Name: stall for the EXPO REAL 2010
Location: Munich, Germany
Year: 2009-2010
Type: exposition
Status: competition 1st prize, completed
Coauthor: lutz ring, annette wolf

Fairs such as ‘CeBIT’ or ‘IAA’ announce a decrease in the amount of visitors in 2009. The EXPO REAL too reports a decrease of 15%. The reason for this is the – intersectoral – effect of the global depression. Former issues and terms of interest in the field of ‘growth’ are no longer up to date. Sustainability, on the other hand, generates a totally new and economic attractive economic sector nowadays, which has the potential to lead the economy out of depression.

We have also approached the available budget of 75.000€ for the stall of the ‘Bavarian Chamber of Architects’ (ByAK) from a sustainable point of view. This means an ecologic use of not only material but also financial resources. Therefore the proposal will use only 50% of the budget for the stall itself. The money saved will be used to invite speakers who will give lectures about sustainable building projects.

Moreover, we propose to divide the stall itself in an upper and lower section: in the lower part, the BAK/ByAK will introduce themselves. On the upper part, the visitors can listen to lectures about sustainability held by international experts.

The entire stall is built with simple low-tech materials like a timber construction to achieve the desired saving. According to the overall concept the surface is ‘raw’ on the upper part while a white coating refines the lower part.