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Harbour Pavilion in Tilburg

 - Julia Liese

The dominant feature of the new pavilion in the Piushaven in the historical town centre of Tilburg is its black steel eaves construction. The powerful structural beam evokes images of the heavy cargo ships that used to dock here. At the same time, it conjures the atmosphere of what was, in those days, an industrial zone. The harbour was created at the beginning of the 20th century for the grain trade on a tributary of the Wilhelmina Canal. Today, yachts and other boats drop anchor here, and the old harbour basin is now being rediscovered as a leisure area and a location for various events.

Harbour Pavilion in Tilburg
© Stijn Bollaert

The new pavilion reanimates the public realm. Occupying a prominent position next to the existing pier, it is surrounded on three sides by water. Integrated in an original manner in this small structure are a restaurant and a publicly accessible roof terrace. The peripheral steel eaves beam not only defines the edge of the roof; it also forms part of the balustrade to the observation deck. This U-section member consists of a 2.5- metre-wide steel plate bent to shape and reinforced by bracing elements of triangular cross-section. Seen on plan, the beam is drawn like a frame round the partially planted restaurant roof and the terrace there. Even the open space over the forecourt is enclosed in this way and visually emphasized by the extensive cantilever of the beam at one corner.

All columns and beams of the steel structure are rigidly connected to each other. This allowed the architects to create a flexible layout for the restaurant without bracing walls as well as a fully glazed facade that is elegantly set back behind the powerful steel construction. In order to protect the old timber foundations of the quay wall, the columns for the new pavilion were moved back by two metres within the peripheral beam. 

Architecture
CIVIC Architects, Bright Urban Futures
Location
Hopliedenkade, 5017 EP Tilburg (NL)

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12/2018 Roof Structures
Author
Julia Liese
Source
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Location
Netherlands, Tilburg
Year of construction
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Year of completion
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Architecture
CIVIC Architects
Bright Urban Futures

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