Redesign of entrance lobby and exhibition center, Bozen / Bolzano

This plan calls for the construction of a multifunctional exhibition center capable of fulfilling its tasks the whole year around as the most-important building in South Bozen / Bolzano. In the planning concept, the current inner courtyard will be repurposed as a central entrance lobby / atrium and serve as a hub; it will be provided with a light, almost floating structure serving as a roof. A second, similar roof structure projects far into the exhibition center and marks the main entrance. Two extremely light, arched hover cushion roofs are planned, with a curved interior steel framework structure. The exhibition center is viewed as a municipal space which, because of its multifunctionality, is virtually free of fixed structures. This municipal space is emphasized by the organically shaped, translucent roof and the very filigree steel supports.