The first construction work on the Arteplage Biel-Bienne began in the summer of 1999.
Construction programme
| Arteplage Biel-Bienne | Start | End | |
| Forum - Platform | End 08.2000 | End 05.2001 | |
| Forum - Structures Towers and roof | Beginning 04.2001 | End 09.2001 | |
| Forum - Exhibition assembly | Mid 07.2001 | Mid 03.2002 | |
| Expopark - Preparatory work | Beginning 10.2001 | End 02.2001 | |
| Infrastructure Expen | End 01.2001 | End 04.2002 | |
| Expopark - Construction work | Beginning 02.2001 | End 02.2002 | |
| Expopark - Exhibition assembly | Beginning 06.2001 | Mid 03.2002 |
Together with many of the contractors and people involved, work began on the construction of Expo.02.
Concept, architecture and design (Forum)
Coop Himmelb(l)au, Vienna, Austria (Forum) www.coop-himmelblau.at
Wolf D. Prix (Project Manager)
Michael Volk (Project Partner)
Paul Kath (Project Architect)
Marc Paulin (Design Architect)
Gerhard Rieder (Project Coordination)
Wolfgang Leitgeb (Project Team)
Sigrid Steinweder (Project Team)
Concept, architecture and design (Expopark)
GLS, Gebert Liechti Schmid Architekten AG (Jean-Pierre Bechtel, Bernhard Beyeler, Claude Bücheler, Philippe Bürgler, Hrant Dantziguian, Jan Gebert, Alessandra Külling, Nik Liechti, Milan Müller, Jan Rauscher, Hans-Jörg Schmid, Ulrich Schmid, Fabio Vescovi, Caroline Wyss), Biel-Bienne and Zurich www.glsag.ch
Bauzeit Architekten, Biel-Bienne www,bauzeit.com
Mobil Consult, Biel-Bienne
Engineering
SIB + Partner GmbH, Gümligen (Towers, Helix)
SJB Kempter.Fitze AG, Frauenfeld (Towers) www.sjb.ch
Mantegani & Wysseier Ingenieure & Planer AG, Biel-Bienne (Bridge) www.m-w.ch
Lignting design
AIK expéditions Lumières (Yann Kersalé), Paris, France
Köhli & Partner, Zurich www.koehlipartner.ch
Landscape architecture
Zulauf Seippel Schweingruber Landschaftsarchitekten (new: Studio Vulkan Landschaftsarchitektur GmbH) (Lukas Schweingruber), Zurich www.studiovulkan.ch
Signage and scenography
Intégral Concept Ruedi Baur et associés, Paris, France www.irb-paris.eu
General contractor
Bâtigroup Generalunternehmung AG, Basel (Forum)
Zschokke Entreprise Générale SA, Renens (Expopark)
HRS Hauser Rutishauser Suter AG, Kreuzlingen (all buildings on the platform and Strandboden - excl. exhibitions) www.hrs.ch
Expen AG (Marie-Pierre Walliser-Klunge, Ulrich Wüger), Nidau (infrastructure)
Team Arteplage Biel-Bienne Expo.02
Head of Arteplage: Jean-Pierre Weber
Construction managers: Stephan Kessler, Guido Keune
Operations managers: Michel Ducret, Sybille Hauser, Frankin Niedrig
Exhibition managers: Pidu Russek, Arndt Schafter
Head of Events: Christoph Stahel
Operational steering: Günter A. Rühle
Media officers: Johanna Estermann, Monique Jüni
Photos: © Yves André www.yves-andre.ch; © ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Heinz Leuenberger / DES_01-0050-02 - DES_01-0050-05 / CC BY-SA 4.0
