
Serpentine Pavilion 2012, London
The haphazardly arranged tiers and pathways of this year’s Serpentine Pavilion offer a shady area to sit on a hot afternoon in London. Children looking for adventure charge through cork-lined gangways and leap over steps. Adults drink, read, talk and sleep – as adults do. The pavilion mutually lends itself to all of these arrangements. The layout is not completely haphazard, it has been designed in response to the foundations of previous pavilions. And the most intriguing par