The design for the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion takes roofs, the most common architectural feature, as its point of departure and inspiration.

Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

ArchitectJunya Ishigami
Location: London, UK
Year: 2019
Photography: Ste Murray

Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

From the architect: It is reminiscent of roofing tiles seen around the world, bridging both architectural and cultural references through this single architectural feature. The roof of the Pavilion is made by arranging slates to create a canopy that alludes to nature. It appears to emerge from the ground of the surrounding Park.

Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

My design for the Pavilion plays with our perspectives of the built environment against the backdrop of a natural landscape, emphasising a natural and organic feel as though it had grown out of the lawn, resembling a hill made of rocks.

Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

This is an attempt to supplement traditional architecture with modern methodologies and concepts, to create in this place an expanse of scenery like never seen before. Possessing the weighty presence of slate roofs seen around the world, and simultaneously appearing so light it could blow away in the breeze, the cluster of scattered rock levitates, like a billowing piece of fabric.

Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

The interior of the Pavilion is an enclosed cave-like space, a refuge for contemplation. For me, the Pavilion articulates a ‘free space’ philosophy that is to harmony between man-made structures and those that already exist in nature.

Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

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Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

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Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami

The design for the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion takes roofs, the most common architectural feature, as its point of departure and inspiration...

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