An Exhibition Centre of 24 000m² in the town centre !
Discover Strasbourg's New Exhibition Park, an architectural achievement designed by the famous architect Kengo Kuma. Open since 2 September 2022 and located just a stone's throw from the Congress Centre, this new, modern event venue covers 24,000 m² and comprises four spacious halls, three of which - Halls 2, 3 and 4 - are interconnected, allowing fluid, easy movement between the spaces. This configuration favours great adaptability, making the venue ideal for a variety of events, from trade shows and gala evenings to conferences and exhibitions.
One of the jewels in the park's crown is its nave, a 2,480 m² multifunctional space. Featuring 17-metre high bay windows, the nave offers uninterrupted views of the adjacent canal and the surrounding green spaces, creating a bright and inspiring setting for exceptional events.
A 80 000m² events complex !
The modular design of the New Exhibition Park and its ability to combine harmoniously with the Congress Centre make it perfectly equipped to host large-scale events. The organisers benefit from great flexibility in the design and implementation of their events, ensuring a personalised experience for all their events.
With its advanced installations and strategic location, the New Exhibition Park is not only a prestigious addition to Strasbourg's urban landscape, but also reinforces the city's reputation as a destination of choice for professional meetings and events.
Architecture by Kengo Kuma !
Wood, the project's common thread
In response to societal and environmental challenges, Kengo Kuma was chosen in 2017, with his "Lisières" project, for the architectural realization of the future Exhibition Park.
Internationally renowned and multi-awarded, the Japanese architect is known for the particular care he takes to reintroduce nature into urban spaces and buildings, not only through the use of noble materials - including wood - but also by relying on the principle of frugality and on fundamental precepts derived from observation of the environment as well as ancestral Japanese traditions (interior/exterior, empty/full, shadow/light).
This is an interesting reminder of a long-standing Alsatian tradition, as the Grand Est region is France's 4th-largest forest region, and the Strasbourg Eurometropolis has been initiating a number of wood projects in recent years.
« The halls, functional and modular, are contained within a living peripheral envelope that interacts with its environment like the edge of a wood. This envelope expands to accommodate the nave, then distends to announce the entrance. The verticality of the wooden pilasters on the facades will announce the Exhibition Park from afar to the public arriving from all directions, by bike, on foot, by streetcar or by car. This configuration, which we call 'Edges', revisits an ancestral and classic archetype: universal landmarks, linked to the ground, sky and nature, that promote the visitor's instant well-being… »
Kengo Kuma - Sept 2018
An event equipment at the heart of the ecological transition !
- More than 2,400 m² of wooden structure support all the canopies, providing solar protection for all the buildings.
- Geocooling connected to the water table cools the building and provides a natural ventilation system.
- The north-facing nave ensures better integration of natural light, preventing overheating.
- Equipped with 5,000 m² of photovoltaic panels (the largest installation on a building in eastern France), the roof conceals openings that bring in natural light and ventilation.
- Full-height bay windows maximize the amount of natural light entering the building, and enhance views.
The harmonious integration of the Exhibition Park into the landscape ensures continuity with the urban space of the Wacken district and synergy with the neighboring Congress Centre, as both buildings share the same vertical facades.
A unique venue, multiple experiences.
- 5 modular halls covering 24,000 m² of space
- 900 parking spaces by 2023
- 7,000m² outdoor exhibition area
- A 17m-high nave open to the outside