#Industrial and technical building #Leipzig #1928
Leipziger Messe- und Ausstellungs-AG
Straße des 18. Oktober 46
04103
Leipzig,
Germany
Public transport: An den Tierkliniken / Altes Messegelände
Access: Public building, free entry during working hours
Today's use: Store
Description
In order to optimise the exhibition space, solutions were sought from the 1920s to avoid columns and pillars in the interior.
The special feature of this hall is its roof of originally 100 x 140 metres that was built without columns. In 1928, this was the largest hall of its type in the world. Skylight glazing has been inserted in the ceiling at a height of 20 metres to illuminate the room evenly with daylight. The roof is supported by a frame construction with originally seven trusses (visible on the outside as the highes parts of the construction), which make it possible that no pillars had to be built inside.
However, not everything about the hall was new. The exterior walls were used from a previous hall.
During the Second World War, three of the seven trusses on the north side were destroyed. In 1950 the building was rebuilt. The hall until now has only four trusses and was given the glass facade at the northern entrance zone, that has been preserved to this day. The former exterior walls were demolished and supplemented by new extensions. As a result, the hall is no longer 140 metres long, but only 120 metres. In 1980, the exterior facade was changed. The original pumice concrete was exchanged for washed concrete slabs, still attached to the building today.
Description
In order to optimise the exhibition space, solutions were sought from the 1920s to avoid columns and pillars in the interior.
The special feature of this hall is its roof of originally 100 x 140 metres that was built without columns. In 1928, this was the largest hall of its type in the world. Skylight glazing has been inserted in the ceiling at a height of 20 metres to illuminate the room evenly with daylight. The roof is supported by a frame construction with originally seven trusses (visible on the outside as the highes parts of the construction), which make it possible that no pillars had to be built inside.
However, not everything about the hall was new. The exterior walls were used from a previous hall.
During the Second World War, three of the seven trusses on the north side were destroyed. In 1950 the building was rebuilt. The hall until now has only four trusses and was given the glass facade at the northern entrance zone, that has been preserved to this day. The former exterior walls were demolished and supplemented by new extensions. As a result, the hall is no longer 140 metres long, but only 120 metres. In 1980, the exterior facade was changed. The original pumice concrete was exchanged for washed concrete slabs, still attached to the building today.
History
The "Old Leipzig fair ground" was in use until 1995. It got its main shape between 1923-1929 and 1937/38. It was Germany's most important fair, so its exhibition buildings were designed to express this German and partially global importance. Alongside Halls 11 and 12, Hall 15 still bears witness to the development in technology and architecture of the 1920s.
Hall 15 (former hall 7) was built between the 1927 Autumn Fair and the 1928 Spring Fair as an exhibition hall for the automobile industry. This hall was a representative building that also presented the increasingly important automotive industry.
History
The "Old Leipzig fair ground" was in use until 1995. It got its main shape between 1923-1929 and 1937/38. It was Germany's most important fair, so its exhibition buildings were designed to express this German and partially global importance. Alongside Halls 11 and 12, Hall 15 still bears witness to the development in technology and architecture of the 1920s.
Hall 15 (former hall 7) was built between the 1927 Autumn Fair and the 1928 Spring Fair as an exhibition hall for the automobile industry. This hall was a representative building that also presented the increasingly important automotive industry.
