If you have visited Marina Barrage lately, you would have seen an elegant timber pavilion at the base of the green ramp. This is +Pavilion. Designed for Swiss Weeks 2022, it is a collaborative project of the Embassy of Switzerland in Singapore, Affordable Abodes, Deloitte Singapore, EHL Campus (Singapore), Haring Timber Technology, Hilti, Marina Barrage, Nespresso, Studio SKLIM, UBS, and Vitra. Constructed from engineered timber, the pavilion showcases innovative and sustainable designs, building materials and solutions, including tricked-out furniture pieces from Vitra.
The built environment is responsible for 39 per cent of global carbon emissions. +Pavilion aims to educate its visitors on how we can reduce that via innovative materials and technologies showcased under its five-metre cantilever. We asked Kevin Lim, founder of award-winning practice Studio SKLIM and +Pavilion’s designer,…