The author of the Serpentine Gallery summer pavilion 2014 will be Smiljan Radic

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The Serpentine Gallery

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Tisková zpráva
13.03.2014 15:00

The Serpentine Gallery in London announced that the author of the 14th summer pavilion will be the Chilean architect Smiljan Radic, who adds about his design resembling a translucent dolmen: “From the outside, visitors will see a fragile shell resting on boulders made of quarry stone. This white translucent mantle made of fiberglass will create an interior space arranged around an empty courtyard, where it will appear lower while also giving the impression that it is all floating. The translucent glass fibers will allow the object to glow after dark, and at night, the yellow light will attract passersby just as lamps attract moths.”
Smiljan Radic perfectly meets the Serpentine Gallery's requirement that the summer pavilion must be the architect's first realization on English soil. This Chilean native has not built much outside of his homeland yet.
Director Julia Peyton-Jones, along with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, adds: “We have been fascinated by Smiljan Radic’s work since our first meeting at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2011. Radic is a key figure in today’s amazing architectural explosion in Chile. On one hand, he is mysteriously archaic and, in the best sense of the word, romantically whimsical. Yet Radic’s pavilion project is also excitingly futuristic. As a result, it appears as an alien body that has landed at a Neolithic site. We can’t wait for the pavilion to open in front of the Serpentine Gallery.”
Radic's unconventional project will be on view from June 26 to October 19, 2014.

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