Marina Tabassum's 'A Capsule in Time' Opens as 2025 Serpentine Pavilion
The 2025 Serpentine Pavilion will be launched with 'A Capsule in Time,' designed by Marina Tabassum, marking the 25th iteration of this architectural project. This structure, inspired by South Asian Shamiyana tents and the Bengal delta, consists of four wooden capsules, one of which is mobile. Set to take place at Serpentine South in Kensington Gardens, London, the Park Nights program will run from June 6 to October 26, 2025. Tabassum's creation follows previous experimental pavilions by Sumayya Vally (2021), Theaster Gates (2022), and Lina Ghotmeh (2023). Established in 2005, her firm, Marina Tabassum Architects, is recognized for notable works like the Khudi Bari and Bait ur Rouf Mosque, which received the Aga Khan Award in 2016. The Pavilion embodies themes of cultural continuity and environmental vulnerability.
Key facts
- The 2025 Serpentine Pavilion, 'A Capsule in Time,' is designed by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum.
- It opens on June 6 and runs through October 26, 2025, at Serpentine South in London.
- The structure comprises four wooden capsules, one of which is kinetic.
- Tabassum's design draws on South Asian Shamiyana tents and the Bengal delta's geography.
- The Pavilion hosts the Park Nights program of interdisciplinary live events.
- Marina Tabassum Architects' Bait ur Rouf Mosque won the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
- This marks the 25th edition of the Serpentine Pavilion commission, established in 2000 by Zaha Hadid.
- Tabassum has held the Norman Foster Chair at Yale University and received the Soane Medal.
Entities
Artists
- Marina Tabassum
- Lina Ghotmeh
- Theaster Gates
- Sumayya Vally
- Rem Koolhaas
- Cecil Balmond
- Diébédo Francis Kéré
- Frida Escobedo
- Junya Ishigami
- Dame Zaha Hadid
- Bettina Korek
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Anna Müller
- Iwan Baan
Institutions
- Serpentine Pavilion
- Serpentine South
- Serpentine
- Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA)
- Counterspace
- Venice Architecture Biennale
- Delft University of Technology
- Yale University
- French Academy of Architecture
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture
- Aesthetica Magazine
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Kensington Gardens
- Bangladesh
- Bengal delta
- Chicago
- Dhaka
- Jamuna River
- Meghna River
- Teesta River
- Venice
- Italy