US EditionDesigning the Serpentine Pavillion Is an Architect’s Dream Job. Meet the Woman Behind This Year’s Building | News Channel 3-12
- Marina Tabassum designed the 2025 Serpentine Pavilion, a modular timber structure located in London's Kensington Gardens.
- The design responds to a push for sustainability and longevity by creating a structure that can be relocated, reused, and repurposed.
- The pavilion’s pill-shaped volume stretches fifty-five metres with timber arches rising twenty-eight metres, enclosing a space framed by a Ginkgo tree.
- The structure divides into four wooden capsules with translucent polycarbonate façades; one section moves manually to connect parts for larger gatherings.
- Tabassum envisions the pavilion’s afterlife as a community space or library, reinforcing its purpose beyond temporary exhibition in response to global fragmentation.
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Designing the Serpentine Pavillion is an architect’s dream job. Meet the woman behind this year’s building
Since 2000, the summertime structure has been designed by celebrated “starchitects” like Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry. Now, the annual challenge has become a platform for emerging designers.
The architect Marina Tabassum from Bangladesh places a movable building with a ginkgo tree in the Kensington Gardens of London.
Behold London’s Serpentine Pavilion For Summer 2025, by Marina Tabassum
“Named A Capsule in Time, the Bangladeshi architect’s partially-sheltered pavilion, made from wood and polycarbonate, comprises four arched timber structures that take on the form of a ‘half-capsule’ and are organised around a central courtyard.” – Dezeen
Inside Marina Tabassum’s Serpentine Pavilion 2025: A Serene Masterpiece in Kensington Gardens - Yanko Design
Marina Tabassum’s 2025 Serpentine Pavilion gently commands attention in Kensington Gardens, its elongated form resting lightly among the trees. There is an immediate softness to the structure, a quiet invitation to step inside and linger. Inspired by ceremonial tents from South Asia and the lush canopies of summer parks, the pavilion is at once a
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