![Coupure](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/SelgasCano-s-pavilion-for-Bruges-Triennial-01-876x1314.jpg)
SelgasCano pavilion is a swimming installation for Brugge Triennale. Commissioned by the city of Bruges and floating in the canal called Coupure.
![Coupure](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/SelgasCano-s-pavilion-for-Bruges-Triennial-02-876x584.jpg)
The pavilion serves mainly as a platform for bathing and swimming, creating a new access to the canal water.
![Coupure](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/SelgasCano-s-pavilion-for-Bruges-Triennial-03-876x584.jpg)
It serves as well as a place for activities and reunion for all neighbours around.
![Coupure](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/SelgasCano-s-pavilion-for-Bruges-Triennial-04-876x584.jpg)
The installation consists of a steel rods structure covered by a pink-orange fluorescent vinyl, material that has never been used before in a building.
![Coupure](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/SelgasCano-s-pavilion-for-Bruges-Triennial-05-876x584.jpg)
Steel structure and plastic skin are just one thing, indissociable one from the other.
![Coupure](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/SelgasCano-s-pavilion-for-Bruges-Triennial-06-876x584.jpg)
They were formed on site in a completely hand made process, welding and stretching materials as needed to get the final shape.
![Coupure](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/SelgasCano-s-pavilion-for-Bruges-Triennial-07-876x584.jpg)
This waterproof structure is continued by a yellow wood floating platform for jumping in the canal water.
![Coupure](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/SelgasCano-s-pavilion-for-Bruges-Triennial-08-876x584.jpg)
Light passes through the skin creating a shambling atmosphere that changes the usual perception of the old city. Source and photos Courtesy of SelgasCano.
![Coupure](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/SelgasCano-s-pavilion-for-Bruges-Triennial-09-876x875.jpg)
![Coupure](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/SelgasCano-s-pavilion-for-Bruges-Triennial-10-876x874.jpg)
![Coupure](https://aasarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/SelgasCano-s-pavilion-for-Bruges-Triennial-11-876x424.jpg)