Marina Tabassum’s 2025 Serpentine Pavilion Opens at Kensington Gardens | Architectural Record

The 2025 Serpentine Pavilion designed by Bangladeshi architect and educator Marina Tabassum and her firm, Marina Tabassum Architects, opens to the public in London this weekend. Named A Capsule in Time, it is the 25th structure in a series that began with a Zaha Hadid creation in 2000. With a monumentality that suits the milestone anniversary, Tabassum’s charming pavilion is composed of two half domes and two arches, arranged in the form of a capsule. Although a substantial piece of architecture—it is 24 feet tall and 36 feet wide at its widest point—her work manages the neat trick of also being an ephemeral, fun object for hosting summer events in the parkland setting of Kensington Gardens.

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