HOCHTIEF is a sponsoring partner of the RUHR.2010 European Capital of Culture, and HOCHTIEF Facility
Management has taken on the technical management of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010.
To help ensure that things run smoothly, we are providing the company's organizational team with
two project managers from HOCHTIEF Facility Management for more than one year, free of charge.
The event technicians from the Essen subsidiary started work on August 1, 2009, and will remain
in place until the end of 2010. In addition to assuming responsibility for the technical management
of the events, they have been acting as contacts for the organizers and artists, and contributing
their know-how to ensure the successful implementation of the large-scale projects, including the
Biennale for International Light Art, ExtraSchicht and the Love Parade 2010.
In addition, we are promoting individual projects such as the innovative
paper house, which is largely
made of recycled paper. It is located on the grounds of the Zeche Zollverein in Essen, RUHR.2010's
central event venue. At the end of September 2009, trainees from HOCHTIEF Construction laid the
foundations of the "paper house," which won the "mobile working spaces" architectural competition.
HOCHTIEF is supporting the four-year-long interdisciplinary art project THE THIRD EYE,
which is part of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 program. Out of an exploration of the questions "What is a city, how do
I love?", and "What can a city be?"–combining research, education and art–visions for the metropolises of the future emerged.
Furthermore, we are sponsoring the medieval exhibition "AufRuhr 1225!" in Herne, where we assisted
with the construction of a medieval motte. HOCHTIEF Construction was responsible for setting up
the construction sites and for the earthworks and reinforced concrete works.
Moreover, Düsseldorf International Airport, in which we have a shareholding, is the official RUHR.2010 airport, as well as being a sponsoring partner of this major event.
Further information:
HOCHTIEF staff working for RUHR.2010
Challenges between coke and culture – a reportage
Rehearsal of the RUHR.2010 inauguration ceremony
www.ruhr2010.de
A paperhouse under construction (picture caption)
The motte castle in Herne
On July 18, 2010, 60 kilometers of highway through the Ruhr region were blocked off for the "Still-life A40/B1" event.
HOCHTIEF was also represented here, at tables set up along the world's longest banqueting route. You can find further information
here.