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Serpentine Pavilion 2023: Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture

To coincide with the Serpentine Pavilion 2023 designed by Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture (9 June – 29 October 2023), Serpentine has co-published a catalogue with Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König.

The catalogue, conceived in close collaboration with Lina Ghotmeh and designed by Les Graphiquants, echoes and expands on the ideas that are central to the architect‘s practice.

The publication brings together texts and visual interventions by esteemed contributors from the world of architecture, art, photography and fiction who form part of Ghotmeh’s work ecosystem. Tracing Ghotmeh’s roots and heritage, Bernard Comment writes about the lived experiences of the architect in Beirut and how that inspires her practice. Beatriz Colomina writes about the correlation of architecture with nature and living organisms. Responding to the form of the pleated roof of the Pavilion, David Zilber presents a recipe for palm wine and discusses the connection between his practice of fermentation and spaces. Artist Ali Cherri contributed a piece of speculative fiction about a museum in Beirut, which chimes in with Ghotmeh’s approach to space-making. Serpentine’s chairman Michael R. Bloomberg also shares a recipe – in this case for a great building – and the security team who works in the Pavilion, Wayne Fuller, Keiron Dickinson, Gomma Ali Maged, Tunde Dobozi, Desider Pereira, express their thoughts on the principles of good architecture.

This catalogue also offers a moment to listen to a soundscape composed by Jad and Tarek Atoui for the Pavilion. Titled Dawn chorus, the piece is based on Ghotmeh’s sketches, drawings and reference materials. A selection of historical photographs by Fouad Elkoury narrates the history of places important to Ghotmeh. Two engravings by Simone Fattal are also featured in the book, depicting parts of the city of Damascus.

Alongside these compelling contributions is a selection of Ghotmeh’s watercolours, which are an integral part of her practice. To showcase the design process of the Pavilion, the catalogue also includes a series of images, sketches and drawings from the research wall in Ghotmeh’s studio. These spreads are juxtaposed with images of plants and the natural environment surrounding the Pavilion, illustrating the connection between architecture and nature. The publication also includes an extensive interview between the architect and Hans Ulrich Obrist, which introduces the practice and traces the research, development and ideas behind the Pavilion.

Edited by:

Alexa Chow

Natalia Grabowska

 

Contributors:

Michael R. Bloomberg

Ali Cherri

Bernard Comment

Beatriz Colomina

Fouad Elkoury

Simone Fattal

Hans Ulrich Obrist

Wayne Fuller, Keiron Dickinson, Gomma Ali Maged, Tunde Dobozi, Desider Pereira

Jad and Tarek Atoui

David Zilber

 

Designer: Les Graphiquants

Print: Lösch GmbH & Co. KG

Publisher: Serpentine and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Köln

Size: 17 cm x 25 cm, portrait

Pages: 188

ISBN  978-1-908617-81-1

Retail price £26

 


Lina Ghotmeh

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Lina Ghotmeh (b.1980, Beirut, Lebanon) leads her practice Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture in Paris, France and carries her works in the world at the crossroad of Art, Architecture & Design. Echoing her lived experience of Beirut – a palimpsest of unrest – her designs are orchestrated as an ‘Archeology of the Future’ where every project emerges in complete symbiosis with nature following a thorough historical and materially sensitive research investigation. 

Ghotmeh’s projects include the Estonian National Museum (Grand Prix Afex 2016 & Mies Van Der Rohe Nominee); ‘Stone Garden’, crafted tower and gallery spaces in Beirut (Dezeen 2021 Architecture of the year Award), Lebanon; ‘Réalimenter Masséna’ wooden tower dedicated to sustainable food culture in Paris (laureate of Paris’ call for innovative projects), France; Ateliers Hermès in Normandy, first passive low carbon workshops building, in  France; Wonderlab exhibition in Tokyo and Beijing & Les Grands Verres for the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. 

Ghotmeh is actively involved in the academic world and has lectured in institutions across the world. She is Louis I Khan 2021 visiting professor at Yale School of Architecture in United States and Gehry Chair 2021–22 at the University of Toronto, Canada. She co-presides the Scientific Network for architecture in extreme climates and is was a member of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 Jury. Among Prizes, she was awarded in 2021 the 2020 Schelling Architecture Prize, has received the 2020 Tamayouz ‘Woman of Outstanding Achievement’, the French Fine Arts Academy Cardin Award 2019, the Architecture Academy Dejean Prize 2016 and the French Ministry of Culture Award in 2008. 

Her work is currently exhibited at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum in New York and was previously shown at the MAXXI in Rome (2021–22) and the 17th Architecture Biennale in Venice (2021). Her projects have been published by Phaidon, RIBA, Domus and Architectural Record. 

Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture is a critically acclaimed, international firm of architects, designers, and researchers based in Paris. The firm was established by French Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh. Lina Ghotmeh is one of the industry’s leading international practitioners, having completed several award-winning projects, including the Estonian National Museum, winner of the AFEX Grand Prix 2016, and nominee of the Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2017. 

Her innovative and poetic work reveals a transversal and multi-disciplinary approach to architecture.

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