Minsuk Cho's 2024 Serpentine Pavilion encourages "physical, tactile relationship with architecture"
Architect Minsuk Cho describes the range of sensory experiences that his multipurpose Serpentine Pavilion offers in this video produced by Dezeen for the Serpentine Galleries.
Cho designed Archipelagic Void, a star-shaped shelter organised around a central opening, for the Serpentine Galleries' prestigious commission, which takes place in central London's Kensington Gardens every year.
The pavilion features five wings, each with a different purpose
According to Cho, the pavilion was designed to offer visitors a sensory experience of architecture.
"I like to have architecture you can sit on or listen to," said Cho. "You can really have a physical, tactile relationship with architecture."
"In my culture we take our shoes off, we sleep on the floor, we hardly have any furniture," he continued. "It's like an ever stronger kinship with architecture itself."
Read: Minsuk Cho unveils star-shaped Serpentine Pavilion that "provides many choices"
Cho also explained how the structure was designed to have a low impact on the environment, and to be easy to repurpose for a new location.
"The material that we used for entire pavilion is Douglas fir natural timber, and it came from 30 kilometres away from London," he said. "We used stone as a floor material and low carbon concrete."
"These materials are dry construction, easy to disassemble and take to the next site....
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