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Wolkenhain Berlin

Wolkenhain Berlin

The highlight of the 2017 International Garden Exhibition (IGA) in Berlin is the ‘Wolkenhain’ (cloud grove) on the Kienberg. The visitor platform here, shaped like a cloud, towers into the sky as the centrepiece of the IGA and offers a panoramic view all the way to the centre of Berlin.

The white-painted steel structure was covered on the underside and sides with over a hundred individual elements made of silicone-coated fibreglass fabric. This fabric is particularly effective at night, when the structure is illuminated from within using a wide variety of lighting effects.


project details

  • Surface
    735 m2
  • Client
    Vollack Hallen- und Stahlbau GmbH & Co. KG
  • Architect
    Kolb Ripke Architeken Planungsgesellschaft mbH
  • Planning
    zapf & co. - structural engineering GmbH
  • Steel Construction
    Vollack Hallen- und Stahlbau GmbH & Co. KG
  • Production
    FLONTEX.EU Sp. z o.o. Sp. k.
  • Installation
    3dtex GmbH
  • Fabric
    Atex 3000 TRL
  • Klemm- und Halteprofile Membrane
    3dtex GmbH
  • Completion
    2017