Clapton Community FC Spectator Pavilion
Type: Civic New Build
Status: Complete
Year: 2024-25
The pavilion contains amenities and provides shelter for spectators on match days at the Old Spotted Dog, one of the longest serving football grounds in London and today home to Clapton Community FC.
It comprises a large cantilever roof that spans across an inner cubic volume, supported by three columns either side, with privacy screens suspended between - all standard grade timber bolted together and painted black. The inner volume is then made of rendered block work and without a soffit, which results in a void between the amenities inside and the black timber roof hovering above, allowing natural light in and natural ventilation out.
Simple and low-cost gestures such as the use of black and ensuring solid proportions throughout generated a modest yet quietly expressive piece of civic architecture on a very tight budget.
Built by Telemac construction. Film photography by Rikard Kahn.