Public · 2027
Harborview Pavilion
A competition entry for a public pavilion on the working waterfront — a roof, a deck, and nothing that gets in the way of the water.
- Location
- Bellingham, WA
- Year
- 2027
- Area
- 850 m²
- Status
- Competition
- Scope
- Competition · waterfront pavilion
The waterfront is the town\u2019s best room, and the pavilion is our proposal for its furniture. The programme is deliberately thin: a covered market space, public toilets, a stage, and a café with the best seat in the county.
The roof is the project. A single folded plane of steel, 40 metres across, cantilevered toward the water and shaped to shed the harbour wind. Below it, everything is open and movable — the market can be four stalls or forty.
The jury shortlist was announced in June; the winner is decided this winter. Either way, we have established what we believe the site wants: less building, more roof.
In progress / on site
Field notes.
