Pavilion Krimpenerhout by StudioFRAME

Groenalliantie Midden-Holland and Staatsbosbeheer asked Studio Frame to build a cozy pavilion that featured the facilities desired to picnic and protect themselves from the rain.

The web page region did not have current built-in factors that would put our design approach into context. In other words, we had to start from scratch: develop a completely new identification for the pavilion that could be a plant-based suit with its surroundings.

We take the ancient cultural values of the landscape as a starting point in this process.

During the design of the pavilion, we cited neighborhood factors such as the doors of the wood farm and the wild and grassy banks of the canal. By framing the design with such function factors, we have been able to offload an associative layer that captures the essence of the location.

In particular, this has provided the capabilities as an inexperienced roof for the pavilion which is made up of local grasses and grasses from the nearby Dutch meadows. The sample of oak bars and piles along the threshold of its roof refers to the doors of the conventional timber farm discovered at a certain time in the region.

The layout also aligns with numerous panoramic factors within the surrounding region, such as the hills guarding the building and to the right of the entrance to the paths. The end result is a coherent combination of paperwork and vegetation, and a brand new pavilion that appears absolutely at home in its surroundings.

Pavilion Krimpenerhout is a carefully integrated pavilion within the Krimpenerhout nature and exercise region, near Rotterdam in the interior of the Netherlands, designed by the FRAME study (Paul Voorbergen and André Middelkoop) and completed in 2019

Design Concept and Context

Developed in an open landscape without a current architectural context, the FRAME studio sought to create a form that would blend into its cultural-ancient environment rather than implement it.

Drawing ideas from conventional neighborhood factors, including the oak-bar farm gates, grasses along the banks of the canal, and lines of distant trees, the pavilion inspires a sense of belonging to its rural context

Landscape integration

The paperwork of the pavilion is a blurred transition between the car parking space and the open panorama, protected by 3 grassy hills that serve as a display and threshold

Its structural volumes and planting palette create a visible continuity with nearby canal edges, hedges and a plain topography, making the construction a natural part of the plant-based frame

Function & Atmosphere

The pavilion serves as a sheltered community center for picnicking, resting and protection from the weather, simple in programmatic terms, but closely anchored in the precise context of the website

It’s soft and open, with visually permeable oak trellis that allows you to transfer the day and a gentle breeze to glide through – developing a serene and cozy environment in music with the panoramic view.