Carmody Groarke has completed a drum-like hospitality pavilion in front of the listed structure of one of Germany’s busiest fresh produce markets – which is also Hamburg’s biggest theatre.

Hamburg’s glass and concrete Grossmarkt is a wholesale market by day but for the last five years has also hosted the 1,700-seat Mehr!, the city’s biggest theatre, by night.

Carmody Groarke’s €3m circular aluminium pavilion stands in front of the market halls, marking the start of the theatregoer’s experience while not getting in the way of the hundreds of delivery lorries arriving each day.

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