For many, the pavilion is a contested building task. As its function tends to be limited and its construction less durable, the pavilion may be criticised for its use of resources. However, it may also be a testbed for new architectural ideas and for solutions that are not (yet) possible in commercial contexts; it may explore potential future building techniques or resource applications; it may exhibit these to both the professional world and to the broader public; and it may create new professional networks. Furthermore, both the building material sourcing and scenarios for subsequent uses may be active and conscious part of the conceptualization and design of the pavilion.

This course is a continuation of fall 22 semester’s course “Re:Source Pavilion”, but can be taken independent of previous participation.The first course established and tested principles to re-use wooden construction materials in a number of design proposals, their iterations and 1:1-mock-ups. During the upcoming spring semester, one of the designs will be collaboratively advanced further for being built and exhibited parallel to the World Conference on Timber Architecture 2023 in Oslo.The pavilion’s demountability and reassembly for reuse in a different context will be part of the task.

Special focus is directed towards the implication of “disregarded” wooden materials for architectural design and constructive solutions. “Disregarded” wooden materials include cut-offs and cut-outs, materials found on waste sorting plants, pre-used materials from buildings soon-to-be demolished or erroneous deliveries. Specifically, the focus is on joining smaller members or members of varying sizes to larger load-bearing elements or to indoor and outdoor planes and surfaces.