THE ASIAN REPUBLICS POST

This temporary pavilion is the latest collaboration between OMA and the Prada, with OMA having designed several of there ‘Epicentre’ stores in New York and San Francisco. The transformer opened in the grounds of Seoul’s 16th-century Gyeonghui Palace in April 2009 and was open for 5 months in total.
It housed art, architecture, film and fashion exhibits. Its three sided steel structure is covered with a tensile fabric which is both easy to change and translucent to allow light into the internal spaces.
The idea of a building changing, and not simply being one thing, is an extremely interesting one, which has been proven by the large amount of media interest in the project. It could be the next step for cultural temporary structures, maybe the Serpentine gallery’s yearly temporary pavilion will evolve and transform in the coming years.