Dutch Design Week

Dutch Design Week 

In October of each year, Dutch Design Week  takes place in Eindhoven. The biggest design event in Northern Europe presents work and ideas of more than 2,500 designers to more than 295,000 visitors from home and abroad. In more than hundred locations across the city, DDW organises and facilitates exhibitions, lectures, prize ceremonies, networking events, debates and festivities. 

Arup is involved as sponsor of the Dutch Design Foundation and a partner during the DDW. 

Our speakers during the program:

Saturday 21 October, 14h00-17h00
'Kick-off : Switch. Light, transforming life', a kick off meeting bout the international exploration of light.
Panel member: Siegrid Siderius, lighting designer Arup
Location: Stadhuis (Hal van 100 - Lab Square), Stadhuisplein 1

Monday 23 October, 17h-18h00
'Circular Economy', panel discussion with Richard van der Laken (What Design can do), Reinder Bakker (Overtreders W), Edwin Thie (structural engineer, Arup) and Babette Porcelijn (SLA). Moderator: Tim Vermeulen, program director World Design Event.
Location: People's Pavilion

Thursday, 26 October, 10h00
'Siegrid Siderius, lighting designer Arup
Presentation 'Light = Reflection' during the 'one idea, one coffee' talk.
Location: Stadhuis (Hal van 100 - Lab Square), Stadhuisplein 1

Friday, 27 October, 14h00-14h30
'Digital Matters: Computational thinking in design'
Presentation: Shibo Ren, senior structural engineer, Arup
Location: People's Pavilion

The People's Pavilion 

In collaboration with Dutch architects Overtreders W and bureau SLA we have delivered the structural design for the main temporary building for the World Design Event at the upcoming Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. The goal of the project is to build a temporary building from 100% borrowed material with high architectural quality. 

Completely made of borrowed materials, our structural design implicates zero footprint. We explored the possibilities of structuring a safe building without damaging the materials in any way. The resulted is an exciting building with columns using precast foundation piles and a superstructure from unshaved timber beams. The beam elements are strapped together by metal bands to give them more capacity. They are used to create trusses in between the concrete columns to secure a safe and stable structure, even in strong wind conditions. The glass roof is borrowed from a greenhouse supplier and the glass lower facade, saved from a demolished office building and borrowed from an urban miner. The needed plastic waste was supplied by the inhabitants of Eindhoven. The plastic was converted to shingles for the façade. 

When the Dutch Design Week ends, the building will be dismantled and all the materials will return to the suppliers. By ways of borrowing and returning materials the pavilion is a great example of circular designing and building.

For more information visit Dutch Design Week

Address: 
Ketelhuisplein
5617AE Eindhoven
The Netherlands