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Expoforum in St Petersburg
Congress and Exhibition Centre in Russia – design by TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten
13 Apr 2017
Congress and Exhibition Centre in Russia
Design: TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten, Evgeny Gerasimov & Partners and SPEECH
Location: St Petersburg, Russia
Expoforum

Built to a design by Evgeny Gerasimov and partners, Tchoban Voss Architekten and SPEECH, Expoforum is now after its completion one of the largest exhibition and congress centers in the world. It is located in 10 minutes? drive from Pulkovo Airport on a site bounded by Peterburgskoe Chaussee leading towards the inner city of Saint Petersburg.

The high part of the congress centre, two hotels and two business centers form an open arc ? the impressive main façade of the Expoforum overlooking the main road. Almost all buildings have bright amber-coloured surfaces, which remind of the famous Amber Room in the nearby Catherine Palace. Generous glazing parts mixes up this strong colour.
The halls of the congress centre and three exhibition pavilions are located perpendicular to this row of buildings. They are connected by a glass passage with an undulating roof featuring circular skylights. The façades of the pavilions are decorated with photographic prints on ceramic panels showing views of Saint Petersburg.

A complex network of infrastructure required for exhibitions and congresses of very large sca...