Central station Dresden, Basic Renewal and Reconstruction of the Entrance Hall
Dresden, Germany
Location
Dresden, Germany
Client
German Railway (Deutsche Bahn AG), DB Station&Service AG
Services
general technical planning, incl. building inspection, preparation of the building documents
Architect
Sir Norman Foster
Planning period
2003 – 2006
Construction period
2003 – 2006
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The reception building was gutted, statically/structurally repaired, and renewed in partial areas; the destroyed roof-supporting structures were replaced by wide-spanned glass roofs. In order to attain a high degree of prefabrication while taking the existing supporting structure tolerances into account, the glazing of the historic dome-supporting structure required a highly detailed specification of the spatial steel substructure and glazing connections.