{"id":19171,"date":"2019-06-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designdiffusion.com\/2019\/06\/24\/slate-for-the-serpentine-pavilion-2019-by-junya-ishigami\/"},"modified":"2019-06-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T22:00:00","slug":"slate-for-the-serpentine-pavilion-2019-by-junya-ishigami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designdiffusion.com\/en\/2019\/06\/24\/slate-for-the-serpentine-pavilion-2019-by-junya-ishigami\/","title":{"rendered":"Slate for the Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>The twentieth edition of the Serpentine Pavilion entrusted to the Japanese Junya Ishigami<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Every year the Serpentine Gallery sets up in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, London, a temporary architectural structure, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serpentinegalleries.org\/press\/2019\/06\/serpentine-pavilion-2019-designed-junya-ishigami\">Serpentine Pavilion<\/a>, entrusted to a renowned international architect. The architect chosen for 2019 is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnyi.jp\">Junya Ishigami<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Established in 2000<\/strong>, over the years, the Serpentine Pavilion has been designed by <strong>Zaha Hadid<\/strong> (the first ever), <strong>Daniel Libeskind, Toyo Ito and Cecil Balmond,<\/strong> <strong>Oscar Niemeyer, Alvaro Siza and Edouardo Souto de Mora with Cecil Balmond, Rem Koolhas with Cecil Balmond, Olafur Eliasson &amp; Kjetil Thorsen, Frank Gehry, SANAA, Jean Nouvel, Peter Zumthor, Herzog &amp; De Meuron with Ai Weiwei, Sou Fujimoto, Smiljan Radic, SelgasCano, Bjarke Ingels, Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9 <\/strong>and<strong> Frida Escobedo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Read also <a href=\"\/?p=98907\">Serpentine Pavilion 2018<\/a>, a project by Frida Escobedo<strong>Ishigami is the twentieth architect<\/strong> to design a Serpentine Pavilion, open to the public <strong>from 21 June to 6 October 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Pavilion takes inspiration from roofs, perhaps the simplest and most widespread architectural feature in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Junya Ishigami\u2019s \u201croof\u201d is made by arranging <strong>slates to create a single canopy roof that seems to emerge from the ground<\/strong>. The interior is a cave-like space, a refuge for contemplation. Ishigami\u2019s architectures always try to reconcile man with the surrounding nature, attributing \u201chuman characteristics\u201d to natural elements such as forests and green landscapes, a constant with his projects.<\/p>\n<p>The solidity of the material, as opposed to the floating shape, creates a contrast suggesting the idea of a light element that levitates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Junya Ishigami\u2019s Picnic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Among the many projects by Junya Ishigami, we can mention the installation for Interieur 2010, with the Family Chairs by Living Divani<\/strong>. On that occasion, the backrests of the chairs, of various sizes and shapes, were covered with white knitwear: caps for backrests, sweaters for seats and backrests, socks for the feet. Dressed in this way, <strong>the<\/strong> <strong>chairs were grouped to form families \u2013 parents and children \u2013 or groups of friends, as if they were having a picnic<\/strong>. [Roberta Mutti]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The twentieth edition of the Serpentine Pavilion entrusted to the Japanese Junya Ishigami Every year the Serpentine Gallery sets up in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, London, a temporary architectural structure, the Serpentine Pavilion, entrusted to a renowned international architect. The architect chosen for 2019 is Junya Ishigami. 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