It’s the summer of pavilions for architects José Selgas and Lucía Cano of Spanish firm SelgasCano. The duo, who were also responsible for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, have created (in cooperation with design firm Helloeverything) a pop-up building as part of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition “Africa: Architecture, Culture, Identity.” Located in the Danish institution’s sculpture garden, the structure, titled Louisiana Hamlet, is made from common materials—colorful scaffolding components and hard plastic sheets—and serves as a viewing space for three short films connected to the theme “building futures.”
The pavilion is similar in concept to the firm’s Konokono Center, used for vaccinations and education in Turkana, Kenya, which was built with students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Planning. At the end of the exhibition, the building will be shipped to Kibera, a neighborhood in Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, where it will serve as a school.
Through October 25 at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Gl. Strandvej 13, Humlebaek, Denmark; louisiana.dk
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