Serpentine Pavilion 2019

Junya Ishigami gestaltete den Serpentine Pavilion 2019 aus einem Arrangement von Schieferplatten, die sich zu einer geschlossenen Überdachung fügen, und ließ ihn gleichsam aus dem Boden des umliegenden Parks herauswachsen. Das Innere des Pavillons bildet einen höhlenartigen Raum, gedacht als meditativer Rückzugsort. In der Gestaltung kommt Ishigamis Philosophie des „freien Raums“ zum Ausdruck, der es um eine Harmonie zwischen menschengemachten und in der Natur vorhandenen Strukturen geht.
This catalogue is published on the occasion of the 19th Serpentine Pavilion designed by Junya Ishigami. The publication presents an overview of Ishigami’s past projects, together with an extensive documentation of sketches and research material for the Serpentine Pavilion. Isabelle Gaudefroy, Director of Programing at Fondation Cartier, introduces Ishigami’s projects from the past decades and makes connections between his past projects and the design for the Serpentine Pavilion. Beatrice Galilee has written about Ishigami’s key concepts and ideas that he has been exploring in his practice. An interview between Hans Ulrich Obrist and Junya Ishigami offers the unfiltered voice of the architect, in which he talks about past and future projects as well as architecture in general.
Text: Beatrice Galilee, Isabelle Gaudefroy, Richard J. Gnodde, Junya Ishigami, Hans Ulrich Obrist