Die Schaugewächshäuser

The greenhouses are located at the old location of the Botanical Garden in the city center at Dammtor (today: Planten un Blomen). They were built in 1962/63 and opened for the 1963 International Horticultural Exhibition.The greenhouses have a total area of 2800 m², a volume of 18,500 m³ and a maximum height (tropical house) of 13 m. The special technical feature of the system is that the glass construction is suspended from external hollow box profiles and the interior is therefore completely free of load-bearing elements are. Today the greenhouses and the neighboring Mediterranean terraces are listed buildings.

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Top tropical greenhouses
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The show greenhouses of the Botanical Garden of the University of Hamburg were built for the IGA in 1963. They replaced the greenhouses that were destroyed in the war based on a design by the architect Prof. Bernhard Hermkes. The greenhouses accommodate around 2,800 square meters of plants from the different climatic zones of the world - from the tropical jungle to the desert. The complex is divided into five areas. In addition to the tropical house, there is a subtropical, cactus and fern house. The construction is particularly noteworthy: the glazing is suspended from external profiles and the interior is free of load-bearing elements. Both the greenhouses and the neighboring Mediterranean terraces are listed buildings.
Source: plantenundblomen.de

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