2024-05-06T00:40:20-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150068560/2018-serpentine-pavilion-designed-by-mexican-architect-frida-escobedo-is-unveiled-ahead-of-friday-s-opening Mackenzie Goldberg 2018-06-11T15:45:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a5/a5367441cc5ba78ea4c2538c3d85f8e9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jun/03/frida-escobedo-serpentine-gallery-pavilion-2018-mexico-youngest-architect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">interview</a> with&nbsp;<em>the Guardian</em> earlier this month, Mexican architect, and this year's designer of the 2018 Serpentine Pavilion, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/678771/frida-escobedo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frida Escobedo</a> told Rowan Moore her focus for the commission was on&nbsp;&ldquo;how you feel inside the space, how you go about it in the moment.&rdquo; Opening this Friday on the Serpentine Gallery lawn in Kensington Garden, visitors will finally get the chance to experience what she's created for them: an enclosed courtyard composed of a lattice of cement roof tiles, featuring a shallow pool of water to ward off the Summer heat.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/62/622d20e78dcd2065080f9683237b1e57.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/62/622d20e78dcd2065080f9683237b1e57.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Serpentine Pavilion 2018, designed by Frida Escobedo, Serpentine Gallery, London (15 June &ndash; 7 October 2018) &copy; Frida Escobedo, Taller de Arquitectura, Photography &copy; 2018 Iwan Baan</figcaption></figure></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6d/6debf32e5104f27ed581414f6dbe681a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6d/6debf32e5104f27ed581414f6dbe681a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Serpentine Pavilion 2018, designed by Frida Escobedo, Serpentine Gallery, London (15 June &ndash; 7 October 2018) &copy; Frida Escobedo, Taller de Arquitectura, Photography &copy; 2018 Iwan Baan</figcaption></figure><p>The youngest architect to be given one of summer's hottest invitations, Escobedo is a welcom...</p>