Description – Gong

Previously, the gas holder could hold 50 thousand cubic meters of purified blast furnace gas; today it can accommodate up to 2,500 visitors.

On the ground floor, there is an entrance hall where the Dolní Vítkovice Information Centre, Gong Gallery, and food services are located. The first floor houses variable conference rooms with a hall for 400 people. On the second floor, there is a foyer of the multipurpose hall, and on the third and fourth floors, there are foyers and a large hall with a capacity of 1,509 spectators.

Gong is used for educational, cultural, and social events. International conferences and congresses, concerts, or exhibitions of artists take place in the Multifunctional Hall Gong.

From the gas holder to the multifunctional hall

The wet gas holder construction began on November 22, 1922, and was completed in January 1924. It served to store purified gas from the blast furnaces. Operations ceased in 1998 along with the production of raw iron in Dolní Vítkovice.

The reconstruction according to the design of architect Josef Pleskot began in November 2010. In January 2011, the gas holder bell was lifted by 1,492 cm, creating space for new halls inside. The Multifunctional Hall Gong opened to the public on May 1, 2012. In 2013, the building was ranked among the top ten buildings in the world at the EXPO REAL fair in Munich.