The white pavilion is easily spotted among the greenery, despite being new, feels like it’s always been there, and, while only being just over four metres high, is naturally the park’s focal point, in South East London.
‘We wanted to make an intervention that enhanced the park and connected it with the lake. The lake, up until now, was sort of forgotten,’ says Hari Phillips, director and founder at BPA.
According to Hari Phillips, the pavilion’s concave form emerged in response to the meandering pathways and sinuous landscape it’s surrounded by. As well as the lake, the building lies adjacent to the former Southwark Park Oval cricket pitch. ‘We started out with a volume and nibbled out circular geometries, then pulled the pavilion into shape around the lake,’ adds Phillips.
