Frida Escobedo Serpentine Pavilion sold to Therme Group
By Andrew Manns
Serpentine Galleries artistic director, Hans Ulrich Obrist and CEO, Yana Peel, called Escobedo's Pavilion 'a living timepiece in the park, powered by light and the Prime Meridian line'. Credit: Courtesy of Frida Escobedo
Frida Escobedo, the youngest person yet to design a temporary Pavilion for the Serpentine Gallery in London, has recently sold her creation to international spa and wellness company, Therme Group.
According to Architects' Journal, Therme Group, which is perhaps most famous for operating Therme Bucharest–the largest thermal leisure facility ever developed in Europe on a greenfield site–made overtures to and later reached a deal with Escobedo’s Mexico-based firm in order to incorporate the installation into its Therme Art Programme.
First launched in October 2017 at the Royal Institution in London during the Frieze Academy Art and Architecture Conference, the programme was initiated to promote large-scale, site-specific artworks and to–as with the ancient but enduring Roman baths–“enable the creation of a significant and long-lasting cultural legacy”.
In June, Therme announced it would be expanding its investment into global architectural works by partnering with Design Miami.
The Pavilion installation, which has been described as a "timepiece that charts the passage of the day" and a "beautiful harmony of Mexican and British influences" ran from 14 June to 7 October.
Award-winning Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has been commissioned to design the 2018 iteration of the ...
Frida Escobedo, the youngest person yet to design a temporary Pavilion the Serpentine
Gallery in London, has recently sold her creation to international spa and wellness
company, Therme Group.
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Frida Escobedo Serpentine Pavilion sold to Therme Group
By Andrew Manns
Serpentine Galleries artistic director, Hans Ulrich Obrist and CEO, Yana Peel, called Escobedo's Pavilion 'a living timepiece in the park, powered by light and the Prime Meridian line'. Credit: Courtesy of Frida Escobedo
Frida Escobedo, the youngest person yet to design a temporary Pavilion for the Serpentine Gallery in London, has recently sold her creation to international spa and wellness company, Therme Group.
According to Architects' Journal, Therme Group, which is perhaps most famous for operating Therme Bucharest–the largest thermal leisure facility ever developed in Europe on a greenfield site–made overtures to and later reached a deal with Escobedo’s Mexico-based firm in order to incorporate the installation into its Therme Art Programme.
First launched in October 2017 at the Royal Institution in London during the Frieze Academy Art and Architecture Conference, the programme was initiated to promote large-scale, site-specific artworks and to–as with the ancient but enduring Roman baths–“enable the creation of a significant and long-lasting cultural legacy”.
In June, Therme announced it would be expanding its investment into global architectural works by partnering with Design Miami.
The Pavilion installation, which has been described as a "timepiece that charts the passage of the day" and a "beautiful harmony of Mexican and British influences" ran from 14 June to 7 October.
Award-winning Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has been commissioned to design the 2018 iteration of the ...
Frida Escobedo, the youngest person yet to design a temporary Pavilion the Serpentine
Gallery in London, has recently sold her creation to international spa and wellness
company, Therme Group.
Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
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gathering of the Health & Fitness industry’s most influential leaders.
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strategic partnership with Serco Leisure, one of the UK's leading national operators of
leisure centres, destination venues and elite sporting facilities.
Eleiko has been recognised for excellence in collaboration and customer experience by Precor
for The Nordic Summit, a collaborative event that received the award for Best Marketing
Campaign in recognition of its execution, collaboration, and customer impact.