Minsuk Cho’s Serpentine Pavilion Recreates Korean Courtyards – SURFACE

Minsuk Cho and his firm Mass Studies unveiled their design for the 23rd annual Serpentine Pavilion this week, a structure of “five islands” inspired by madangs, the central courtyards typical of traditional Korean houses where everyday activities and communal rituals take place. Archipelagic Void also pays tribute to the Korean architect’s predecessors who’ve put their stamp on the pavilion over the years: Frida Escobedo, Bjarke Ingels, Sou Fujimoto, and the late Zaha Hadid all receive nods, as does Buckminster Fuller, whose geodesic dome was considered a symbol of “utopian living.” Throughout the structures, Cho references the circles, rectangles, and freeforms of past commissions.

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