在比利时举办的第85届利布拉蒙农业博览会之际，一个名为《Welcome Pavilion》的独特展馆受到了大众的欢迎。作为森林业和木材交易的图腾，首次采用了冷弯CLT板作为结构材料，由建筑事务所Art & Build和设计公司Saïse共同设计，与结构事务所Ney & Partners/WOW 和生产商Laminated Timber Solutions协作完成。

Commissioned for the 85th edition of the Libramont Fair in Belgium, the “Welcome Pavilion” was conceived by Art & Build Architects and Saïse Design as a totem for both forestry and timber trades, featuring the first structural use of cold-bent CLT panels. The iconic pavilion, open to the public for the duration of the show, is the fruit of a close collaboration between Art & Build architects, Saïse design, and structural engineers Ney & Partners/WOW. Laminated Timber Solutions completed the team as specialist timber contractors responsible for manufacturing the components.

▼项目外观 external view of the project ©Ney&Partners

今年的博览会活动主题是 “谁将建造我们未来的城市?”，作为回应，团队探索了如何利用日益成熟的数字技术，与原始传统的森林业相碰撞产生出的建筑潜力。Art & Build建筑事务所的CEO David Roulin表示，« Nautile Sylvestre »被竖立在活动场地的核心，这是“木建筑作为传统混凝土建筑的良性替代品”的有力且令人信服的展示。

The theme of this year’s Fair was “Who will build the cities of tomorrow?”, to which the team responded with a design that explores and expresses the potential of digital tools when applied to raw, conventional forestry products. The Nautile Sylvestre was erected as the centrepiece of the DemoForest site in neighbouring Bertrix, a powerful and convincing demonstration of “wood construction as a virtuous alternative to traditional construction” according to David Roulin, CEO of Art & Build Architects.

▼装置与人的互动，interact between the installation and people ©up/lower left: Jean-Pirre Ruelle, lower right: Saise Design