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BIG-Bjarke Ingles Group, Danish Pavilion The Danish pavilion does not only exhibit the Danish virtues. Through interaction, the visitors are able to actually experience some of Copenhagen’s best attractions – the city bike, the harbor bath, the playground and the picnic. The...World Expo 2010BIG-Bjarke Ingles Group, Danish PavilionSchmidhuber + Partner / Milla & Partner /... “Balancity”, the title of the German contribution, is devoted to the subject of “balance” within the framework of the Expos’s motto “Better city, Better Life”. It looks at the equilibrium that the sustaining...World Expo 2010Schmidhuber + Partner / Milla & Partner /...Benedetta Tagliabue, Spanish Pavilion THE PAVILION Built in a parcel of 6,000m2 (19,685 ft2), the Spanish Pavilion has a usable area of 7,500m2 (24,600 ft2). Aside from the spaces destined to hold the main exhibits, the pavilion counts with installations to host official receptions, an...World Expo 2010Benedetta Tagliabue, Spanish PavilionFoster + Partners, UAE Pavilion THE BRIEF Following the ‘better city better life’ theme of the Expo, the brief was to design a building which captures the spirit, energy and sustainable awareness of the UAE and an iconic symbol to represent all seven emirates. The design...World Expo 2010Foster + Partners, UAE PavilionArchitype DialogueBiCuadro Architects, Italian Pavilion “Better city for better Life”: Shanghai Expo 2010: Italian Pavilion International Contest, 3rd prize winner “Better city for better Life”. The projects presents the italian style thru a design inspired by the authentic...World Expo 2010BiCuadro Architects, Italian PavilionArchitype DialogueSpan & Zeytinoglu Architects, Austria... The spatial relationships of the pavilion playfully adopt the balance, division and symbiosis between the town and the countryside. Abstract landscapes as sensual experiential spaces generate a rhythmical movement from the natural space to the...World Expo 2010Span & Zeytinoglu Architects, Austria...Architype DialogueJKMM Architects, Finnish Pavilion The Finnish pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is called Kirnu (“KIRNU’s kettle”). Designed by JKMM, an architect’s office in Helsinki, Kirnu won first prize in the design competition announced in May 2008, which received...World Expo 2010JKMM Architects, Finnish PavilionMass Studies, Korean Pavilion CONTEXT The World Expo 2010, held in Shanghai, China, is expected to be the largest world expo to date. The theme of the exposition will be "Better City, Better Life," and the event is to take place from May 1 until October 31, 2010, with more than...World Expo 2010Mass Studies, Korean PavilionArchitype DialogueSaia Barbarese Topouzanov architectes,... Better city, better life The will to develop cities that are at the same time inclusive, creative and sustainable is above all the quest for an ideal, an immense societal project that must be ceaselessly nourished and renewed through the efforts of...World Expo 2010Saia Barbarese Topouzanov architectes,...Buchner Bründler AG... The contribution of Switzerland to the World Exhibition is presenting itself as a hybrid nature/technique structure. A green meadow in a abstract shape of the country is raised above the ground and is protecting the lower city lounge. A chair-lift...World Expo 2010Buchner Bründler AG...Wood Marsh Architecture, Australian Pavilion  World Expo Shanghai 2010 is the largest expo ever staged with over 180 nations taking part and an anticipated attendance of over 70 million visitors over a six month period, in this context the design of the Australian Pavilion is uniquely...World Expo 2010Wood Marsh Architecture, Australian Pavilion Helen & Hard AS, Norway Pavilion Norway – Powered by Nature Expo 2010 Shanghai has adopted sustainable development as its theme. Consequently, concepts legitimising the extensive resource use, and the major investment of a World Fair must be promoted. “Norway - Powered by...World Expo 2010Helen & Hard AS, Norway PavilionArchitype DialogueDennis Gilbert, Singapore PavilionWorld Expo 2010Dennis Gilbert, Singapore PavilionAtelier Feichang Jianzhu, Shanghai Pavilion In 1976, Centre Pompidou in Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, turned the building inside out and made utility ductworks part of the architectural expression. It was unprecedented thus a breakthrough in the field of architecture....World Expo 2010Atelier Feichang Jianzhu, Shanghai Pavilion
 
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