Our team built the visitor pavilion for the theatrical world success Harry Potter and the Enchanted Child at Hamburg’s Mehr! Theatre in Hamburg. In the record speed of seven weeks, the electrical, wooden and metal components prefabricated in Switzerland were assembled in front of Hamburg’s wholesale market. The construction was not only completed on time, but also true to detail, free of defects and within the given budget.
While lorries and forklifts whiz past each other in the early hours of the morning at Hamburg’s wholesale market, in the evening visitors to the Mehr! Theatre. The currently most successful theatre production in the world, Harry Potter and the Enchanted Child, will soon celebrate its premiere there.
For this spectacular live experience in two parts, the Mehr! Theatre is being extensively rebuilt. During the intermission between parts one and two, visitors can enjoy refreshments in the specially constructed theatre pavilion.
The building consists of a wooden structure covered with an aluminium façade.
The Theatre Pavilion was designed by Jacob Höppner of the London architectural firm Carmody Groarke and built by the Expomobilia team. The round pavilion has a diameter of 46 m and an area of 1,660m². This means that the pavilion can hold up to 1,500 visitors.
In the record speed of seven weeks, the electrical, wooden and metal components prefabricated in Switzerland were assembled in front of Hamburg’s wholesale market.
In January 2021, the theatre pavilion received the BDA jury prize Hamburg 1st rank from the Association of German Architects. The jury praised “the silver flying disc in front of the Grossmarkthallen” as a “magical place” and described the style as “cosy, idiosyncratic, spartan and full of character”.
