Serpentine Gallery 2013, by Sou Fujimoto

The architect Sou Fujimoto signed the 13th Summer pavillion of Serpentine Gallery, located in Hyde Park, London. This pavillion is the third one designed by Japanese architects, after the work made by Toyo Ito (2002) and Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa (2009). This concept has a history made over the years with the collaboration of architects like Siza Vieira, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Oscar Niemeyer, Herzog & de Meuron and Zaha Hadid.

This year's structure opens to the public in June 8th, and is described by its author as a mix between the natural and the artificial, Nature and Architecture, and between the existing and built elements. There's a clear parallelism with some of Fujimoto's projects, like N House, project published in our blog in March.

Sou Fujimoto to design the 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

"Today, the Serpentine Gallery announced the architect that will design the 13th edition of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. Every year the gallery invites a renowned international architects who have not built yet in the UK, to design a temporary pavilion that hosts public activities in at the Gallery’s lawn, in London’s Hyde Park between June and October. The list of architects for the past editions includes several Pritzker laureates.

The Japanese architect based in Tokyo established his firm Sou Fujimoto Architects back in 2000. He graduated from the Department of Architecture at the University of Tokyo in 1994, and has been a lecturer at Kyoto University since 2007. With a solid trajectory in residential and cultural projects, the firm has consistently shown a unique and innovative approach to the spatial qualities within his buildings, exploring new ways of housing design, space and materials."

- text from ArchDaily.com

Sou Fujimoto