New Karlsruhe Trade Fair and Exhibition Centre Karlsruhe

Competition: 2000 - 1st Prize
Construction period: 2001 - 2003
Design: Eckhard Gerber
Project director/Project manager: Olaf Ballerstedt, René Koblank
Project team: H.C. Bittner, Robert Dahmen, Sabine Diegritz (LA), Wolfgang Franke, Jörg Schoeneweiß, Gerd Gröschl, Beate Mack, Yvonne Kauß, Georg Kolendowicz, Stefan Lemke, Eva Paar, Ralf Wissel, Marc Rettkowski, Kai Volmer, Annette Köhne (LA) et al.
Client: Karlsruher Kongress- und Ausstellungs GmbH
Gross area: 99.501 m²
Volume: 1.179.626 m³

An expansive and seemingly weightless roof characterises the main entrance to the fair. Omnipresent visual links facilitate an easy orientation within all buildings and integrate the open landscape of the Black Forest into all areas. The four pavilions are grouped symmetrically and are spanned by vaulted timber roof constructions without additional columns.

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