. 4 O2003 *Bought by an anonymous buyer for many millions. This anonymous buyer also bought pavilions by Siza, Koolhaas, and Eliasson with future plans to bring them back to the eye of the public. OSCAR NIEMEYER BRAZIL Plans for this pavilion proved to be too costly and were never completed. $2004 MVRDV INTERIOR Made of interlocking laminated timber, the roof turned into sloping walls. 2005 ALVARO SIZA + 8 EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA Y PORTUGAL *Bought by an anonymous buyer. This pavilion was a gas filled balloon-like structure that was designed to rise in good weather, opening to bright views of the sky, and fall in bad weather to keep rain out. O2006 REM KOOLHAAS + CECIL BALMOND + ARUP THE NETHERLANDS *Bought by an anonymous buyer for roughly £750,000. This buyer also bought pavil- ions by Siza, Eliasson, and Niemeyer. This timber clad spiral allowed visitors to walk to the top, admire surrounding views and then walk back down. 2007 OLAFUR ELIASSON + KJETIL THORSEN + DENMARK *Bought by an anonymous buyer who also bought pavilions by Siza, Koolhaas, and Niemeyer. Made of chunky pieces of timber, and flying planes of wood and glass, it was anchored by four massive steel columns. 2008 FRANK GEHRY CANADA Bought by an anonymous buyer. This thin, free form aluminium roof drifts like smoke between the park's trees. The reflection of the sky and park created an expanding sensation. 0 2009 KAZUYO SEJIMA RYUE NISHIZAWA JAPAN *Bought by an anonymous buyer. The pavilion is made of light-weight materials and dramatic metal cantilevered structures. The vivid red reflects iconic British images of buses and phone boxes. O2010 JEAN NOUVEL Y FRANCE *Bought by an anonymous buyer. FLOOR PLAN Based on the theme hortus conclusus, this pavilion is a contemplative room, a garden within a garden. 22011 PETER ZUMTHOR Y SWITZERLAND How Many of the Architects Built in London after their Pavilion Was Fea- tured in the Gallery? PRITZKER PRIZE RELATION % WHO WON BEFORE OR AFTER THE (27% 72% SERPENTINE PAVILION 67% 33% OF ARCHITECTS OF ARCHITECTS BUILT IN LONDON AFTER THE SERPENTINE PAVILION HAVE WON THE PRITZKER PRIZE BEFORE WHO WILL DESIGN THE NEXT? Presents The 11 1 Serpentine Pavilion YEARS OF WHAT IS IT? SERPENTINE GALLERY The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, central London. The gallery was established in 1970 and housed in a classical 1934 tea pavilion. It takes its name from the nearby Serpentine Lake. MODERN + CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION PUBLIC PROGRAMS 750,000 The Serpentine Gallery annually commissions renown international architects to design and construct temporary pavilions, where they host special programs open to the public. One of the requirements is that the pavilions have to be designed by leading architects who have built nothing in Britain prior to this invitation. VISITORS/YEAR LOCATION HYDE PARH Knight Frank acts as the Serpentine pavilion real estate agent. The selling price for each pavilion usually doesn't cover more than 40% of the project cos. The rest of the funding for these pavilions comes from sponsors. КENSINGTON GARDENS Pavilions PRITZKER PRIZE WINNER 2000-2011 This 600 sqm tent was made with cloth stretched over a steel triangulated frame. The idea was to reinvent the idea of the marquee. It operated as a shelter for a fund-raising dinner. While it was supposed to only stay a week, it wasn't taken down until 3 months later. 2000 ZAHA HADID ? *It was bought by the Royal Shake- spear company and reassembled in the car park of Stratford Globe in 2001. It was later given to a local farmer. IRAQ Cecil Balmond + Arup: Cecil Balmond is a Sri Lankan - British designer, engineer, artist, architect, and writer. Balmond joined Ove Arup & Partners in 1968, where he became deputy chairman. Balmond has also been a creative force behind London's Serpentine Pavilion programme. Clad in aluminium panels the "Eighteen turns", as it is called, was inspired by origami. 2001 *Bought by an anonymous buyer and reemerged outside of Fota House in Cork, Ireland as part of its European City of Culture program. DANIEL LIBESKIND ARUP POLAND This 3rd pavilion had an underlying pattern based on an algorithm of a cube that expanded as it rotated. It was composed of solid, open, and glazed panels giving it a semi internal semi external feel. *Bought by Victor Hwang (then the owner of Battersea Power 32002 TOYO ITO + Station) and reused as a visitor's center for his proposed develop- ment there, Now it is used for events at his Hôtel Le Beauvallon in France ARUP This pavilion was made of steel and concrete and had a basement. 4 O2003 *Bought by an anonymous buyer for many millions. This anonymous buyer also bought pavilions by Siza, Koolhaas, and Eliasson with future plans to bring them back to the eye of the public. OSCAR NIEMEYER BRAZIL Plans for this pavilion proved to be too costly and were never completed. $2004 MVRDV INTERIOR Made of interlocking laminated timber, the roof turned into sloping walls. 2005 ALVARO SIZA + 8 EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA Y PORTUGAL *Bought by an anonymous buyer. This pavilion was a gas filled balloon-like structure that was designed to rise in good weather, opening to bright views of the sky, and fall in bad weather to keep rain out. O2006 REM KOOLHAAS + CECIL BALMOND + ARUP THE NETHERLANDS *Bought by an anonymous buyer for roughly £750,000. This buyer also bought pavil- ions by Siza, Eliasson, and Niemeyer. This timber clad spiral allowed visitors to walk to the top, admire surrounding views and then walk back down. 2007 OLAFUR ELIASSON + KJETIL THORSEN + DENMARK *Bought by an anonymous buyer who also bought pavilions by Siza, Koolhaas, and Niemeyer. Made of chunky pieces of timber, and flying planes of wood and glass, it was anchored by four massive steel columns. 2008 FRANK GEHRY CANADA Bought by an anonymous buyer. This thin, free form aluminium roof drifts like smoke between the park's trees. The reflection of the sky and park created an expanding sensation. 0 2009 KAZUYO SEJIMA RYUE NISHIZAWA JAPAN *Bought by an anonymous buyer. The pavilion is made of light-weight materials and dramatic metal cantilevered structures. The vivid red reflects iconic British images of buses and phone boxes. O2010 JEAN NOUVEL Y FRANCE *Bought by an anonymous buyer. FLOOR PLAN Based on the theme hortus conclusus, this pavilion is a contemplative room, a garden within a garden. 22011 PETER ZUMTHOR Y SWITZERLAND How Many of the Architects Built in London after their Pavilion Was Fea- tured in the Gallery? PRITZKER PRIZE RELATION % WHO WON BEFORE OR AFTER THE (27% 72% SERPENTINE PAVILION 67% 33% OF ARCHITECTS OF ARCHITECTS BUILT IN LONDON AFTER THE SERPENTINE PAVILION HAVE WON THE PRITZKER PRIZE BEFORE WHO WILL DESIGN THE NEXT? Presents The 11 1 Serpentine Pavilion YEARS OF WHAT IS IT? SERPENTINE GALLERY The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, central London. The gallery was established in 1970 and housed in a classical 1934 tea pavilion. It takes its name from the nearby Serpentine Lake. MODERN + CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION PUBLIC PROGRAMS 750,000 The Serpentine Gallery annually commissions renown international architects to design and construct temporary pavilions, where they host special programs open to the public. One of the requirements is that the pavilions have to be designed by leading architects who have built nothing in Britain prior to this invitation. VISITORS/YEAR LOCATION HYDE PARH Knight Frank acts as the Serpentine pavilion real estate agent. The selling price for each pavilion usually doesn't cover more than 40% of the project cos. The rest of the funding for these pavilions comes from sponsors. КENSINGTON GARDENS Pavilions PRITZKER PRIZE WINNER 2000-2011 This 600 sqm tent was made with cloth stretched over a steel triangulated frame. The idea was to reinvent the idea of the marquee. It operated as a shelter for a fund-raising dinner. While it was supposed to only stay a week, it wasn't taken down until 3 months later. 2000 ZAHA HADID ? *It was bought by the Royal Shake- spear company and reassembled in the car park of Stratford Globe in 2001. It was later given to a local farmer. IRAQ Cecil Balmond + Arup: Cecil Balmond is a Sri Lankan - British designer, engineer, artist, architect, and writer. Balmond joined Ove Arup & Partners in 1968, where he became deputy chairman. Balmond has also been a creative force behind London's Serpentine Pavilion programme. Clad in aluminium panels the "Eighteen turns", as it is called, was inspired by origami. 2001 *Bought by an anonymous buyer and reemerged outside of Fota House in Cork, Ireland as part of its European City of Culture program. DANIEL LIBESKIND ARUP POLAND This 3rd pavilion had an underlying pattern based on an algorithm of a cube that expanded as it rotated. It was composed of solid, open, and glazed panels giving it a semi internal semi external feel. *Bought by Victor Hwang (then the owner of Battersea Power 32002 TOYO ITO + Station) and reused as a visitor's center for his proposed develop- ment there, Now it is used for events at his Hôtel Le Beauvallon in France ARUP This pavilion was made of steel and concrete and had a basement. 4 O2003 *Bought by an anonymous buyer for many millions. This anonymous buyer also bought pavilions by Siza, Koolhaas, and Eliasson with future plans to bring them back to the eye of the public. OSCAR NIEMEYER BRAZIL Plans for this pavilion proved to be too costly and were never completed. $2004 MVRDV INTERIOR Made of interlocking laminated timber, the roof turned into sloping walls. 2005 ALVARO SIZA + 8 EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA Y PORTUGAL *Bought by an anonymous buyer. This pavilion was a gas filled balloon-like structure that was designed to rise in good weather, opening to bright views of the sky, and fall in bad weather to keep rain out. O2006 REM KOOLHAAS + CECIL BALMOND + ARUP THE NETHERLANDS *Bought by an anonymous buyer for roughly £750,000. This buyer also bought pavil- ions by Siza, Eliasson, and Niemeyer. This timber clad spiral allowed visitors to walk to the top, admire surrounding views and then walk back down. 2007 OLAFUR ELIASSON + KJETIL THORSEN + DENMARK *Bought by an anonymous buyer who also bought pavilions by Siza, Koolhaas, and Niemeyer. Made of chunky pieces of timber, and flying planes of wood and glass, it was anchored by four massive steel columns. 2008 FRANK GEHRY CANADA Bought by an anonymous buyer. This thin, free form aluminium roof drifts like smoke between the park's trees. The reflection of the sky and park created an expanding sensation. 0 2009 KAZUYO SEJIMA RYUE NISHIZAWA JAPAN *Bought by an anonymous buyer. The pavilion is made of light-weight materials and dramatic metal cantilevered structures. The vivid red reflects iconic British images of buses and phone boxes. O2010 JEAN NOUVEL Y FRANCE *Bought by an anonymous buyer. FLOOR PLAN Based on the theme hortus conclusus, this pavilion is a contemplative room, a garden within a garden. 22011 PETER ZUMTHOR Y SWITZERLAND How Many of the Architects Built in London after their Pavilion Was Fea- tured in the Gallery? PRITZKER PRIZE RELATION % WHO WON BEFORE OR AFTER THE (27% 72% SERPENTINE PAVILION 67% 33% OF ARCHITECTS OF ARCHITECTS BUILT IN LONDON AFTER THE SERPENTINE PAVILION HAVE WON THE PRITZKER PRIZE BEFORE WHO WILL DESIGN THE NEXT? Presents The 11 1 Serpentine Pavilion YEARS OF WHAT IS IT? SERPENTINE GALLERY The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, central London. The gallery was established in 1970 and housed in a classical 1934 tea pavilion. It takes its name from the nearby Serpentine Lake. MODERN + CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION PUBLIC PROGRAMS 750,000 The Serpentine Gallery annually commissions renown international architects to design and construct temporary pavilions, where they host special programs open to the public. One of the requirements is that the pavilions have to be designed by leading architects who have built nothing in Britain prior to this invitation. VISITORS/YEAR LOCATION HYDE PARH Knight Frank acts as the Serpentine pavilion real estate agent. The selling price for each pavilion usually doesn't cover more than 40% of the project cos. The rest of the funding for these pavilions comes from sponsors. КENSINGTON GARDENS Pavilions PRITZKER PRIZE WINNER 2000-2011 This 600 sqm tent was made with cloth stretched over a steel triangulated frame. The idea was to reinvent the idea of the marquee. It operated as a shelter for a fund-raising dinner. While it was supposed to only stay a week, it wasn't taken down until 3 months later. 2000 ZAHA HADID ? *It was bought by the Royal Shake- spear company and reassembled in the car park of Stratford Globe in 2001. It was later given to a local farmer. IRAQ Cecil Balmond + Arup: Cecil Balmond is a Sri Lankan - British designer, engineer, artist, architect, and writer. Balmond joined Ove Arup & Partners in 1968, where he became deputy chairman. Balmond has also been a creative force behind London's Serpentine Pavilion programme. Clad in aluminium panels the "Eighteen turns", as it is called, was inspired by origami. 2001 *Bought by an anonymous buyer and reemerged outside of Fota House in Cork, Ireland as part of its European City of Culture program. DANIEL LIBESKIND ARUP POLAND This 3rd pavilion had an underlying pattern based on an algorithm of a cube that expanded as it rotated. It was composed of solid, open, and glazed panels giving it a semi internal semi external feel. *Bought by Victor Hwang (then the owner of Battersea Power 32002 TOYO ITO + Station) and reused as a visitor's center for his proposed develop- ment there, Now it is used for events at his Hôtel Le Beauvallon in France ARUP This pavilion was made of steel and concrete and had a basement. 4 O2003 *Bought by an anonymous buyer for many millions. This anonymous buyer also bought pavilions by Siza, Koolhaas, and Eliasson with future plans to bring them back to the eye of the public. OSCAR NIEMEYER BRAZIL Plans for this pavilion proved to be too costly and were never completed. $2004 MVRDV INTERIOR Made of interlocking laminated timber, the roof turned into sloping walls. 2005 ALVARO SIZA + 8 EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA Y PORTUGAL *Bought by an anonymous buyer. This pavilion was a gas filled balloon-like structure that was designed to rise in good weather, opening to bright views of the sky, and fall in bad weather to keep rain out. O2006 REM KOOLHAAS + CECIL BALMOND + ARUP THE NETHERLANDS *Bought by an anonymous buyer for roughly £750,000. This buyer also bought pavil- ions by Siza, Eliasson, and Niemeyer. This timber clad spiral allowed visitors to walk to the top, admire surrounding views and then walk back down. 2007 OLAFUR ELIASSON + KJETIL THORSEN + DENMARK *Bought by an anonymous buyer who also bought pavilions by Siza, Koolhaas, and Niemeyer. Made of chunky pieces of timber, and flying planes of wood and glass, it was anchored by four massive steel columns. 2008 FRANK GEHRY CANADA Bought by an anonymous buyer. This thin, free form aluminium roof drifts like smoke between the park's trees. The reflection of the sky and park created an expanding sensation. 0 2009 KAZUYO SEJIMA RYUE NISHIZAWA JAPAN *Bought by an anonymous buyer. The pavilion is made of light-weight materials and dramatic metal cantilevered structures. The vivid red reflects iconic British images of buses and phone boxes. O2010 JEAN NOUVEL Y FRANCE *Bought by an anonymous buyer. FLOOR PLAN Based on the theme hortus conclusus, this pavilion is a contemplative room, a garden within a garden. 22011 PETER ZUMTHOR Y SWITZERLAND How Many of the Architects Built in London after their Pavilion Was Fea- tured in the Gallery? PRITZKER PRIZE RELATION % WHO WON BEFORE OR AFTER THE (27% 72% SERPENTINE PAVILION 67% 33% OF ARCHITECTS OF ARCHITECTS BUILT IN LONDON AFTER THE SERPENTINE PAVILION HAVE WON THE PRITZKER PRIZE BEFORE WHO WILL DESIGN THE NEXT?