Saigon Fair, Saigon, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City Exhibition and Convention Center
Competition: 2005
Design: Eckhard Gerber
Project team: Hannes Beinhoff, Olaf Schüler et al.
Client: Saigon Tourist Holding und Phu My Hung Corporation
Gross area: 225.000 m²
Volume: 1.546.000 m³
The new fair is characterised by three high-rise buildings and the four exhibition halls with their barrel-vaulted roofs structured by skylight bands. The exhibition halls, the two hotel towers, the office tower and the convention centre are connected by an ample loggia. Together with an expansive porch this loggia forms a prestigious entrance to the fair.