Temporary architecture: The serpentine gallery pavilions


Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Mimarlık Fakültesi, Mimarlık Bölümü, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2013

Öğrenci: GONCA ZEYNEP TUNÇBİLEK

Danışman: AYŞEN SAVAŞ SARGIN

Özet:

This thesis is a critical inquiry into conceptualizations of the term ‘temporality’ in architectural discourse. It is geared towards the expanding definition of the ‘temporariness’ as a pragmatic and intellectual source for architectural production. The Serpentine Gallery Pavilions between 2000 and 2012, given their acute embodiment of the concept of temporality, will be the subject and the object of this thesis. The Serpentine Gallery has provided the setting for annual pavilion design project since 2000, which will be investigated thoroughly with emphasis on its role in supporting transitory architecture. Along with the characteristics of the pavilions and their structural properties, the agents of the investigation will be architects themselves. The thesis introduces the idea of ‘experimentation in architecture’ as an inevitable component in the production and design of the pavilions, given the powerful relationship it forms between the domains of architectural research, discourse and practice. While offering new rules and classifications for architectural problem solving, experimentation produces a direction towards thinking to allow new concepts, new methods and new materials in architecture. It draws focus to the acts of searching, experiencing and opening of new possibilities related to space design. Experimental architecture is integrated with real-world conditions, and also can be evaluated as an agent to extend the borders of architecture as a discipline.