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General Information

Beginning of works: 1911
Completion: 1913
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: original use:
Market hall
current use:
Museum building

Location

Location: , ,
Coordinates: 53° 32' 50.27" N    10° 0' 24.73" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

building area 3 800 m²

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany, is one of Europe's largest art centers for contemporary art and photography. The two historical buildings dating from 1911 to 1913 are iconic in style, with their open steel-and-glass structures. Their architecture creates a backdrop for spectacular major international exhibitions.

In 2003 the southern hall was dedicated to the medium of photography, creating the House of Photography. Since 2011, the two buildings at the interface of Hamburg's Kunstmeile and Hafencity have been supplemented by a satellite in Hamburg's Harburg district, the Sammlung Falckenberg.

History

Between 1911 and 1914, the " Deichtorhallen" ("the levee gate halls") were built as market halls on the grounds of the former Berliner Bahnhof railway station, Hamburg's counterpart to Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof. They constitute one of the few surviving examples of industrial architecture from the transitional period between Art Nouveau and 20th-century styles. The two halls are open steel structures, the northern hall is a longitudinal edifice boasting three naves and a 3,800 m² footprint; the southern hall (1,800 m²) is a building with a lantern roof. Rupprecht Matthies created two "language cylinders" visitors can walk through for Deichtorplatz, which is also home to a Richard Serra sculpture. In the northern hall, there is a line of neon writing by Mario Merz and a "Blue Disc" by Imi Knoebel.

The Körber Foundation gifted the restored Deichtorhallen to the City of Hamburg. In 1989, they were assigned to a limited liability company: Deichtorhallen-Ausstellungs GmbH. On 9 November 1989, Deichtorhallen's international art exhibition program opened with the show " Einleuchten", curated by Harald Szeemann.

Deichtorhallen Hamburg has emerged as an exhibition center for photography and contemporary art with three pillars of activities, three institutions under the single Deichtorhallen brand. Since 2009, Dirk Luckow has been Artistic Director of Deichtorhallen Hamburg.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Deichtorhallen" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Reconfiguration (1989)
Architecture

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  • Structure-ID
    20047683
  • Published on:
    17/08/2009
  • Last updated on:
    30/07/2014
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