Rindermarkthalle

The traditional Rindermarkthalle is located in Hamburg's St. Pauli district. Once a place of cattle trading with 2,500 cattle and 5,000 sheep, today the hall stands for culinary enjoyment and socio-cultural exchange.

The Rindermarkthalle was built in 1888, destroyed in the Second World War and rebuilt in 1951. The careful reuse of the historic building, which was planned and realized from 2012 to 2015, met with broad approval. After the application for a music hall for 4,000 visitors was rejected, the concept with a market hall, a mosque, doctors' surgeries and initiatives close to the district was convincing. All of this comes together under the listed shell of the building.

The double-shell clinker brick façade was extensively renovated in close consultation with the heritage protection office, building physicists and structural engineers. The original façades were carefully exposed, defects were repaired by hand with matching bricks and the entire joint network was renewed. The artistic reliefs by Ernst Hanssen at the main entrance were carefully restored. Company logos and billboards blend in discreetly and allow the impressive façade to take precedence.

At the time of its construction, the hall was one of the largest self-supporting steel construction halls in Europe. In order to preserve the structure and repair corrosion damage to the hollow planks and prestressed concrete, the reinforced concrete parts and the roof structure were completely renewed. At the same time, the roof covering and the glazing of the skylights were brought up to today's standards. Exposed ventilation pipes, plenty of steel, wood, industrial screed and unplastered walls give the hall its unmistakable appearance.