Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum designs 2025 Serpentine Pavilion
Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum designs 2025 Serpentine Pavilion
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The Serpentine has announced this year’s designer of their Pavilion, which is always a must-visit for Londoners. The commission has been given to Bangladeshi architect and educator Marina Tabassum, and her firm Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA), with their 2025 Pavilion being titled A Capsule in Time.
Tabassum’s Pavilion will kickstart the 25th year of this historic commission, which began in 2000 with Dame Zaha Hadid. Hadid’s ethos of pushing the boundaries of architecture remains at the heart of the commission each year, and none more so than with Tabussum’s work.
It will be unveiled to the public at Serpentine South on 6 June 2025 with Goldman Sachs supporting the annual project for the 11th consecutive year, and looks like this will be a spectacular work. Excitingly, it has a kinetic element where one of the capsule forms is able to move and connect to another, meaning the Pavilion can transform from event to event.
Emphasising the “sensory and spiritual possibilities of architecture through scale and the interplay of light and shadow”, Tabassum’s design draws on the history and architectural language of Shamiyana tents or the awnings of South Asia. These structures are made up of an external fabric supported by bamboo poles and are commonly erected for outdoor gatherings and celebrations. The openness of Tabassum’s Pavilion similarly encourages visitors to mingle and connect.
