{"id":814325,"date":"2026-05-22T09:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/814325\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:58:22","slug":"lanza-atelier-channels-crinkle-crankle-walls-for-serpentine-pavilion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/814325\/","title":{"rendered":"Lanza Atelier channels crinkle-crankle walls for Serpentine Pavilion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Architecture studio Lanza Atelier<\/a> explains how the history of the Serpentine Pavilion informed the design for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion<\/a> in this exclusive video<\/a> interview produced by Dezeen.<\/p>\n

The studio is known for its experimental approach to pavilions, furniture and residential design.<\/p>\n

“Architecture, I think, exists in every scale for us \u2013 it has the same importance,” said Lanza Atelier co-founder Alessandro Arienzo.<\/p>\n

\"AerialThe pavilion references serpentine walls, also known as crinkle-crankle walls<\/p>\n

The studio’s design for the 25th anniversary of the annual Serpentine Pavilion commission, titled A Serpentine draws on serpentine walls, also known as crinkle-crankle walls \u2013 a type of English brick<\/a> garden wall.<\/p>\n

As its name suggests, the serpentine wall references the shape of a snake and features a one-brick-thick wall arranged in a winding formation.<\/p>\n

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“In the UK, between the 18th and 19th centuries, there was a strong tax on bricks, so people were looking for ways to use fewer bricks,” explained Lanza Atelier co-founder Isabel Abascal.<\/p>\n

“When you have a straight brick wall, you need to have at least two lines of bricks to prevent the straight wall from toppling down.”<\/p>\n

“If you have an undulating or wavy wall, the waves make that wall very stable, so you can have only one line of bricks,” she continued.<\/p>\n

\"ExteriorThis year’s pavilion is constructed using Sienna bricks arranged in a winding formation<\/p>\n

The pavilion is constructed using Sienna bricks, which are one of the most common bricks used for construction in the United Kingdom. This use of a local, long-loved brick was important to the designers.<\/p>\n

“The pavilion is built half with architectural history, and the other half is contemporary,” Arienzo said. “That dialogue, I think, is very important for us.”<\/p>\n

The studio also noted that it studied previous Serpentine Pavilions and found that none had been constructed using brick.<\/p>\n

\"InteriorThe layout was informed by the structure of serpentine walls<\/p>\n

The architects discussed how Mexico City has influenced the practice and its ethos.<\/p>\n

“[Mexico City], as everybody knows, is huge. Almost half of the city is self-built,” Arienzo said. “You can learn a lot of things from the built environment.”<\/p>\n

\"PortraitLanza Atelier was founded by architects Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo<\/p>\n

Experimentation plays an important role in the studio’s work and often involves a close engagement with local materials and lived experience.<\/p>\n

“It’s more about playing and getting to know the purpose of the project,” Arienzo explained.<\/p>\n

“At some point,…you realise the project is leading you somewhere, and you just have to follow.”<\/p>\n

Previous pavilions by Lanza Atelier include a circular platform draped by water-dripping chains<\/a> in the plaza of a Mexico City shopping centre and a temporary wood-and-steel structure<\/a> designed as a gathering space in the city.<\/p>\n

The Serpentine Pavilion<\/a> will open to the public from 6 June to 25 October 2026 at the Serpentine Galleries in London. See Dezeen Events Guide<\/a> for an up-to-date list of architecture and design events taking place around the world.<\/p>\n

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This video was produced by Dezeen for Serpentine Galleries<\/a> as part of a partnership. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Architecture studio Lanza Atelier explains how the history of the Serpentine Pavilion informed the design for this year’s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":814326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[108255,648,1032,96187,1033,6026,171,234977,2676,65083,92915,92916,178943,179950,234976,3470,67,132,68,143290],"class_list":["post-814325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-videos","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-bricks","tag-design","tag-england","tag-entertainment","tag-lanza-atelier","tag-london","tag-pavilions","tag-sectionall","tag-sectionarchitecture","tag-sectionvideos","tag-serpentine-galleries","tag-serpentine-pavilions","tag-uk","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-videos-by-dezeen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116617643650271849","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}