The first construction work on the Arteplage Biel-Bienne began in the summer of 1999.
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)
Engineering
SIB + Partner GmbH, Gümligen
SJB Kempter.Fitze AG, Frauenfeld www.sjb.ch
General contractor
Bâtigroup Generalunternehmung AG, Basel (Forum)
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: Virtual Tour; © Yves André