Article source: Studio Frank Havermans

This pavilion KAPKAR.SF-P7S is designed and built for a temporary Building Lab (BOUWLAB) organised by Stichting Fabrikaat. This foundation, based in the city of Nijmegen in the east of the Netherlands is specialised in organizing temporary place making projects. This summer they erected a small settlement along the new shaped river bank on the north side of the city to focus on alternative ways of building and living in a more self organised way and show it to a broader public. This client asked me to design a low budget pavilion meant to program discussions, forums, meetings, small scale exhibitions, lectures and other cultural events during the period of BOUWLAB. Specific wishes were that the pavilion should have a striking appearance, be demountable and transportable to their future location, project ‘GRID” in Nijmegen, that it would provide space for 50 people, and that enough daylight would enter the building. Another wish was that I should collaborate with a MCT, a new company that developed a clever building system called KNØP.

Image Courtesy © René de Wit architectuurfotografie

• Architects: Studio Frank Havermans
• Project: KAPKAR/ SF-P7S
• Location: Spiegelwaal, Nijmegen, Lent, Netherlands
• Photography: René de Wit architectuurfotografie
  
• Client: Stichting Fabrikaat Nijmegen
• Basic Construction: KNØP building system, Mesh Construction Technology, Elst
• Production: Studio Frank Havermans, Koos Schaart expeditions
• Funds: Mondriaan Fund, Bouwfonds Cultuurfonds, Municipality of Nijmegen
• Year: 2016

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