Message issue 3/2007 - Messe Stuttgart

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world’'s first. Never before were structures
of this weight moved using the
time-shifting method.
Inspector Bienzle, Germany’s favourite
TV detective, is sure to have
noticed this, as well as the “big packs”
which hung in the exhibition halls during
filming of the “Tatort” television programme
on the construction site during
the summer of 2006. In designing these
halls, the architects decided to use suspension
roofs. Due to better distribution
of the tensile forces in the base, they considerably
reduce the amount of required
materials yet still have a spectacular
appearance. During the construction
phase, it was necessary to “acquaint” the
arched sub-roof structure with the future
weight of the roof structures and insulation
materials. This task was performed
using plastic bags filled with gravel, each
weighing up to one ton. At the same time,
the “packs” protected the roof structures
from strong gusts of wind until the last
gaps in the building facades were closed.
Innovative climate control technology
The climate control concept for the New
Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre was also subject
to the highest standards. Just recently,
this concept was awarded the 2007
innovation prize by the renowned trade
publication “Trade Show Executive”. It
functions using the principle of layer ventilation,
a method used here for the first
time in trade fair centre construction:
Over the course of a day at a trade fair, two
Considerable energy savings are achieved by
utilising the principle of layer ventilation in the
exhibition halls.
air layers of different quality form in the
exhibition halls. Layer ventilation takes
advantage of this. It supplies fresh air only
to the lower level of air, which is warmed
by the trade fair activities. As a result,
only half as much air is circulated as with
a standard ventilation system. In each of
the exhibition halls, the 16 source-air
outlets – each approximately two metres
high and more than five metres wide –
are, therefore, not located on the ceiling,
but instead near floor level on the long
walls of the halls. Fresh air streams from
the outlets to the exhibitors and visitors at
a low rate of speed. The heated air in the
upper half of halls is drawn out by pumps
and, through heat recovery, benefits the
Trade Fair Centre energy cycle. In addition,
the Trade Fair Centre is also
equipped with innovative heating and
cooling technology which centrally
adjusts the temperature in all halls, allowing
the individual halls to operate with
smaller systems than would otherwise be
Unmatched in Europe: More than 50 percent of the Trade Fair Centre’s 83 hectares are green.
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