The pavilion is carefully situated in the park. It guides the transition between the forecourt’s different levels and the pond. Moreover, the pavilion generates a logical completion / continuation of the canal system on the other side. Various tools were used to create a transition between outside and inside that is as natural as possible: projections, different heights, transparency, large patio doors. To ensure that the pavilion’s foundation is securely anchored in the park, a plinth was built with the same masonry that was worked into the park’s retaining walls and the pergola.

The pavilion’s basic form consists of a slanting, elliptical copper roof supported by slim steel columns. When viewed from different vantage points, the pavilion takes on a slightly different appearance due to its elliptical shape, which produces a dynamic picture.

A ring of windows was placed on top of the slanted roof, allowing light to enter into the heart of the pavilion during the day and betraying the position of the pavilion at night, which lights up like a lantern. To complete the pavilion, a crown was placed above the ring of windows, behind which all the necessary service installations are concealed.

The pavilion’s load-bearing structure is constructed from slim, steel columns and beams that take on the shape of an ellipsis. Special attention was devoted to integrating the construction and the installations: the elliptical beams, which were specially assembled out of steel plates to accommodate the pavilion’s unique basic shape, also serve as air ducts. Small, round recesses were incorporated in the flank walls of the girders in order to circulate the ventilation air further into the pavilion by means of smaller ducts.

Between the roof and the ground level, the space in the pavilion is bordered by detailed glass façades with larch wood. As a result, it seems almost as if the copper roof is in a state of suspension. It projects quite far outward in relation to the façades. This makes the roof seem to almost float, creating a reciprocity between the pavilion’s inner and outer space.