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SelgasCano to design 2015 Serpentine Pavilion

By Bustler Editors|

Thursday, Dec 4, 2014

José Selgas and Lucía Cano of SelgasCano. Photo courtesy of the architects.

SelgasCano of Madrid will be designing the fifteenth Serpentine Galleries Pavilion in London's Kensington Gardens. For the past 15 years, the Serpentine Galleries has invited architects like Sou Fujimoto, Jean Nouvel, Herzog & de Meuron with Ai Wei Wei, Peter Zumthor, SANAA, Zaha Hadid, and most recently Smiljan Radic to design the temporary outdoor structure, which continues to be an anticipated summer event every year.

Led by José Selgas and Lucía Cano, SelgasCano are the first Spanish architects to design the Serpentine Pavilion. Like every year, the outdoor structure must be a flexible multi-functional social space with a cafe. Design plans have not been submitted as of yet.

Scroll down further to learn more about the architects and their previous works.

"José Selgas and Lucía Cano, who formed the practice SelgasCano in 1998 in Madrid, have completed the majority of their buildings in Spain through a diverse range of commissions. The studio is currently working on a number of projects worldwide, including Pip House , Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles; the renovation of  Texas Square in Oranjestad, Aruba, Lesser Antilles; and La Canaria House, Mount Washington, Los Angeles.

Exhibiting at the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, New York , as well as MOT, Tokyo, and the Design Museum, London, SelgasCano was chosen for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010, curated by Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima of SANAA , architects of the Serpentine's 2009 Pavilion. SelgasCano has designed the interior of Second Home, a revolutionary new workspace for London’s creative industries in the heart of London’s technology quarter in Shoreditch.

Plasencia Auditorium and Congress Centre, Cáseres, Spain 2005/2013. Image © Hisao Suzuki

"While the architects have yet  to submit plans, previous projects – such as the amorphous Plasencia Auditorium and Congress Centre, Cáceres;  the light-filled harbour-side structure of El ‘'B’' Cartagena Auditorium and Congress Centre; the playful floating shapes of Mérida Factory Youth Movement; and the subterranean Office in the Woods – offer clues as to the direction they may take with this iconic commission.  SelgasCano’s work is characterised by a use of synthetic materials and new technologies, often rarely applied to  architecture. Taking inspiration from Luis Barragan and Richard Rogers, the architects use distinctive colours and references to nature throughout their designs. Their belief that architecture is secondary to nature also informs the design course on Nature and Climatology that they teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and their work on the Educational and Medical Pavilion in Turkana, Kenya."   

El ‘B’. Cartagena, Auditorium and Congress Centre, Murcia, Spain 2001/2011. Image © Iwan Baan
El ‘B’. Cartagena, Auditorium and Congress Centre, Murcia, Spain 2001/2011. Image © Iwan Baan
El ‘B’. Cartagena, Auditorium and Congress Centre, Murcia, Spain 2001/2011. Image © Iwan Baan

"SelgasCano, designers of the 15th Serpentine Pavilion, said:  'This is an amazing and unique opportunity to work in a Royal Garden in the centre of London. Both aspects, ‘Garden’ and ‘London’, are very important for us in the development of this project. We are in the middle of a garden, a 'Royal’ garden indeed, once divided in two and separated by a Serpentine. That garden clings in the middle of London. Garden and London (which best defines London?) will be the elements to show and develop in the Pavilion. For that we are going to use only one material as a canvas  for both: the Transparency. That ‘material’ has to be explored in all its structural possibilities, avoiding any other secondary material that supports it, and the  most advanced technologies will be needed to be employed to accomplish  that transparency. A good definition for the pavilion can be taken from J. M.  Barrie: it aims to be as a Betwixt-and-Between’.'"

Factory Mérida, Badajoz, Spain 2006/2011. Image © Iwan Baan
Factory Mérida, Badajoz, Spain 2006/2011. Image © Iwan Baan
Factory Mérida, Badajoz, Spain 2006/2011. Image © Iwan Baan
MIT. Photo © Iwan Baan

"The Serpentine is delighted that Goldman Sachs is the headline sponsor of this year's Pavilion. AECOM, in collaboration with David Glover, will again provide engineering and technical design services. While this is the third Serpentine Pavilion for AECOM, David Glover has worked on the designs for the majority of the Pavilions to date."

Amidst the Air, Installation at 13th Venice Bienale, Italy 2012. Image © Hisao Suzuki
Office in the Woods, Madrid, Spain 2006/2009. Photo © Iwan Baan
Office in the Woods, Madrid, Spain 2006/2009. Photo © Iwan Baan

Serpentine Pavilion architects to date are: Smiljan Radic, 2014:  Sou Fujimoto, 2013; Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, 2012; Peter Zumthor, 2011; Jean Nouvel, 2010; Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, SANAA, 2009; Frank Gehry, 2008; Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen, 2007; Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond, with Arup, 2006; Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura with Cecil Balmond, Arup, 2005; MVRDV with Arup, 2004 (un-realised); Oscar Niemeyer, 2003; Toyo Ito and Cecil Balmond  with Arup, 2002; Daniel Libeskind with Arup, 2001; and Zaha Hadid, 2000.

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SelgasCano to design 2015 Serpentine Pavilion

By Bustler Editors|

Thursday, Dec 4, 2014

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José Selgas and Lucía Cano of SelgasCano. Photo courtesy of the architects.

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SelgasCano of Madrid will be designing the fifteenth Serpentine Galleries Pavilion in London's Kensington Gardens. For the past 15 years, the Serpentine Galleries has invited architects like Sou Fujimoto, Jean Nouvel, Herzog & de Meuron with Ai Wei Wei, Peter Zumthor, SANAA, Zaha Hadid, and most recently Smiljan Radic to design the temporary outdoor structure, which continues to be an anticipated summer event every year.

Led by José Selgas and Lucía Cano, SelgasCano are the first Spanish architects to design the Serpentine Pavilion. Like every year, the outdoor structure must be a flexible multi-functional social space with a cafe. Design plans have not been submitted as of yet.

Scroll down further to learn more about the architects and their previous works.

"José Selgas and Lucía Cano, who formed the practice SelgasCano in 1998 in Madrid, have completed the majority of their buildings in Spain through a diverse range of commissions. The studio is currently working on a number of projects worldwide, including Pip House , Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles; the renovation of  Texas Square in Oranjestad, Aruba, Lesser Antilles; and La Canaria House, Mount Washington, Los Angeles.

Exhibiting at the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, New York , as well as MOT, Tokyo, and the Design Museum, London, SelgasCano was chosen for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010, curated by Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima of SANAA , architects of the Serpentine's 2009 Pavilion. SelgasCano has designed the interior of Second Home, a revolutionary new workspace for London’s creative industries in the heart of London’s technology quarter in Shoreditch.

Plasencia Auditorium and Congress Centre, Cáseres, Spain 2005/2013. Image © Hisao Suzuki

"While the architects have yet  to submit plans, previous projects – such as the amorphous Plasencia Auditorium and Congress Centre, Cáceres;  the light-filled harbour-side structure of El ‘'B’' Cartagena Auditorium and Congress Centre; the playful floating shapes of Mérida Factory Youth Movement; and the subterranean Office in the Woods – offer clues as to the direction they may take with this iconic commission.  SelgasCano’s work is characterised by a use of synthetic materials and new technologies, often rarely applied to  architecture. Taking inspiration from Luis Barragan and Richard Rogers, the architects use distinctive colours and references to nature throughout their designs. Their belief that architecture is secondary to nature also informs the design course on Nature and Climatology that they teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and their work on the Educational and Medical Pavilion in Turkana, Kenya."   

El ‘B’. Cartagena, Auditorium and Congress Centre, Murcia, Spain 2001/2011. Image © Iwan Baan
El ‘B’. Cartagena, Auditorium and Congress Centre, Murcia, Spain 2001/2011. Image © Iwan Baan
El ‘B’. Cartagena, Auditorium and Congress Centre, Murcia, Spain 2001/2011. Image © Iwan Baan

"SelgasCano, designers of the 15th Serpentine Pavilion, said:  'This is an amazing and unique opportunity to work in a Royal Garden in the centre of London. Both aspects, ‘Garden’ and ‘London’, are very important for us in the development of this project. We are in the middle of a garden, a 'Royal’ garden indeed, once divided in two and separated by a Serpentine. That garden clings in the middle of London. Garden and London (which best defines London?) will be the elements to show and develop in the Pavilion. For that we are going to use only one material as a canvas  for both: the Transparency. That ‘material’ has to be explored in all its structural possibilities, avoiding any other secondary material that supports it, and the  most advanced technologies will be needed to be employed to accomplish  that transparency. A good definition for the pavilion can be taken from J. M.  Barrie: it aims to be as a Betwixt-and-Between’.'"

Factory Mérida, Badajoz, Spain 2006/2011. Image © Iwan Baan
Factory Mérida, Badajoz, Spain 2006/2011. Image © Iwan Baan
Factory Mérida, Badajoz, Spain 2006/2011. Image © Iwan Baan
MIT. Photo © Iwan Baan

"The Serpentine is delighted that Goldman Sachs is the headline sponsor of this year's Pavilion. AECOM, in collaboration with David Glover, will again provide engineering and technical design services. While this is the third Serpentine Pavilion for AECOM, David Glover has worked on the designs for the majority of the Pavilions to date."

Amidst the Air, Installation at 13th Venice Bienale, Italy 2012. Image © Hisao Suzuki
Office in the Woods, Madrid, Spain 2006/2009. Photo © Iwan Baan
Office in the Woods, Madrid, Spain 2006/2009. Photo © Iwan Baan

Serpentine Pavilion architects to date are: Smiljan Radic, 2014:  Sou Fujimoto, 2013; Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, 2012; Peter Zumthor, 2011; Jean Nouvel, 2010; Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, SANAA, 2009; Frank Gehry, 2008; Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen, 2007; Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond, with Arup, 2006; Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura with Cecil Balmond, Arup, 2005; MVRDV with Arup, 2004 (un-realised); Oscar Niemeyer, 2003; Toyo Ito and Cecil Balmond  with Arup, 2002; Daniel Libeskind with Arup, 2001; and Zaha Hadid, 2000.

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