S-Tiles - RiminiFiera, Rimini

	[RIMINI TRADE FAIR]
	Name: Rimini Fiera		Design: Volkwin Marg (Von Gerkan, Marg & Partners - GMP), Amburgo; progettazione strutturale: Favero & Milan, Venezia; architettura del paesaggio: Studio Land, Milano
	Destination of use: expo centre		Manufacturer: Mirage
	City: Rimini		Ceramic Materials: Granito Ceramico®, full thickness composite, series Terre del Grignano (modified)
	Country: Italia
	Type of intervention: floor covering
	Costumers: Ente Autonomo Fiera di Rimini (attuale Rimini Fiera SpA)
	Year of completion: 1999 - 2001
	The Project
	In the Emilia-Romagna, north of Rimini, which was founded in 268 BC by the Romans, the Nuova Fiera di Rimini as a new exhibition centre has been constructed, consisting of twelve exhibition halls, congress and conference rooms, event areas, restaurants, shops, administration offices and the necessary auxiliary and storage rooms. The exhibition centre offers approximately 80,000 m2 exhibition area and 50,000 m2 service area ltogether. The architectural concept is orientated around the Emilia-Romagna tradition, which has characterized European architectural history since the ancient world and the Renaissance. The overall ensemble is grouped in the classical axial fashion. The design of the buildings with their clear geometry however has the distinct classical formal expression interpreted in a modern way which defines with modern constructions and materials: a forecourt in front of the portico of the entrance with the tetrapylons light-towers, visible from a distance; the exhibition avenue with rows of open colonnades on both sides; the exhibition halls with timber diamond-shaped barrel arches; the central dome construction above the rotunda as centre of activity; the central portico of the entrance and the roofed springs and water basins bordered with flights of stairs.