Each year the pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery becomes more elaborate, and a bit more show- offy bonkers. Construction starts earlier and uses more site area. Fences go up with screening. Notices declare 'Keep out: construction site'. Large cranes appear even before the month of May is out. The whole thing screams art-vanity rather than intelligent site-responsive architectural reflection. Sustainable it ain't. If Julia Peyton-Jones (director of the Serpentine Gallery) thought about it, she'd challenge the architects to make the lightest touch they could imagine on the site. How about something needing no cranes or JCBs? Something that just appeared overnight... to delight.
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