Photos of Sou Fujimoto's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Here's a full set of images from this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto (+ slideshow).
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Unveiled this morning, Sou Fujimoto's design features a cloud-shaped grid of steel poles with varying density.
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The sticks part to form two doorways and visitors can climb up onto transparent ledges within the structure.
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They can also sit at cafe tables and chairs underneath, sheltered from above by a layer of transparent plastic discs.
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The pavilion will open to the public from Saturday and remain in front of the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens until 20 October 2013.
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Dezeen published the first photos of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 from the press preview this morning, where Fujimoto explained how he wanted to "create a nice mixture of nature and architecture," adding "that has been the great interest for me these last ten years."
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See more architecture by Sou Fujimoto on Dezeen, including a house that looks like scaffolding and a library with shelves on the outside.
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The annual unpaid Serpentine Gallery Pavilion commission is one of the highlights in world architecture and goes to a high-profile architect who has not yet built in the UK. At 41, Fujimoto is the youngest to have accepted the invitation.
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Past commissions include Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, Peter Zumthor, Jean Nouvel, SANAA and Frank Gehry.
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See our handy guide to all the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions »
Watch our interviews with Herzog & de Meuron at last year's opening »
Watch our interview with Peter Zumthor in 2011 »
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Photographs are by Jim Stephenson.