Inspiring architecture: Serpentine Pavilion 2016

The installation uses 1,800 fibreglass frames that extend to 12 metres. It has been described as the gallery’s most ambitious pavilion to date.  

In a digitally inspired approach to the unveiling of the pavilion, for those not able to visit London between 10 June and 9 October 2016, an unofficial virtual reality tour will be available to watch through studio Archilogic’s 3D model.

For this year’s pavilion, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels of BIG, has created a ‘cave-like’ space, which uses the ‘most fundamental element of architecture, and unzipped it’. 

The result is a shelf-like pyramid that goes from being bloated up to a sharp point, “we have attempted to design a structure that embodies multiple aspects that are often perceived as opposites: a structure that is free-form yet rigorous, modular yet sculptural, both transparent and opaque, both box and blob.”

The beauty of architecture in the twenty-first century is that there are no rules. And although there are trends, when it comes to creativity the possibilities are almost endless.

The annual Serpentine Pavilion programme, now in its 16^th edition, offers architects the chance to create their first built structure in the UK – transforming a concept into a physical, public spectacle.