Comments on: Serpentine Gallery pavilion by SANAA

By: MAD*arx

MAD*arx — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:01:47 +0000

apart from the surprising project in its simplicity, I also think it was the perfect response to a credit-crunched 2009

By: d

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:19:55 +0000

it took me a little to form an opinion on this- i was really unsure about those renderings – these photos are really starting to sell me on the project. – it is like a donald judd piece crossed with miesian elegance but almost more quietly graceful than either.

this is a really surprising project

that said- i still don’t like those renderings aesthetically, though i appreciate that they were convincing enough to get the real thing built

and i can buy into the dematerialization so much more now that i can see the materials and that they are not killing the super light ness of the concept

sanaa are good

By: Max

Max — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:47:53 +0000

Trust me Dan, it’s ali. It only looks that way because it is wet. It used 300 sheets of 3M x 1.5M x 3mm ali sheet.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:23:40 +0000

@ Hugo,

I think Vincent may be right and that it could be a concrete roof. Despite what the description says about the reflective roof, it is very clear from the images that while the ceiling/soffit may be reflecting, the roof is about at mirrored as a Rhino’s hindquarters. It does look as though concrete, or a cold-apply roof membrane has been utilized.

By: Eamonn Canniffe

Eamonn Canniffe — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:22:34 +0000

Looking forward to seeing it. I was impressed with their work at an exhibition at the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza four years ago. Here is a link to a film some of my students made of the New Museum in New York http://msafieldtripfilms.blogspot.com/search/label/SANAA%20Sejima%20Kazuyo%20and%20Nishizawa%20Ryue