Skywalk (Hanover)
The Skywalk in Hanover is a weather-protected pedestrian connection built for pedestrians in 1997 and 1998 between the Hanover Messe / Laatzen train station and the Hanover exhibition center .
description
The 340 m long elevated double tube was originally built for Expo 2000 as a connection between the Laatzen Expo train station and the Expo 2000 site. The construction principle of the connection planned by Helmut C. Schulitz ( Schulitz + Partner Architects) is a cable-stayed bridge . The Skywalk leads over Münchener Straße at a height of approx. 6 meters. The spans between the columns are 20, 24 and 28 meters. The different spans result from the existing road junctions and access roads.
In the double tubes there are six moving walks of the type RSV-HD from Kone , with two moving walks running parallel in each case. The moving walks have a conveying length of 71.70 to 91.70 m and are equipped with step chains in a lubrication-free design. The glass balustrades on the sides are 10 mm thick and cladding made of stainless steel and aluminum. The travel speed is 0.5–0.7 m / s. Depending on the flow of visitors, the moving walks to the train station or the exhibition grounds can be operated. There are areas next to the moving walkways that can be used by pedestrians.
Two escalators with an incline of 30 ° at each end of the skywalk lead up to the moving walkways and down to the train station or exhibition center. There are walking stairs to the side of the escalators. Two elevators at the end points ensure that it is handicapped accessible. The manufacturer of the elevators and escalators is Otis .
construction materials
The glass facade of the Skywalk consists of 6 + 6 mm curved safety glass with a solar coating on the top layer. The glass elements lie on filigree steel facade profiles (40 × 50 mm) and are held selectively on plates. A total of 670 glass elements from DuPont were installed. The Skywalk received the DuPont Benedictus Prize in 1999.
The suspended ceilings consist of expanded metal panels, each of which can be folded down to make the installation space above accessible. The nightly lighting of the Skywalk is provided by simple fluorescent tubes above the expanded metal grilles.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Skywalk (Hanover). In: Structurae
- ↑ a b Information from the Kone company about moving walks ( memento of the original dated November 3, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ technical data from the Schulitz architects' office ( Memento from April 15, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information from DuPont on the Skywalk
literature
- Zoo, Issue 6, 2000, Purple House Limited, London, pp. 96-97
- New Buildings and Projects, Architecture in Germany, Verlag HM Nelte, Wiesbaden 2001, pp. 252-255
- AW Architecture and Competitions, 185, March 2001, (Stuttgart), pp. 4–6
- ARCHI VOLTA, 3, 2000 (Krakow), pp. 64-66
- Prize of the German Steel Construction 2000 Steel Structures, Verlag das Example (Darmstadt), pp. 110–115
- BDA Lower Saxony Prize , Association of German Architects, Hanover 2000
- Masterplan Licht EXPO 2000: Dölling und Galitz Verlag (Hamburg), pp. 32–33
- Deutsche Bauzeitung, 6/2000, (Stuttgart), pp. 66–69
- German construction magazine, (Gütersloh), pp. 1–2
- Re-use of the EXPO architecture, Dölling und Galitz Verlag (Hamburg), pp. 60–61
- Architecture EXPO 2000, Hanover, Hatje Cantz Verlag (Ostfildern), pp. 270–273
- Zoo, August 2000 Purple House Limited (London), p. 96
- Bauwelt, 8.1999 (Berlin), pp. 378–381
- Glas, April – May 1999 (Stuttgart), title page, pp. 12–17
- World Architecture, 12.1999, Jan. 2000 (London), pp. 90-91
- Stahlbau Nachrichten 2/1998, title page, pp. 10–11
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 5.8 " N , 9 ° 47 ′ 45.2" E