Peter Zumthor: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011, London

Text: Krisztina Somogyi
Photos: Zsolt Czakó

The garden of Serpentine Gallery was one of the focuses of architectural interest for three months. Thanks to trustee Julia Peyton-Jones and generous sponsoring a pavilion functioning temporarily in summer for ten years was opened next to the tiny permanent exhibitional space which is the venue for a variety of events and meetings. The pavilion is designed in summer, constructed at the beginning of summer and is pulled down in autumn. For designing it celebrities were invited who had not yet have anything built in the United Kingdom. In 2011 it was Peter Zumthor’s turn. The author made an interview with him about the concept of the pavilion hiding an inner garden.