You have to move with the times – that’s what Buchmesse GmbH told itself in 2018 and decided to swap the Open Stage for something new. In future, a designer pavilion is to be the Frankfurt Book Fair’s flagship. In keeping with the long tradition of the protest movement for human rights and freedom of the press, this pavilion is intended to provide a stage for precisely these issues. AVMS takes care of the fixed installation for power and lighting and sets up media and conference technology.

The Pavilion is now set up again at every book fair on the Agora, the square centrally located at the fair. Even though this is a temporary building, some permanent installations had to be made inside first.

In order to bring light into the darkness at night, we installed cable routes on the floor and in the ceiling for a total of 30 ceiling lights, almost 100 pendant lights and the stage lighting. In addition, the feed into the changing power grid of the mobile Pavilion was permanently installed.

Setting up the temporary part of the Book Fair Pavilion is a real challenge every year and, at five days, takes just as long as the fair itself. But to raise a hall with a capacity of 400 people means a real sprint.