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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Floating Pavilion Meerstad in The Netherlands by LYVR architectenOctober 12th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: LYVR architecten Assignment New residential area Meerstad Bureau Meerstad is an organization that is responsible for the implementation of the plans for the new residential area “Meerstad”. This area is positioned around, and partially on, a newly-made lake. The development for Meerstad started a few years ago, the initial plan was to build 10.000 dwellings in this area. The plan will be achieved in approximately 25 years. The total planning area is gradually established, so the different residential areas can ‘operate’ on it’s own. “Meeroevers” is the first residential area that is being realized.  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten
 Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten Location “Meeroevers” is the first site the pavilion will be docked during the next few years. Afterwards it will sail along with the development of the plan and dock at at least two more sites. The pavilion The pavilion houses several offices, a sales / information center with an outdoor terrace facing the lake and a viewpoint on top.  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten Construction and architecture The initial idea was to compose the temporary building as a modular building system that would be positioned upon pontoons. This was rather challenging, partly because the building has a length of about 60 meters, and the pontoons tend to move more or less separately from each other. On the other hand the building should not tilt, therefore a stiff steel structure with counterweights is being used to keep the building in balance, in particular at the position of the first and second floorlevel. Nevertheless the facades are constructed and detailed in a such a way that still centimeters of movement can be captured in an acceptable way.  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten We have some experience with buildings based upon modular units. Although functionally these units are suitable for daily use, their facades are not designed to represent an attractive building for public use with a sales function. Therefore we designed a new second facade that is wrapped around the pavilion. It consists of an open wooden structure that actually neglects the grid structure of the units behind it. The wooden pattern differs in width and depth, so the patterns is playful from both a far and near distance. By the use of protruding aluminum window frames, reminiscent of a wheelhouse, we created extra depth in the facade. The window frames are combining several windows of different units, in such a way that the separate units are hardly recognizable. On top of the lower part photovoltaic panels are providing enough electricity for daily use of the buildilng.  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten  Image Courtesy © LYVR architecten
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