General Motors Stand
The exhibition stand of General Motors at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit was designed by the renowned office of George P. Johnson. Werner Sobek was responsible for the structural engineering of the special structures.
Twisted Walls for Detroit Show
These so-called “twisted walls” were steel space trusses clad with aluminium sheeting. They were partially suspended from the ceiling and cantilevered out up to 16 m.
Architecture
George P. Johnson, Ostfildern/Germany
Planning time
2006
Construction time
2006 − 2007
Services by Werner Sobek
Structural engineering of special structures (WP 1 − 8 acc. to § 64 HOAI)
Client
General Motors, Detroit/USA
Photography
Andreas Keller, Altdorf/Germany