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Lysning Pavilion

A concrete roof balanced on a single core, cantilevering eleven metres over a forest clearing.

Location: Silkeborg, Denmark
Year: 2020
Type: Public
Status: Completed
Area: 220 m²
Client: Silkeborg Forest Trust

Elevation, Cantilever roofMove across the drawing to read the blueprint3 notes

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Eleven metre cantilever
The roof reaches eleven metres out from its core in every direction.
2
One concrete core
A single core carries the whole roof, so there are no walls at all underneath.
3
Timber floor and bench
A long bench runs under the roof, facing the forest on every side.

Ink drawing of Lysning Pavilion — Fig. 01Concrete roof of Lysning Pavilion cantilevering from its single core against a pale skyHover the drawing to see it builtScroll to see it built

Fig. 01Concrete roof of Lysning Pavilion cantilevering from its single core against a pale skyHover the drawing to see it builtScroll to see it built

The project

How it came together

Lysning means clearing. The pavilion gives walkers, school classes and forest workers a dry place to gather, without cutting down a single tree.

One concrete core carries the entire roof, cantilevering eleven metres in every direction. Underneath there are no walls at all, only a timber floor and a long bench, so the forest stays in view from every side.

The underside of the roof was cast against rough sawn boards, milled from trees that fell on the site in an earlier storm.

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