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| BAU is booming BAU 2011, taking place between 17 and 22 January at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, is therefore virtually fully booked. Once again over 1,900 exhibitors from 40 countries will be coming to this 'The World´s Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems' to showcase their products and services. The exhibition management expects over 210,000 visitors from around 150 countries to attend. The goal of the exhibition team is to gather together all the global market leaders in each of the sections of the exhibition. In these terms BAU really is virtually unmatched anywhere else in the world. On the visitor side, too, BAU has reached new heights: in 2009 it set a new record for visitor numbers – 212,000 of them came from 151 countries to attend the fair. BAU 2011 will take up the entire indoor exhibition space at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre: 17 halls providing 180,000 square metres of space. The sections cover the entire bandwidth of planning, architecture and construction. The individual sections are structured according to building materials, products and themes. What are the hot topics currently dominating debate in the field of architecture and construction? And which of them are critical for the future of the building industry? BAU 2011 will be highlighting selected themes – in the forums at the fair and in special displays. Specific solutions in these areas will also be presented at the stands of the exhibitors. ° Sustainable building: the all-round approach. Sustainable buildings must be cost-effective, environmentally friendly and resource-efficient. They must be comfortable for the users, promoting their wellbeing and health, and should also integrate well into their socio-cultural environment. ° Universal design: designing, constructing and fitting out buildings, housing and an environment that is suitable for all people, with or without handicap, large or small, young or old, enabling all to live independently, safely and in comfort. ° Renovation, modernisation and refurbishment accounts for a large part of the turnover of many building firms. In Germany alone already around 60 percent of total investment in housing construction is in R&M work. In addition to the presentations put on by the exhibitors BAU is again organising an exclusive, top-class fringe programme in 2011. BAU Plus! – this is the motto under which all those things that proved successful in 2009 will be continued in 2011. Visitors have a choice of three forums, each featuring top experts and industry representatives, at which to gather valuable information. These forums are all positioned right in the heart of the fair, and access to them is free for all participants. ° In the forum 'Future of Building' respected planners, architects and construction engineers from all over the world will be explaining, using project examples, what lies in store for the future. ° The forum 'MacroArchitecture' turns the spotlight on the role of architects now and in the future. In the mornings architects and company representatives will present joint projects. In the afternoons a 'trend panel' will reveal the results of interdisciplinary basic research. The aim will be to see what consequences mega-trends such as sustainability and digitalisation will have in the future on architecture, products and processes. ° Modernisation and Maintenance of buildings is an area in which many firms in Germany and abroad now make a large part of their earnings. For this reason, a separate forum is again being dedicated to this theme. The main themes at BAU will be explored in special shows. Here visitors can find out about the latest results of research and development and get an overview of what challenges are still to be faced. ° In the special show on 'Intelligent Building', the Fraunhofer-Allianz Bau will be presenting innovative technologies emerging from building research. Using examples of great relevance to building practice, the 16 member institutes in this alliance will be outlining new technologies, product and system solutions for housing and commercial property. ° Just how buildings are designed and constructed along the principles of sustainability, will be illustrated at BAU 2011 using the example of entries to the 'Solar Decathlon Europe 2010' competition. Four buildings, designed by teams at German universities, will be presented for the first time to a broad trade audience at BAU 2011. ° Universal design: Just what this means and what product innovations are available will be shown at BAU in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontotechnik (GGT). ° At the special show 'Sustainable for the future' the ift Rosenheim and leading manufacturers will be presenting high-performance and innovative windows and façades for use in sustainable building and energy-plus housing. They will also be pointing out the performance values and certificates that are of particular relevance to investment decisions. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |