Paviljoen de Posbank

The teahouse Pavilion attempts to meld into the landscape through the architectural and structural treatment of floors and walls. Floors appear to float in flowing, contiguous spaces. Walls disappear as the structure, tree trunks, resemble the surroundings. A glass skin lends an ambiguity between inside and outside. Here architecture and structure have a symbiotic relationship, to achieve a balance between the Pavilion and its surroundings. From the entrance the floor rises in a continuous spiral that wraps itself around a group of trees ending in a 14m cantilever. The necessary construction is made from steel, for tension, and unprocessed solid oak, for compression. A wood floor, made with cuts of tree trunk and embedded in epoxy, marks the dining area. The Pavilion provides visitors to the nature park a place to rest and eat or drink, offering splendid views of the IJssel and Rijn valleys.