It needs a building. At Bauwerk you are not exhibiting in hall 7 among three hundred others — you get the whole place for your brand, your guests and your story. In-house fair, roadshow stop, temporary showroom, product launch or the supporting programme around your trade show appearance, ten minutes from Koelnmesse: 38 metres of hall that transform for you.
By car and by train alike. If you exhibit at Koelnmesse, your supporting programme does not have to sit in an overpriced city-centre venue with guests shuttled across Cologne: Bauwerk stands on the historic KHD site in Kalk — close enough for a detour between two appointments, far enough away for an evening that no longer feels like an exhibition hall.
Bauwerk stands on the historic KHD site in Cologne-Kalk, in the middle of machwerkhaus köln — a quarter of design studios, start-ups and urban manufacturing. Listed brick architecture, an open loft atmosphere across two levels, and all around businesses that actually make things. For a brand that wants to present itself as productive, creative or innovative, this is the backdrop — not merely the address.
Brickwork of the former Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz works, preserved rather than recreated.
Design, start-ups and urban manufacturing as neighbours — for guests, a place with a history rather than a shed on the outskirts.
An open loft atmosphere that allows presentation and retreat at the same time.
For large trade show appearances, several buildings on the same site can be combined — without your guests changing location or a shuttle being needed.
The main hall with the six extendable boxes, 38.8 metres long, for 400 guests.
Creative studio with its own control room for up to 100 guests — for a live stream, press conference or product film running alongside the exhibition. View →
The large adjoining space for registration, exhibitors or catering when the main hall needs to stay in use.
The days around a trade fair are the most valuable of the year — everyone is in town, everyone has time, and nobody has to travel especially. That is exactly what Bauwerk is built for.
Press events and media launches, kick-off for your own exhibitors and stand teams, content creator sessions, pre-networking for invited guests.
VIP receptions and executive dinners, exhibitor side events and product presentations, networking evenings away from the halls, workshops in a calmer setting.
After-show events where business cards turn into conversations — before everyone heads home again.
The six extendable boxes give you six separate presentation areas of 15–20 m² each — for product groups, partners, departments or conversation islands. In between, the open hall remains free for reception, stage and catering.
Your own range in front of your own customers — no stand rental, no neighbours, no hall regulations.
The reveal in front of trade audience and press, streamed live at the same time from the studio next door.
Cologne as a stop on the tour, with step-free access for trucks and exhibits.
Several days of presence with changing visitor groups instead of a single evening.
Delivery right into the hall — the exhibit stands where the lighting already hangs.
Talks in the morning, exhibition in the afternoon, get-together in the evening. One room, three states.
Registration in the foyer, coffee on the Magistrale, boxes still closed — the hall reads as open space.
Seating in front of the LED wall, keynote and product film across 5.5 × 3 metres of picture.
The boxes slide out, the auditorium becomes the exhibition floor. No dismantling, no break.
Floor, walls, LED surface and lighting can all be tuned to the brand world — here for a drinks manufacturer across the full length of the hall.
Tell us what you want to show — we will tell you how the building arranges itself for it.
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