Serpentine Pavilion 2012, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Herzog + de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, 2012. Detail of water filled roo

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The base of the pavilion is sunken beneath the lawn of Kensington Gardens, where the imagined previously buried foundations of the past eleven annual pavilions have been  unearthed and lined with cork to form a network of trenches. Twelve columns are positioned amongst these channels, representing each of the pavilions past and present, and supporting a circular roof. A pool of water covers the roof, but can be drained into an excavated well to provide an elevated viewing platform or dance floor. Cork-covered stools shaped like mushrooms provide seating for visitors underneath this canopy.

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