The long dark corridor that opens out into a an internal garden. Plants include the Joe-Pye Weed that attracts bees and other insects to the area.
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011, © Peter Zumthor, Photograph: John Offenbach
This year’s Serpentine Pavilion has been designed by Peter Zumthor. The Swiss architect’s concept is the hortus conclusus, a contemplative room, a garden within a garden. Zumthor has created a beautifully peaceful enclosed space using plants and the wildlife they attract to bring a sense of calm to the busy outside world.
The hortus conclusus pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery , London runs until the 16th October, 2011
