“A capsule in time” is extended in the north-south direction and has a central dish that can withstand the Bell Tower of Serpentine South. Inspired by parking traditions and arched garden, which filter soft daylight through leaves, the pavilion has four wooden capsule shapes with a translucent facade that diffuses and dapers. Central to the structure is a kinetic element in which a capsule moves and connects and converts the pavilion into a new room. When Tabassum imagined her pavilion, he thought about what she described as a “temporary” nature of the Commission. “[It] seems to us as a capsule of memory and time, ”she says. “The relationship between time and architecture is fascinating: between constability and inconsistency, birth, age and ruin; Architecture strives to survive time. “
The pavilion also relies on the history and architectural language of Shamiyana tents or judges. Similarly, the structures common in South Asia are an external fabric made of bamboo poles. They are often assembled for meetings and celebrations – perfect for the serpentine's summer programs. “In the Bengal Delta, the architecture is short -lived because the apartments change locations, with the rivers shift,” says Tabassum. “Architecture becomes memories of the spaces lived, which are continued by stories.”
The structure of Tabassum starts the milestone of the serpentine pavilion for the 25th year since the late British-Iqi architect Zaha Hadid started in 2000. In the infancy, the commission was mainly equipped with courageous starchitects-Oscar Niemeyer, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Zumthor and Jean Nouvel, and Jean Nouvel, and Jean Nouvel, and Jean Nouvel, and Jean Nouvel, and Jean Nouvel, and Jean Nouvel. Among them, however, has recently become an unmistakable Bellwether of promising practitioners in their career with global perspectives. Last year's commission went to Minsuk Cho from the South Korean company Mass Studies, which made a star -shaped structure for collecting and resting functions. Lina Ghotmeh, Theaster Tore and Counterspace have previously landed.
Since its company was founded in 2005, Tabassum has been social, politically and ecologically committed. In addition to buildings in Dhaka, where she lives and works, the practice of her company extends to research the environmental deterioration in Bangladesh, a country that is susceptible to the consequences of climate change. The studio also focuses on the role of architecture in combating living conditions for the marginalized individuals in the region to raise their living conditions. The previously designed Khudi Bari (“Small House”), a current commission for modular carbon-poor houses, which are located on structural bamboo and steel connections to facilitate quick assembly and disassembly. They were developed during the Pandemic lock for Bangladeshische citizens who lived in the sand beds of the rivers Jamuna, Meghna and Teesta.