Markthalle Hamburg
The Markthalle Hamburg is a building complex at the Convent Wall in Hamburg's Hammer Brook near the central train station. It consists of the cultural and event center market hall and facilities from the art district and is among other things Seat of the Hamburg Art Association.
Location
The building is located on its eastern side by the tracks of the main station exit to the south. On the three other sides it is surrounded by multi-lane roads in the south are Deichtorplatz and Deichtortunnel, west of the monastery wall with the entrance to the Walltortunnel. To the north is Altmannbrücke between Stone Street and Kurt -Schumacher -Allee.
The environment is architecturally functionally characterized: Beyond the railroad tracks is the former post office at Hühnerposten, now the headquarters of the Central Library of the Hamburg public libraries, in Münzviertel. In the west, joins the Klosterwall the City - yard - high store chain in the 1950s. To the south are the Deichtorhallen, which are also used as an exhibition and convention center, located.
Architecture
The 1913 built by Fritz Schumacher rotgeklinkerte building complex consists of three main parts: the southern cultivation has, inter alia, the Kunstverein his seat in the 1990 This totally renovated part of the building has a silvery barrel roof and large glass fronts.
In the main house with a pitched roof and the event center is located indoor market. It consists of the Great Hall on the first floor for 1,000 visitors, mostly in the live concerts. This town is under the umbrella of art space, formerly Small Hall, for a maximum of 300 visitors Unplugged concerts, recitals, club nights, children's parties or records Exchanges take place. The MarX, located on the east side at the level of the Great Hall with a wall of windows to the railroad tracks is expanded club -like and has a bar, it holds up to 280 spectators. The 300 -square-foot foyer also features a bar and a smoking area and a snack. Access is via an external staircase and terrace on the first floor. On the ground floor, the Kunsthaus Hamburg is located, the basement of lying on a slope building technical facilities reserved ( backstage area, elevators ).
In the northern extensions other facilities of the Art Mile, the gallery Haus Hamburg, as well as an antique market and a pocket business have their headquarters The northernmost part of the building section is used by a railway company, DB Netz AG.
History of the building
The market hall was built in 1913 as a flower and vegetable wholesale market hall of Hamburg. The wholesale market but was shifted successively in new buildings: In 1962, the opening of the new wholesale market hall. The flower market was transferred to the Deichtorhallen. This was followed by 1984, another laying in an extension of the wholesale market, so that market hall and the Deichtorhallen for cultural use were free. 1976/77 was the remodeling of the central part of the building of the market hall to a convention center, which was opened on New Year's Eve 1976 with a concert by the Krautrock group embryo.
Since then, there have taken place according to the operators in over 250 months, more than 6,000 events with nearly 3,000,000 visitors. Other sources in 1997 of 7,000 events and 9,000 bands. Among others there were playing the following artists: AC / DC, BB King, The Clash, Herbert Grönemeyer, Marius Müller- Westernhagen, The Police, Iggy Pop, REM, Run-DMC, the Scorpions, U2.
But other events were held here, such as Japanese theater, readings of Douglas Adams and Charles Bukowski or a video art exhibition by Brian Eno.
Incidents were mainly in the age of punk culture, such as the police in 1983, a concert by the British band Toy Dolls after a brawl ended, and after a fight at a concert by The Clash.
Conversion to Kunstmeile
In 1992, the Hamburg state in the aegis of Senator for Culture Christina Weiss, the conversion of the remaining parts of the building to the art district. For this purpose, funds amounting to about nine million marks were made available. The management of the construction work was entrusted to the architect Alsop & Störmer. The southern part of the building was expanded to the seat of the Kunstverein. Next pulled the Free Academy of the Arts in the southern and the Professional Association of Visual Artists ( BBK) one in the northern part of the building. The Kunsthaus Hamburg ( founded in 1963 ) was located on the ground floor of the main house. These facilities were replaced in addition to the Kunsthalle building the new art island with the Gallery of Contemporary Art. In all parts of the building complex has an area for exhibitions. On 6 September 1993 Culture Senator Weiss opened the new art center.
On 4 October 1993, the first exhibition was opened in the new premises of the Kunsthaus Hamburg. Since then, the Kunstverein 2,500 square meters, the BKK almost 1,000 and the Free Academy of the Arts 700 square feet of space were available. Other adaptations came to about 1995. So rented about Hans Barlach, grandson of Ernst Barlach more space for contemporary installations. Even more clubs such as the artist 's self-help or Art Contact laid her quarters in the building.