Diébédo Francis Kéré's wooden pavilion is captured from above in this drone footage shot by Dezeen at the Serpentine Pavilion 2017 press preview this morning in London.

Kéré's structure is enclosed by curved walls made up of stacked wooden blocks and a slatted-timber canopy with an opening above a small courtyard.

The form of the roof is inspired by a tree in Kéré’s home village in Burkina Faso, which is used as a gathering place.

Lined with polycarbonate, the canopy is designed to act as a giant funnel when it rains, directing water into an oval well in the centre of the pavilion.

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