Scunthorpe Central Park Pavilion
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View towards hatch with the doors opened in a welcoming embrace
Christo Meyer Download Original
Pavilion kiosk in Scunthorpe wrapped in a screen of 92 tectonic steel fins
The pavilion (named 'The Nutshell Café'), consisting of a kiosk and toilet, forms part of the regeneration of Central Park and the Sports Academy building in Scunthorpe.
Its sculptural design complements the sweeping forms of the surrounding landscape design, children’s play area and amphitheatre, as well as addressing the human scale and the unfolding of the pavilion as an event/hub along the boulevard.
The primary forms allow the accommodation to be arranged as a functional, secure entity. To break the mass, the tectonic screen of 92 fins wraps the forms, animating the sculptural profile as you move around it.
Weathering steel is used to express the materiality of the pavilion: durable and vandal proof, its rust-like appearance of autumnal tones fits well with the park setting and honours the steel tradition of Scunthorpe. The fins were guillotine cut and spot welded before being assembled on site.
Data
- Completed: Aug 2010
- Floor area: 48m2
- Sector: Retail
- Total cost: £175,000
- Procurement: D&B (under procurement of the main regeneration contract for the Sports Academy building, “The Pods” and Central Park)
- Address: Scunthorpe Central Park, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 1AB, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: S&P Architects
- Project architect: Christo Meyer
- Client: North Lincolnshire Council
- Quantity surveyor: Gardiner & Theobald
- Planning supervisor: Steve Smith
- Main contractor: Bowmer & Kirkland
- Structural engineer: Fulcrum Consulting/ WW
- Services engineer: Fulcrum Consulting/ WW
- M&E engineer: Derry Building Services
Suppliers
- External works and ground works: C J Haughey
- Roofing: Advanced Roofing
- Steel Columns, Braces & Weathered Steel: B&K Structures