German architecture and artist collective Raumlabor-Berlin welcome in the summer with their nomadic bubble pavilion.
A giant bubble-shaped pavilion may be coming to a park near you this summer. The impressive, mobile polyethelene structure, Portavilion: ROSY (The Ballerina) created by German architecture and artist collective Raumlabor-Berlin goes on a tour from May, taking in 15 of the capital's most treasured green spaces. The structure, commissioned by up projects will also be the venue for an innovative bunch of events by the likes of the London Festival of Architecture, Tate Modern, Sadler's Wells and the Roundhouse.
From the aerial shots, the whole thing resembles a inflated, slightly more oval, Mickey Mouse face, with two entrance pods and a 20m by 10m main arena which will all be tied down by meters of pink rope. The packed events programme will also feature several dance performances and open stage dance offs by up projects' five dance partners: East London Dance, English National Ballet, Greenwich Dance Agency, Sadler's Wells and Siobhan Davies Dance. The nomadic Portavilion will make its début appearance at Potter Fields Park on 20 May before being deflated and carted off to take pride of place in Burgess Park, Regent's Park, Kensington Gardens and a selection of parks within the five Olympic host boroughs.
The Portavilion will tour London Parks May-September.
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Image: Portavilion, Raumlabor, ROSY (The Ballerina) Design Concept, London 2010, Courtesy of UP Projects.
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