Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2003 in London, UK by Oscar Niemeyer

ArchShowcase

Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2003 in London, UK by Oscar Niemeyer

August 9th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Oscar Niemeyer

‘Imagine Garbo or Sinatra in their prime, and performing now. With this week’s opening of the 2003 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, just such a time-warping miracle is taking place.’ Evening Standard

Architect: Oscar Niemeyer
Name of Project: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2003
Location: London, UK

The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2003 was both simple and ingenious. Built in steel, aluminium, concrete and glass, its ruby-red ramp contrasted with the surprise of a partly submerged auditorium, affording views across the park. It also housed specially conceived wall drawings by Niemeyer. The Pavilion conformed to Niemeyer’s principle that every project must be capable of summary in a simple ‘sketch’ and that once the support structure is finished the architecture should be more or less complete.

Contact Oscar Niemeyer

Tags: London, UK

Categories: Gallery, Pavilion

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 at 6:26 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.