Junya Ishigami: ‘I want to make the sky’
Imagine a world where buildings don’t exist. A place with no rustic cottages nor gleaming skyscrapers, no classicism nor modernism, no preconceived idea of what a house or an office block should be. How would we make spaces from scratch if anything was possible?
Meditation on a roof: Junya Ishigami completes slate-topped Serpentine Pavilion
The 2019 edition of the annual Serpentine Pavilion comission in London’s Kensington Gardens has been completed. Designed by Japanese architect and artist Junya Ishigami, the pavilion comprises a large, sweeping roof form tiled with shards of dark slate. The roof rests on a thicket of slender poles.