Documenta-Halle, Art museum in Mitte, Germany

The documenta-Halle is an exhibition building erected in 1992 on Friedrichsplatz in Kassel, designed by the office Jourdan & Müller (PAS) in a postmodern-constructivist idiom with cubist elements. It stands at the edge of the slope beside Paul Bode and Ernst Brundig's theatre building, and its glass front facing the park carries a markise added after 2007. Inside, the geometric outer shell is mirrored by a large convex "Rotunde" in the basement.

The documenta-Halle was built in 1992 on Friedrichsplatz in Kassel, designed by the office Jourdan & Müller (PAS) in a postmodern-constructivist idiom with cubist elements. It was conceived because documenta had no permanent exhibition rooms of its own. Early drafts proposed closing Friedrichsplatz toward the Karlsaue park; the realised version sits on the slope edge and keeps the view into the landscape open.

The hall is used for exhibitions within the documenta and also as a temporary exhibition space for events, fairs and congresses in Kassel's city centre. Since 2008 it has mainly served as a permanent venue for presenting works by master-class students. From 2013 it has housed the tattoomenta tattoo and piercing fair.

The documenta-Halle stands on Friedrichsplatz in Kassel, not Berlin, next to the Staatstheater. Its several levels make orientation awkward, and since 2008 it has mainly served as a permanent venue for master-class exhibits. The glass front facing the Karlsaue park carries an awning fitted after 2007 to reduce daylight.

The hall's lower level holds a large "Rotunde" whose curved form mirrors the geometric outer shell; the architects made it convex, and it remains hard for lay visitors to read. Since 2008 the multi-level building has mainly served as a permanent venue for master-class presentations.