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| Figure 1 - Pavilion |
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| Figure 2 - interior of pavilion |
Toyo Ito’s design for the serpentine gallery pavilion was chosen in 2002 in London. Intricate triangular shapes and glass panels are used to create the pavilion which when complete is a simple cube form. After the competition the winning pavilions stay in Hyde Park for a few months, but are then dimantled and moved to other places all over the world. Toyo Ito is one of the many big architects whose design has been chosen for the pavilion, other architects include Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, and apparently Peter Zumthor is to be designing the temporary building this year. The pavilion uses steel tubular lattice structure and the main materials include aluminum and glass. Toyo Ito has taken a great deal of time and consideration with this design to get everything just right. For example the lighting in the pavilion is spot on, where ever you are positioned inside you will be hit with natural light and even at night the pavilion glows in the dark, which is just cool. This pavilion is so simple, but yet so complex and it manages to look beautiful in whatever surrounding.
Figure 1 - Pavilion - www.arcspace.com
Figure 2 - Interior of pavilion - www.serpentinegallery.org
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