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 Cafe Pavilion, Düren - A Moulded Space

 

Site and Commission
The town cemetery in the Eastern part of Düren has taken on the role
of a public park. Before, there was nowhere for visitors to the cemetery
to shelter nor for large or small funeral ceremonies to take place. The
new cemetery and café pavilion is a space where people can encounter
each other when things are out of the ordinary. They can grieve together,
exchange memories and look for refuge, which they will find under
a multifaceted ceiling landscape.

 

Diversity in Unity
The architecture of the pavilion unfolds out of a neutral, nondescript,
square ground plan. Three closed volumes have been inserted to accommodate
the service facilities of the pavilion; they structure the
space and divide the ground plan into three areas, without blocking
them off from one another. Each of the three areas, which all receive
visitors, is characterised by archetypical roof shapes and varying
room heights, combining to form one large space. The barrel vault, the
mono-pitch roof and the tented roof of the visitor areas together form a
manifold, continuous ceiling landscape, which offers refuge and connects
the visitor areas to form a flowing unified space; it also provides
richly diverse views into the surrounding park. The landscape profile
created by these roof shapes can be read on the façade; it connects
the individual exterior elevations of the building with one another.

 

 

Structure and Materiality
The simple materials applied, give this pavilion clarity and uniqueness.
Dolomite stone from the Alps was sprinkled into the reinforced concrete
floor slab while it was being poured to give the floor of the pavilion
a lively, terrazzo-like feeling after it was sanded. Pre-produced timber
elements form the walls and the ceiling landscape, giving the interior
spaces a homogenous, monolithic appearance. The large roof volume,
which covers the pavilion and accommodates the ventilation pipes,
has been shaped using a timber framework. The façade of the roof is
formed by Kerto panels, which also bear largeformat panes of glass;
these are highly reflective to give the mourners the necessary intimacy.
During the day, the pavilion interlaces with the surrounding greenery,
which is extended by its reflection in the glass façade. This effect is
reversed at night when the façade becomes transparent and the interior
space dominates the appearance of the building.
The colour scheme of the pavilion is based on the colour of the dignified
plane trees, which characterise the cemetery park; this finds expression
in silver-glazed timber surfaces, oxidised aluminium windows,
and greenish-coloured glazing.

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 迪倫鎮(zhèn)東部的墓園已開放成為公共公園，咖啡廳就位于這里。墓園曾經(jīng)舉行過大大小小的葬禮，期望這個(gè)新的咖啡廳成為一個(gè)日常空間，人們在這里一起交流，回憶，傷感或者獨(dú)處。人們可以在這里發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)多樣紛呈的天花板。

 

建筑的構(gòu)架與地面關(guān)系非常獨(dú)特，看起來像是插入了三個(gè)卷，卷內(nèi)包含服務(wù)設(shè)施，同時(shí)將空間分為三個(gè)區(qū)域，這里就是營業(yè)的區(qū)域。這三個(gè)區(qū)域的天花集結(jié)起來形成一個(gè)大的，宛如帳篷的，多面，連續(xù)，流動(dòng)屋頂，將整個(gè)營業(yè)區(qū)統(tǒng)一為一個(gè)整體感很強(qiáng)的空間，并提空面對周圍公園的豐富視野，還能看見頭頂?shù)乃{(lán)天。

建筑師應(yīng)用簡單的材料，給予建筑清晰獨(dú)特的形象。利用阿爾卑斯山白云石和水泥制作出的水磨石地板，清新活潑。木材構(gòu)成內(nèi)部的墻壁和天花，使空間均勻整體。屋面吊頂使用木材框架，包含通風(fēng)管道。高反射玻璃在一天的變化中與周圍景觀互動(dòng)明顯，將周圍景觀反映折射。但是到了晚上，室內(nèi)燈光亮起，玻璃變得透明，與白天截然不同。

 

建筑選色參考了色彩莊重，墓園象征之一的梧桐樹，具體體現(xiàn)在銀釉鋁合金窗框，和綠色的彩色玻璃上。

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