A striking timber pavilion structure, providing a sheltered seating place for guests and visitors to enjoy watching friends and colleagues enjoy some of the activities at Calvert Kielder including the world’s only fully accessible ZipCoaster.
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Calvert Trust Kielder is located off the C200 between Tower Knowe and Kielder Waterside. Please be sensitive and courteous towards the guests of Calvert Kielder.
MArch Students from Newcastle University School of Architecture were asked to develop proposals for a series of amenities and structures to be located on a now disused adventure play area. The Calvert Pavilion represents a year’s hard work by six dedicated and talented students who responded to ambitions for the underused site, worked closely with Calvert Kielder to understand the needs of their guests. There followed a Masterplan that proposed a series of linked areas for individual reflection, communal activity and spectating.
The group worked through autumn 2017 to finalise their design work and the pavilion was finished in April 2018.
The pavilion is formed from a series of repeating bays, each capped by a triangular peaked roof section. CNC cut varnished plywood panels divide and screen the spaces, and similar materials are used to create seating in each bay.
Timber is the main material used throughout the pavilion, with marine plywood employed for the roof and Accoya and Duraply for the supporting ‘A’ frames. Supplementing the timber, stainless steel sheet is used to cap the roof panels. Stainless steel also forms the brackets which hold the 'A' frames to their foundations.
The surrounding area was seeded with rye grass provide a softer context for the structure and utilises a ground protection matrix to prevent paths from being eroded.
Other elements of the Masterplan are expected be developed by future groups’.
The Calvert Pavilion has been funded by Newcastle University, Calvert Trust Kielder, Arts Council England and Northumberland County Council’s Community Chest fund.
