SelgasCano's Serpentine Pavilion opens in Los Angeles
The plastic-wrapped Serpentine Pavilion designed by Spanish firm SelgasCano has been rebuilt in Los Angeles as an events space for British co-working company Second Home.
Second Home, which provides studio and office space for creatives and entrepreneur, collaborated with the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) to move the colourful structure to city's La Brea Tar Pits.
The structure re-opened to the public as the Second Home Serpentine Pavilion on 28 June, four years after it was initially built at London's Kensington Gardens in 2015. It will be used to host free public talks, film screenings, and other events up until 24 November.
"The Pavilion will be a space for diverse communities and ideas to come together, and we can't wait to welcome everyone in," said Second Home co-founder Rohan Silva.
Second Home rebuilt the structure to celebrate the opening of its new Hollywood outpost ? which is also designed by Spanish architects José Selgas and LucÃa Cano ? later this year.
Mirroring its initial installation as the 15th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, it comprises a series of metal arches wrapped in a colourful plastic that creates different segments and a variety of openings. Some form large arched corridors, while others are more discreet.
The pavilion's skin is made from ETFE ? a kind of fluorine-based plastic that is transparent in some areas and opaque in others. When light hits the plastic it creates colourful "stained glass" m...
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