Hamburg Expo

Werner Sobek was responsible for the structural engineering of the roof structure of the exhibition halls at the New Hamburg Trade Fair Centre. It consists of a modular system. This consists of two main components, a steel grid as the “substructure” and a series of several wooden barrel shells. These are supported on the steel grid. With this modular system, a simple and efficient supporting structure for exhibition halls can be realised that can be easily adapted to the different hall geometries.