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Case Study: Serpentine Gallery In London

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Serpentine history Sackle Photo 1: Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London, UK. The Serpentine consists of two galleries located in the Royal Park of Kensington Gardens in central London where both the gallery is separated by the Serpentine Lake. This gallery was opened to the public on 28 September 2013 and it was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the architectural shell renowned pioneer in designing iconic buildings around the world. The gallery received international recognition for excellence, inspired by the work of various artists, architects and designers for 44 years. Gallery name is inspired from the name of the gallery founder, Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler, who made Serpentine gallery Foundation for his contributions in the 44 years in which financing was led by Bloomberg. location Figure 2: Location Serpentine Gallery. The Serpentine Sackler …show more content…

It extends between and connects the perimeter ring beam and a set of five interior room roof high points. Instead of using perimeter columns, beams and trusses edge twisted ladder supported on three points. This detail is coherent with the overall character of the extension of the light touch intervention. The envelope was completed by the curved, frameless glass walls that cantilevers out of the ground to reach the edge beams and roof fabric. Photo 4: tapered columns to support the structure. Serpentine Gallery is kept constant pursuit of tension structures, using elements coated fiberglass fabric stretches between twisting roller coaster steel frame. They form a building where the roof meets the floor in one continuous surface means you see things that would otherwise be hidden. This ceiling is held on five pillars soaring stab in the room open plan, each rising to the opening of ovular that channel light down their concave shaft. Photo 5: Glass fiber texture and free flowing white canopy. Kain as a medium

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