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Something borrowed for something new: People's Pavilion constructed using loaned materials

Something borrowed for something new: People's Pavilion constructed using loaned materials
The People's Pavilion's upper facade comprises colored plastic tiles made by recycling household waste
The People's Pavilion's upper facade comprises colored plastic tiles made by recycling household waste 
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People's Pavilion was created for Dutch Design Week in late 2017
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People's Pavilion was created for Dutch Design Week in late 2017
People's Pavilion was designed by Bureau SLA and Overtreders W, in collaboration with engineering firm Arup
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People's Pavilion was designed by Bureau SLA and Overtreders W, in collaboration with engineering firm Arup
The People's Pavilion's upper facade comprises colored plastic tiles made by recycling household waste
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The People's Pavilion's upper facade comprises colored plastic tiles made by recycling household waste 
People's Pavilion is an interesting exercise in recycling and borrowing
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People's Pavilion is an interesting exercise in recycling and borrowing 
"The pavilion is a design statement of the new circular economy, a 100 percent circular building where no building materials are lost in construction," says a press release
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"The pavilion is a design statement of the new circular economy, a 100 percent circular building where no building materials are lost in construction," says a press release
Once the People's Pavilion project had run its course, it was dismantled and all the materials used to build it were returned to their owners
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Once the People's Pavilion project had run its course, it was dismantled and all the materials used to build it were returned to their owners
The interior of the People's Pavilion measured 250 sq m (2,690 sq ft)
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The interior of the People's Pavilion measured 250 sq m (2,690 sq ft)
The People's Pavilion included seating and a stage inside
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The People's Pavilion included seating and a stage inside
The People's Pavilion podium consists of borrowed concrete slabs, and the lighting, heating, bar and other interior elements are all borrowed too
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The People's Pavilion podium consists of borrowed concrete slabs, and the lighting, heating, bar and other interior elements are all borrowed too
People's Pavilion was created for Dutch Design Week in late 2017
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People's Pavilion was created for Dutch Design Week in late 2017
The People's Pavilion ground floor glazing is left over from a nearby refurbishment and will be later reused for a new office space once the pavilion was dismantled
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The People's Pavilion ground floor glazing is left over from a nearby refurbishment and will be later reused for a new office space once the pavilion was dismantled
People's Pavilion was designed by Bureau SLA and Overtreders W was made in collaboration with engineering firm Arup
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People's Pavilion was designed by Bureau SLA and Overtreders W was made in collaboration with engineering firm Arup
"To be clear, 100 percent of the materials were borrowed: concrete and wooden beams, lighting, facade elements, glass roof, recycled plastic cladding, even the Pavilion’s glass roof, all are returned completely unharmed," says the firm
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"To be clear, 100 percent of the materials were borrowed: concrete and wooden beams, lighting, facade elements, glass roof, recycled plastic cladding, even the Pavilion’s glass roof, all are returned completely unharmed," says the firm
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Locals in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, got involved in the construction of this temporary structure called the People's Pavilion by donating their trash and lending building materials to Bureau SLA and Overtreders W. Once the project ran its course, the items were eventually returned unharmed.

The People's Pavilion was designed in collaboration with engineering firm Arup, and created for Dutch Design Week (DDW) late last year. It was topped by a glass roof, while the upper facade was made from colored plastic tiles created by recycling household waste collected mostly from Eindhoven residents.

The ground floor glazing was leftover waste from a nearby refurbishment and will be later reused for a new office space, while the podium consisted of borrowed concrete slabs. The lighting, heating, and all the other interior elements of the People's Pavilion were loaned from suppliers and local residents, too. Inside, the space included bench seating, bar, and stage area.

Structurally, the People's Pavilion comprised a dozen concrete foundation piles and wooden framing. Of course, since everything was to be returned undamaged, gluing, drilling and sawing was out of the question, so 350 steel tensioning straps were used to hold it together. The building measured a total of 250 sq m (2,690 sq ft).

The People's Pavilion included seating and a stage inside
The People's Pavilion included seating and a stage inside

"To be clear, 100 percent of the materials were borrowed: concrete and wooden beams, lighting, facade elements, glass roof, recycled plastic cladding, even the Pavilion's glass roof, all are returned completely unharmed — with one special exception — to the owners following the DDW," explains a press release.

"The exception? The striking colored tiles that make up the Pavilion's upper facade, made from plastic household waste materials collected by Eindhoven residents, which were distributed among those very residents at the end of DDW."

Sources: Bureau SLA, Overtreders W

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2 comments
2 comments
Emily
An interesting idea, it turned out well, read about it on the site https://nexter.org/, many discussions!
McDesign
I gotta' say, Eindhoven seems like a cool place!