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Master plan for Expo 2000
Expo 2000 – a city within a city It was the talk of the town – and the subject of widespread debate. But in the end, its organisers were able to parade positive figures: Expo 2000 in Hanover attracted some 17 million people. The office appointed to design the lighting developed a master plan for the 160 hectare site. Because of the numerous car parks,
avenues, parkland areas and bridges, the assignment amounted to developing a master plan for a city. The lighting planners’ primary task and greatest challenge was to create a common denominator and cohesive structure for the widely differing architecture on the site. Lighting was used to make entrances visible from afar and to meet the functional lighting requirements of parking
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Expo roof
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Parkland areas at the Expo: low-level pathside lighting
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