The New Trade Fair - On the edge of Milan

The New Trade Fair is not only a big project for the Milan region - its dimensions make it one of the biggest buildings in Europe. Massimiliano Fuksas conceived the site on the outskirts of the city as a new landscape with its own geography. The project is structured by a central axis that connects the service centres, offices and the exhibition halls. A roof covers the whole complex with a surface area exceeding 46.000 square metres, over 1300 metres long and approximately 32 metres wide. Made up of a mesh structure in prefinished steel profiles, it is connected via spherical nodes and covered with laminated glass attached via plates to the profiles below. It is supported by 183 steel columns, which branch into smaller supporting arms above 12 metres. Unfortunately the building is guarded so my pictures of this extraordinary structure are very limited. Therefore I added some new photos from the internet that gives a better understanding of the structure in size and the phenomenology impact.

Ciao!

//Niklas