{"id":1356,"date":"2025-10-05T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:42:16","slug":"overtreders-w-uses-salvaged-materials-for-temporary-festival-venue-in-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenhwhite.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/overtreders-w-uses-salvaged-materials-for-temporary-festival-venue-in-the-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Overtreders W uses salvaged materials for temporary festival venue in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bouwurk<\/div>\n

Fabric from hot air balloons and sheep’s wool<\/a> are among the eclectic mix of salvaged materials<\/a> used to create Bouwurk, a temporary venue designed by architecture studio Overtreders W<\/a> for the festival<\/a> Arcadia 2025\u00a0in Friesland, the Netherlands.<\/span><\/p>\n

The demountable timber-framed structure served as a space for public gatherings, workshops and performances during the 100-day cultural festival, which ran from May to August 2025 in the city of Leeuwarden.<\/p>\n

\"Bouwurk
Bouwurk is a temporary structure designed for the festival Arcadia 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bouwurk was constructed alongside a local landmark called Oldehove \u2013 a leaning bell tower dating back to the 16th century, which was part of a once-planned cathedral project, abandoned due to unstable foundations.<\/p>\n

Overtreders W<\/a> drew on the original purpose and layout of this cathedral for the temporary structure, which it described as “a house for the community, not for worship, but for coming together”.<\/p>\n

\"Bouwurk
It was made from reclaimed materials such as wood and wool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The Oldehove was meant to be the beginning of a cathedral, but because it started to sink during construction, the project was never finished,” co-founder Hester van Dijk told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“Sjoerd Bootsma, artistic director of the Arcadia art and community triennale, came up with the idea to finally ‘complete’ the Oldehove as a community house for the 21st century: a non-religious place for connection and gathering,” she added.<\/p>\n

“Bouwurk was built on the site where the cathedral was originally supposed to rise.”<\/p>\n

\"Temporary
Community and performance spaces were contained in the structure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The structure was organised around a cruciform-shaped public square based on a cathedral’s nave and transept, framed by a modular timber frame connected by bright purple steel nodes.<\/p>\n

In each corner of this cruciform area were four small pavilions housing an information point and shop, a kitchen, a makers space and a performance area called The White Box.<\/p>\n

\"Timber
Bouwurk was built alongside a leaning bell tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Given the temporary nature of Bouwurk, Overtreders W prioritised the use of local and salvaged materials, as well as easy disassembly.<\/p>\n

Colourful fabric sails made from old hot air balloons were hung in the frame’s rafters to both shade and enliven the communal space below, while each of the pavilions was given a distinct material treatment celebrating an aspect of local manufacturing or craft.<\/p>\n