Pavilion for Joannahuset
THE DEMOCRACY FESTIVAL OF DENMARK 2022
location : Allinge, Bornholm, Denmark
year complete : 2022
uasge : pavillon
gross floor area : 100 m2
architect : Lendager Architects
structure : timber, chairs
contracter : Iver Entreprise
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In summer 2022 Structured Environment had the pleasure of working with architects of Lendager Group on installing a temporary pavilion at the DEMOCRACY FESTIVAL (PEOPLES’S MEETING) OF DENMARK. At The People’s Meeting the pavilion was a central meeting place and stage for events and political debates.
'The Tokyo chair' was originally designed for the Olympics in 2020. Here the Denmark Pavilion would offer a reverse perspective. It was to be built using 2,500 chairs as building blocks. As a travelling pavilion and structure, it was designed for disassembly. The chair is the building, and the building is the chair. Once separated, each building block functions as a two-in-one chair and can either continue its life as a dining chair, a lounge chair or be integrated in a new pavilion design.
The chair is made of wood and industrial waste plastic from Carlsberg. The structure is an interpretation of a waste free society. The modular structure makes the object flexible and 100% reusable.
In general, the pavilion can be categorized as a timber frame structure. SE was to design the structure built with chairs, checking the stability of the 'structural columns' made as a stack of six chairs each. These were connected vertically together using metal dowels. The vertical supports are connected to the timber beams of the roof and at the bottom to the timber beams of the floor. The roof and floor structures are built with a timber frame of primary and secondary beams. A simple bracing system of structural boards where added to provide extra stability. The whole structure was assembled and disassembled within a few days.
