Serpentine Pavilion by Sou Fujimoto; Picture of the week 28 September 2013

Every summer for the past 13 years, the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London, exhibits a new, temporary pavilion designed for the site by a noted architect. The new pavilion for 2013 is the creation of Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. This is not exactly weatherproof, being a white lattice structure, consisting of 500m cubes, with a hollow centre containing a smallcafé, but it's still summer in London and the fine weather has made Fujimoto's construction very popular.

The lattice encourages people to climb up, along certain designated pathways and who can resist a climbing frame? It's made of tubes, like scaffolding and is stronger than it appears. The colour gives the pavilion an almost transparent look which, combined with the overall irregular shape is intended to allow the structure to blend into the landscape and the sky. This is not quite the effect achieved but what is dramatic, apart from the obvious desire it creates in people to interact with the structure, is the constantly changing geometric patterns and altering views as you look through one cube and then another.

Sujimoto's pavilion is a great success, as a work of art it looks great and is popular. As a building, its limited functionality luckily suits the great summer weather London has had this year and overall the cloud shaped pavilion creates an exciting chance for the public to interact with the ideas of an award-winning architect.