THE Mercedes-Benz Museum is now officially home to the "strongest artificially generated tornado in the world". The attempted record was confirmed in the presence of Guinness Book of Records representative Olaf Kuchenbecker.
The 34.4m high artificial tornado serves to eliminate smoke from the museum in the event of a fire.
The architecture of the Mercedes-Benz Museum placed particular demands on construction planners, architects and engineers with regard to smoke elimination. Fire regulations require all areas outside the fire level to be smoke-free, but due to the open-plan structure of the museum, the exhibition areas are connected to each other via an interior courtyard and ramps.
A unique smoke elimination system was developed especially for the museum where, in the event of fire, 144 outlets along the core walls inject air into the interior courtyard museum. This generates an artificial tornado, and smoke is discharged outside via a ventilator.
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