Upper Lawn, Solar Pavilion - Alison & Peter Smithson history and then nothing at all

and then nothing at all

while her life charted a rebellious course across three continents—from a childhood in 1930s South Africa to her education in 1950s England to teaching and practice in the United States

the “grands desseins” of a Platforme and a Ville Verte

It positions her expansive ethos—her self-identification as “a citizen of the universe” and belief that art education can be life enriching for everyone—as a catalyst for creative forward-thinking in the twenty-first century

Upper Lawn, Solar Pavilion - Alison & Peter Smithson history and then nothing at allIn 1958, the architects Alison and Peter Smithson bought a derelict cottage on the Fonthill Estate in Wiltshire, southwest England. Over the next four years they transformed it into a country home for their young family and an extended experiment in the methods and materials that would shape their practice; a pavilion drawing on the tradition of the English folly, known as Upper Lawn or the Solar Pavilion. Retaining the cottages original stone walls