Lucerne Exhibition Center
The new Lucerne Exhibition Center consists of two single-story halls, each with a floor area of 5,000 m2, and a two- to three-story head building that connects the two halls at the front end. The head building accommodates a spacious foyer, the restaurant, as well as offices and other ancillary rooms.
New Congress Center and Hall 1 Lucerne Exhibition Center
Welded steel truss girders spanning 56 m provide column-free support for the halls. Purlins and a trapezoidal sheet form the secondary roof structure, which is capable of supporting extensive greening, photovoltaic systems, and suspended loads for events, in addition to snow loads. The head building is constructed using solid construction with prefabricated slender concrete beams that cantilever 5 m over the entrance area. A slender composite metal deck resting on the concrete beams forms the structural system of the floors. A particular challenge was the poorly load-bearing subsoil, which required continuous piling for the building’s supporting structure and the hall floor.