Location
Hanover, Germany
Owner
Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover
Completed on
1995
Scope of our work
conceptual design, construction design, site supervision
Architect
gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
The fair hall no.4 offers 24,000 m² of exhibition space. The three-story concrete structures along the longitudinal sides of the hall, partitioned using shear walls, carry the column-free, 122 m span hall roof. The multi-storied building is built without joints as a longitudinal slab with support beam with a span width of 10.8 m. Fish-belly shaped cable girders span as dissolved truss girders with cable chords and a tube structure across the exhibition space. The node details were carried out as cast steel nodes. The roof cladding consists of dual-shell bent trapezoidal sheets with partially glazed sections. The vertical spatial enclosures are designed as facades using the post-and-beam system.
Length x width: 184 × 135 m
Height: 21.5 m
Span of steel girder: 122 m
Exhibition area: 21,400 m²
Concrete works: 23,000 m³
Reinforcement: 3,300 t
Structural steel: St.52-3, GS-20; 2,150 t
Cables: VVS St1570/1770; 2,400 t
Length x width: 184 × 135 m
Height: 21.5 m
Span of steel girder: 122 m
Exhibition area: 21,400 m²
Concrete works: 23,000 m³
Reinforcement: 3,300 t
Structural steel: St.52-3, GS-20; 2,150 t
Cables: VVS St1570/1770; 2,400 t
Trade Fair Hall 4 Hanover


