| Presented by | | | | | The Serpentine Pavilion is one of the architecture world's annual highlights. A temporary structure open to the public in London's Kensington Gardens, it's almost always a boundary-pushing piece of architecture designed by a world-renowned artist or architect.
This year's pavilion, Black Chapel, was designed by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates and has just opened. But beyond its striking cylindrical shape and light-spilling oculus, the design is probably most significant for what it lacks: No slave labor was involved in the creation of its building materials.
This is a disturbingly difficult achievement, as forced labor has been found to underpin the harvesting and production of many of the most common building materials. Read my story to see how this problem is being tackled, and how this year's Serpentine Pavilion is part of the solution.
— Nate Berg | | | | | |
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