Four temple-inspired Summer Houses built to accompany BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Architects Kunlé Adeyemi, Asif Khan, Yona Friedman and Barkow Leibinger have each unveiled a Summer House at London's Serpentine Gallery, taking inspiration from a Neoclassical temple nearby (+ slideshow).
The four architects have created structures to reference Queen Caroline's Temple in Kensington Gardens, designed by architect William Kent in the early 18th century.
Kunlé Adeyemi is one of four architects who have designed a Summer House to accompany BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
The results feature a version of the building turned inside out and a structure made out of curled wood, as well as a maze of modular wireframes and a secluded courtyard designed to reflect sunlight.
The Summer Houses accompany the Bjarke Ingels-designed Serpentine Gallery Pavilion ? an "unzipped wall" of hollow fibreglass bricks, which was also revealed for the first time this morning. Each of the architects interpreted a nearby Neoclassical temple. Adeyemi's design replicates the proportions on a smaller scale
Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi designed his Summer House by distorting the form of the temple, creating what he describes as an inversion. It shares the same proportions but is much more simple in its shape.
"We were fascinated by the form and the proportions of the temple, and basically looked at it and played around with it," he told Dezeen.
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