the summer pavilion
always worth a visit, and this year with the weather so nice n’all, you might want to make a family outing. resonances of summer solstices and coachloads of visitors this year’s effort is reminiscent of both mathmos lava lamp and neolithic monument. details below (courtesy of icon mag.)
the architect, chilean smiljan radic has an interest in the fragility of temporary, makeshift structures such as roadside stalls, something quite appropriate for the temporary, ephemeral, and experimental nature of the serpentine pavilion