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Serpentine Gallery Pavillion 2017, text from website copyright of serpentinegalleries.org
Summary
Diébédo Francis Kéré, the award-winning architect from Gando, Burkina Faso, was commissioned to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2017, responding to the brief with a bold, innovative structure that brings his characteristic sense of light and life to the lawns of Kensington Gardens.
Kéré, who leads the Berlin-based practice Kéré Architecture, is the seventeenth architect to accept the Serpentine Galleries’ invitation to design a temporary Pavilion in its grounds. Since its launch in 2000, this annual commission of an international architect to build his or her first structure in London at the time of invitation has become one of the most anticipated events in the global cultural calendar and a leading visitor attraction during London’s summer season. Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist and CEO Yana Peel made their selection of the architect, with advisors David Adjaye and Richard Rogers.
Inspired by the tree that serves as a central meeting point for life in his home town of Gando, Francis Kéré has designed a responsive Pavilion that seeks to connect its visitors to nature – and each other. An expansive roof, supported by a central steel framework, mimics a tree’s canopy, allowing air to circulate freely while offering shelter against London rain and summer heat.
Kéré has positively embraced British climate in his design, creating a structure that engages with the ever-changing London weather in creative ways. The Pavilion has four separate entry points with an open air courtyard in the centre, where visitors can sit and relax during sunny days. In the case of rain, an oculus funnels any water that collects on the roof into a spectacular waterfall effect, before it is evacuated through a drainage system in the floor for later use in irrigating the park. Both the roof and wall system are made from wood. By day, they act as solar shading, creating pools of dappled shadows. By night, the walls become a source of illumination as small perforations twinkle with the movement and activity from inside.
As an architect, Kéré is committed to socially engaged and ecological design in his practice, as evidenced by his award-winning primary school in Burkina Faso, pioneering solo museum shows in Munich and Philadelphia.
Serpentine Pavilion Architect's Statement:
The proposed design for the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion is conceived as a micro cosmos – a community structure within Kensington Gardens that fuses cultural references of my home country Burkina Faso with experimental construction techniques. My experience of growing up in a remote desert village has instilled a strong awareness of the social, sustainable, and cultural implications of design. I believe that architecture has the power to, surprise, unite, and inspire all while mediating important aspects such as community, ecology and economy.
In Burkina Faso, the tree is a place where people gather together, where everyday activities play out under the shade of its branches. My design for the Serpentine Pavilion has a great over-hanging roof canopy made of steel and a transparent skin covering the structure, which allows sunlight to enter the space while also protecting it from the rain. Wooden shading elements line the underside of the roof to create a dynamic shadow effect on the interior spaces. This combination of features promotes a sense of freedom and community; like the shade of the tree branches, the Pavilion becomes a place where people can gather and share their daily experiences.
Fundamental to my architecture is a sense of openness. In the Pavilion this is achieved by the wall system, which is comprised of prefabricated wooden blocks assembled into triangular modules with slight gaps, or apertures, between them. This gives a lightness and transparency to the building enclosure. The composition of the curved walls is split into four elements, creating four different access points to the Pavilion. Detached from the roof canopy, these elements allow air to circulate freely throughout.
At the centre of the Pavilion is a large opening in the canopy, creating an immediate connection to nature. In times of rain, the roof becomes a funnel channelling water into the heart of the structure. This rain collection acts symbolically, highlighting water as a fundamental resource for human survival and prosperity.
In the evening, the canopy becomes a source of illumination. Wall perforations will give glimpses of movement and activity inside the pavilion to those outside. In my home village of Gando (Burkina Faso), it is always easy to locate a celebration at night by climbing to higher ground and searching for the source of light in the surrounding darkness. This small light becomes larger as more and more people arrive to join the event. In this way the Pavilion will become a beacon of light, a symbol of storytelling and togetherness.
At the centre of the Pavilion is a large opening in the canopy, creating an immediate connection to nature. In times of rain, the roof becomes a funnel channelling water into the heart of the structure. This rain collection acts symbolically, highlighting water as a fundamental resource for human survival and prosperity.
In the evening, the canopy becomes a source of illumination. Wall perforations will give glimpses of movement and activity inside the pavilion to those outside. In my home village of Gando (Burkina Faso), it is always easy to locate a celebration at night by climbing to higher ground and searching for the source of light in the surrounding darkness. This small light becomes larger as more and more people arrive to join the event. In this way the Pavilion will become a beacon of light, a symbol of storytelling and togetherness.
Sophia Al-Maria: Taraxos
“ * - Every asterisk a star. Every star a clock. Every clock a chime. Every chime a warning. Waking a cell, then a seed, then the germ of a weed getting ready to flower. – Sophia Al-Maria
Sophia Al-Maria considers the dandelion an emblem of freedom and resistance, as each seed has the potential to become an agent of resilience and change. Inspired by the life cycle and geometry of the dandelion (taraxacum officinale), the sculpture taraxos is a model for understanding and listening to the world.
Taraxos is a meditative place for anyone to slow down time for themselves. Visitors can sit beneath and stand amongst a constellation of 12 metal achenes, which take the form of futuristic dandelion ‘seeds’, and listen to the sculpture. Activated by the wind, the sculpture can also be played by touching the stems which are covered in copper, a material selected for its antimicrobial qualities.
At the top of each achene the asterisk* appears as shorthand symbolising a dandelion seed’s bracts, below it is inscribed into the ground in reference to the navigational tool of a meteorological wind rose. The punctuation mark of the asterisk* is a motif in Al-Maria’s work which emerged from her screenwriting practice in which the asterisk indicates rewriting and revision. The central node of taraxos is a piece of reclaimed titanium from an airplane. This durable yet light material, ideal for air and space travel mirrors that of the seemingly fragile airborne dandelion seed.
The Serpentine x Modern Forms Sculpture Commission focuses on Serpentine’s immediate environment as a space for artists to engage with the landscape of the park.
Sophia Al-Maria was selected for this new public sculpture commission by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Melissa Blanchflower, Curator, Exhibitions and Public Art, Serpentine and Nick Hackworth, Director, Modern Forms.”
Text © The Serpentine Gallery 2021-22
Construction d'un bâtiment de bureaux.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Sud
Adresses : boulevard de la Mothe / rue des Cinq-Piquets
Fonction : Bureaux
Construction : 2024 → 2026
▻ Architecte : PPX Architectes
Permis de construire n° PC 54 395 23 00034
▻ Délivré le 11/10/2023
Niveaux : R+5
Hauteur : 22,00 m
Surface de plancher : 5 296,60 m²
Superficie du terrain : 1 834 m²
As the copper piping comes off the machine, it is coiled together to be stored and shipped to its next destination.
Sand martins have found a home in CEMEX Berkswell Quarry. Earlier this year the quarry created a special sand pile in the hope that these fantastic birds would create a home. Sand martins make an amazing journey every winter from the Sahara to the UK, to breed in piles of sand. They live in colonies, sometimes with over 100 pairs breeding on a single site. Hotel Berkswell Quarry is nearly fully booked for the season!
Discarded old pipes and tubing in a dark storage area of an old building.
Copyright 2008, Amy Strycula
From left: Jesus Gonzalez President CEMEX UK, Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Alejandro Castro, Foreign Minister Mexican Embassy discuss the latest conservation book "A gift for Nature" at the launch, Mexican Embassy London.
This book is the 20th in CEMEX’s conservation book series; an initiative which dates back to 1993. As a leading construction solutions provider CEMEX recognises the need to balance the production of building materials with the protection and maintenance of a sustainable environment. A Gift Of Nature has been published in partnership with Earth in Focus, Conservation International, International Union for Conservation of Nature, BirdLife International, Wildlife Conservation Society, The Wild Foundation, Nature Serve and Wetlands International. It provides an updated look at the past two decades, and calls for renewed attention to conservation using science and photography
ALPOLIC Aluminum Composite Panels Used On Interior Signage For Red Bull Music Academy Workshop fabricated by Vanmark LLC
Panel Manufacturer: ALPOLIC
Designer: The Ludlow Group
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Completion: Early 2012
image courtesy of © The Ludlow Group
Taken on Polipel Island in the middle of the Hudson, star trails in the background of the abandoned Bannerman Arsenal turrets.
12 minutes at f8, ISO 100
A shoal of fish illustrated in Oceans:Heart of our Planet, the 19th book in the CEMEX conservation series. Published by CEMEX in partnership with the International League of Conservation Photographers and Conservation International. The author is Christina Mittermeier. For more information see www.cemex.com/SustainableDevelopment/ConservationBook2011...
Construction de l'ensemble immobilier NANCYTY (Îlot C2A) comprenant des bureaux et un parc de stationnement dans la ZAC d'Austrasie à Nancy.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Est
Adresse : 57, rue du Maréchal Duc Victor de Bellune
Fonction : Bureaux / Stationnement
Construction : 2021 → 2023
► Architecte : HGA - Hubert Godet Architectes
► Gros œuvre : Bouygues Construction
PC n° 54 395 20 R0026 délivré le 05/08/2020
Niveaux : R+5
Hauteur : 19,00 m
Surface de plancher : 6 688 m²
Superficie du terrain : 5 645 m²