2024-11-24T14:09:19-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150173650/de-zwarte-hond-monadnock-s-new-park-pavilion-plays-with-homeyness-and-intimacy Sean Joyner 2019-12-07T10:39:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/df/df0d5ae1ee87131ba91f9452018dfa2c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Sitting at the heart of the Hoge Veluwe National Park is the new Park Pavilion designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/74505023/de-zwarte-hond" target="_blank">De Zwarte Hond</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/91136976/monadnock-architects" target="_blank">Monadnock</a>. Designed to welcome visitors and heighten the quality of their visit, the pavilion offers a restaurant, park shop, education spaces, and reception areas. It inserts itself as a modest addition to the 5,400 hectare nature reserve that is the Hoge Veluwe National Park.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/85/85895b5e17b121afcb435c1b7fc85f5d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/85/85895b5e17b121afcb435c1b7fc85f5d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4e/4e51329e723aad0130c1b1f7bb3b7444.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4e/4e51329e723aad0130c1b1f7bb3b7444.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>The architects focused on ensuring the building was an integral part of the landscape and the park experience. Pulling from the nostalgic qualities of a country house, the structure, when viewed from its narrow end, mimics the characteristic double roof of the home archetype. Moving beyond this, the building subtly transforms into an organic curvilinear form, with expansive glazing that highlights a more intimate and smaller scale, allowing users to take in the surrounding landscape.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/13/137fcaeb52fe43095f31ecb3311709ad.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/13/137fcaeb52fe43095f31ecb3311709ad.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e8/e87c12f67fcbfe3cfff79fc308b0f570.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e8/e87c12f67fcbfe3cfff79fc308b0f570.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>A vaulted ceiling extends the full length of the space leading visitors through an intuitive path through the building....</p>