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Self-supporting Membrane in a Custom-engineered Loop

The surfaces of the amoeba-like form create a continuous, seamless area, resembling a Möbius strip. Films can be projected across the entire loop, enhancing the atmospheric unity of the spatial continuum. The underlying self-supporting and self-stiffening steel structure creates a spatial configuration that merges interior and exterior. The satin-finished and transparent glass panels were suspended in the cable-net construction in such a way that the exhibits and vehicles could be viewed from all sides without disrupting the continuity of light and film projections. In Tokyo, the structure was shaped into a nearly circular cocoon, where the R8 was showcased as the highlight of the exhibition

Christoph Ingenhoven designed an organic form, which realized using new techniques. The loop is curved in both the floor plan and elevation, creating the desired enveloping effect. The curvatures result in a free-standing structure. The differently sized bulges provide space for lounges, offices, meeting rooms, and catering areas.





 

Data

Competition 1998, 1st Prize
Completion 1999
Client Audi AG

Credits

Communication

KMS Team

Structural Engineering

Werner Sobek

Lighting Design

Werning Tropp Schmidt

Exhibition and Effect Lighting

FOUR TO ONE

Lighting Technology

Showtec

Building and Room Acoustics

DS-Plan

People Flow Analysis

Durth Roos Consulting

Fire Protection

BPK Fire Protection Planning Klingsch

Exhibition Construction

Ambrosius Messebau

George P. Johnson Company

A&A Expo International BV

Wijk bij Duurstede

Steel Construction

MBM Konstruktion Gersthofen

E&C Engineering & Construction BV Klostermair Messebau Metalltechnik Logistik

SYSCON

Workshop Planning

Alfa Plan Techniker & Ingenieure

Glass Processing

Andreas Oswald

Metallbau/Konstruktiver Glasbau

Audiovisual Media Technology

Michael Nicht & Partner, Schlichting

Awards

2000
Preis des deutschen Stahlbaues Auszeichnung
1999
iF Exhibition Design Award 1999
Silber

 

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