The Traveller Pavilion

Powerhouse Company completes strikingly transparent ING Pavilion: The Traveller

Impressive yet approachable new social hub celebrates the local flavors of Amsterdam’s multicultural Zuidoost neighborhood.

A bold architectural statement at the heart of the ING Campus and new Innovation District in Amsterdam’s Zuidoost area, Powerhouse Company’s curvilinear glass ING Pavilion helps define the neighborhood by bringing together ING employees, the local community and visitors for food and fun.

Strikingly transparent and with a welcoming organic form, the ING Pavilion fits in beautifully with the green landscape and surrounding buildings, notably the new ING headquarters by Bentham Crouwel Architects. It houses The Traveller, a restaurant concept from the team behind successful Amsterdam restaurants Visaandeschelde and The Roast Room. The pavilion is open all day, offering light refreshments and a full menu of international dishes reflecting the neighborhood’s multicultural identity. There are versatile spaces for meetings and events upstairs.

“We designed the pavilion to be seamlessly integrated with its surroundings, creating a dynamic relationship between the interior and exterior,” explains Powerhouse Company project principal Stijn Kemper. “By combining a clear glass façade with natural materials and colors going in, the boundaries continue to blur as if there is no distinction between inside and outside. Juxtaposing these elements with an interior of strong colors and soft textures generates an intimate indoor space with the comfort of a living room.”

The pavilion, which meets high sustainability standards, owes its eye-catching appearance to a minimalist glass façade combined with a sculptural, freestanding wooden core. The separation of wooden core and glass façade – at no point do they touch each other – creates an airy and flowing interior space. The wooden ceiling and abundant greenery bring the outdoors indoors.

“This project is very much aligned with what we are trying to achieve at Powerhouse Company – the openness of the design combined with detailing and innovation,” says Kemper. “Hospitality projects become very personal to us as an extension of the service-minded approach we bring to our work.”