Pavillon Westparc

Project: Pavillon Westparc
Architect: SKOPE - Architecture - Paysage

Momentary association

collectif dallas ASBL

Programme: The pavilion is located in a disadvantaged neighborhood and aims to improve social diversity. Its program includes a
multipurpose space as well as office space to allow the site to be permanently staffed. The project proposes a
large roof; a covered space that acts as a link between the pavilion and the park. The architecture interacts with the unbuilt space with the aim of creating opportunities for exchange and sharing.

The project aims to socially activate the neighborhood and develops numerous spatial and functional qualities:
PRM accessibility, offices connected to the park and the street, naturally lit multipurpose room open on three sides, etc.
The Westparc temporary pavilion is an innovative project that combines the principles of sustainability, circularity and reuse.

The principle of the building is relatively simple: a large covering puts a smaller volume (EPB volume) “out of
water”. This feature will result in a reduction in the costs of the materials that will be used to cover our
EPB volume, but will also offer us a wider range of available materials to choose from.
A clear distinction between the covering element and the EPB spaces also allows these elements to be dismantled.
Since the demountable building must also be reassembled and be able to be adapted to other sites. We worked with a regular grid in order to obtain the greatest possible modularity. Thus, if the future site does not have the capacity to accommodate such a building, it is sufficient to remove one or more grids so that it can be adapted to the needs, dimensions and characteristics of the new site.

Thanks to the use of a regular grid, we have optimized the implementation (assembly - dismantling) of the building. In fact, each of the floor, wall or ceiling complexes has identical dimensions per element. As a result, there is no defined space per element. Each element (per category) could have a different positioning for each assembly or dismantling. Two floor frames (kitchen and sanitary) are equipped with reserves for technical installations (wastewater discharge and drainage).

If reuse allows us to construct this building, it seems only fair that the latter can in turn become a source of materials. This
implies specific construction and implementation methods. Thus, we will favor mechanical (screws, bolts, anchors, interlocks)
to permanent (glues, chemical seals, masonry, welding). As far as possible, the materials are kept in their maximum dimensions, both to avoid loss of material during assembly, but above all to allow for more flexible reuse.

About: A temporary pavilion to accompany the transformation of a wasteland into a park. The project is being co-designed with the collectif Dallas.

It is with the desire to define the issues involved in transforming a wasteland into a park, before its final version, that Brussels Environment is setting up an atypical commission.

Before the final version is completed, this new park, still a wasteland, will be equipped with a temporary pavilion. This pavilion, which will support the opening of the wasteland and its progressive transformation, will enable the local residents to take ownership of this newly opened site.

Designed as a branch and a tool for participation and permanence, the non-profit organization Toestand will use this pavilion for the next five years. The pavilion is designed to be dismantled, given its short period of use. It is made with materials from a reuse subsidiary and meets current thermal standards.

The pavilion's success, thanks to Toestand's work and the functionality of the premises, seems to be a success since, during the call for tenders for the design of the wasteland into a park, several teams kept the pavilion anchored in the neighborhood.