Zhengzhou Aviation City-Expo

Zhengzhou is one of the most important emerging cities in China. Above all, it benefits from its central location in inland China and excellent transport connections, including airport, high-speed train and motorways, all of which will help to establish the future trade exhibition facilities.

The buildings are arranged symmetrically around a large park-like open space which, at its front, leads to the entrance hall with central access to the exhibition halls to the north and south. The northern concourse has halls arranged on both sides whereas the halls to the south are just to one side of the generous colonnades, which are open on the forecourt side. This difference in the plan layout is due to the fact that, during the design stage, over 3000-year-old relics from the Shang dynasty were found in the forecourt area, which had to be preserved as a ground monument. The relics will now become accessible to the public in the form of a history park, which will also provide a welcoming green space for visitors to the trade exhibition.

The central entrance hall and the exhibition halls are covered by roofs with a curved design that is reminiscent of traditional Chinese roof shapes and makes the exhibition center very recognizable. The exhibition halls benefit from daylight flooding in from the generous roof lights.