Message issue 3/2007 - Messe Stuttgart

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innovative climate-control technology indoors – the new facility is exemplary in every regard.
park and the concave roofs of the exhibition
halls.
Inside, distinct, logical designs convey
safety and orientation. By the same
token, elegant design and curved lines,
such as the hall roofs, please the aesthetic
senses of the observer. It is a very bright
trade fair centre. Partially glassed facades
and a circumferential glass ring supply
the halls with daylight and accentuate the
open and transparent dialogue with the
environment.
As impressive as the structures are, so
too was the way in which they were built.
Trussed structures of the car park over the
A 8 motorway.
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For the construction of the car park over
the A 8, the engineers chose the timeshifting
method. This involved moving
the individual sections of the steeltrussed
girder structure on a sliding structure
approximately eight metres above
the motorway. Hydraulically controllable,
steel-cable systems pulled the thousands
of tons of the colossus forward centimetre
by centimetre – during running
traffic, unnoticed by motorists. A total of
16,000 tons of steel were joined sectionby-section
to form a continuous structure
with six storeys of parking. A
„Big Packs“temporarily secure the roofs during
construction.
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