I wanted to design a structure that has an organic shape reflecting nature as the Serpentine Gallery sits right in the park. The construction is in aluminium with a technical tactile fabric laid on top of it to give it some warmth and texture. I am thinking of an intelligent fabric that I researched and which is called ‘power generating fabric. It is a fabric that harvests energy from solar and kinetic sources by embracing the potential friction that can result from mixing energy-generating materials with other fibers. I like the idea to use materials that are helping the environment. The fabric is highly flexible, breathable, lightweight and adaptable to a range of uses.

The pavilion is placed in the Serpentine Gallery as part of the annual Pavilion constriction. I liked to have interesting openings and that people can go from different sides and have different perspectives and views of it. There are difference in heights inside which make it more interesting and which also represent a different use. The higher part on the right is where the cafe/bars housed and the rest of the space is used for performance, theatre and lectures.

The curved aluminium ceiling has slots that act as skylights and are moving up and down. This way it creates beautiful regular shadows int eh interior space that changed according to different times of the day and the light hitting it. There is a constant play of light and shadow. It reflects nature that also changes form dark to light and vice versa.

The outside structure shall be used for video projections of video artists that are able to display their art on top of it. The idea is to experience low and high spaces entering the pavilion and deciding how to leave it.

Inside there are some structural colourful elements that divide the space but can be moved around on gliders. They are built in polycarbonate but can be staked as Legos mainly in square shapes. They allow for different use of the pavilion in case of performance and lectures. During the day the space stays mostly open and lets people flow in and out and at night the inside can be set up for various functions. I also envision long dinner tables where artists are cooks and bring different food of their various cultures of origin to the pavilion. Outside there will be seating elements built up of lego like structures so they can be rearranged as desired. Nothing is really fixed beside the main structure.

It is supposed to portray London as an open city where everyone is welcome. The pavilion is there to be enjoyed by families with children to young adults and individual people, excluding no one. There is no obstacle to enter and move around and all is fluid.

I like fluid shapes without sharp corners as they reflect more the human body and my pavilion is made for human interaction and enjoyment.