Airy and open for plenty of refreshment

2012

Originally, a kiosk was a free-standing pavilion in parks and palaces in Islamic cultural areas that was open on several sides. These usually consisted of “a few rough pillars of tree trunks, supporting a roof of straw or wood, and bordered at the bottom with a simple railing.”concept

The location in the park was the basis for the idea of working with a natural, unrefined raw material and developing it into both a design element and the supporting structure of the building. The inner shell made of hollow chamber panels acts as a water-repellent layer, “catches” the shadow of the mesh and gives the kiosk spatial depth. The building is completed by a light installation that interacts with passers-by using motion detectors.Position

Project Details

Client: Pro Potsdam
Typology: Gastronomie
Location: Potsdam, Deutschland
Gross floor area: 16 m²
Completion: 2011
Architects: Partner und Partner Architekten
Team: Klaus Günter, Jörg Finkbeiner, Christian Necker
Structural engineering: Ziegert | Seiler Ingenieure
Photos: Klaus Günter