area 110 – Expo 2010 Shanghai

China pavilion – photo by Luciano Romano If we cannot but wonder why it should be necessary to organize, participate or even simply visit a World Exposition when the web…

Shanghai World Expo, a Microscopic View of Cities World: Cities? Cities! The 2010 World Expo to be hosted in Shanghai is the first of its kind to take city as…

The Theme of Expo 2010 Shanghai and its Significance Summary: The key value of the theme of Expo 2010 is the urban sustainability, to explore the global urbanization in urban…

Wu Zhiqiang, Wu Zhiqiang, Dean of the College of Architecture and Planning at Tongji University, Shanghai, is also Chief Planner of World Expo Shanghai 2010 and proposed the “H-city” (harmony…

China Pavilion consists of two parts – China Pavilion and China’s Joint Provincial Pavilion. Rendering a gross floor area of 160,126 m2 (including 9,005 sqm projected area of overhang construction)…

Han-geul, the Korean alphabet, is the prime element of ’signs’ within the pavilion. The overall volume, lifted 7.2 m above ground level, is created by converging these Han-geul letters, allowing…

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…

The Finnish pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is called Kirnu (“Giant‘s kettle”). Designed by JKMM, an architect‘s office in Helsinki, Kirnu won first prize in the design competition…

area: The theme of the Expo is “Better city, better life”, what is the Italian pavilion’s response to this motto? What is the idea which has inspired the project, winner…

“Better City, Better Life”, the theme of the expo 2010, origins in a good street. A street mixed with different types of buildings like a house, a shop, a factory,…

The explosive urbanization that China is experiencing calls for an increased sensibility and consideration for both natural and human resources. “Norway powered by Nature” contributes to these issues with an…

The Spanish Pavilion for the 2010 World Expo of Shanghai seeks to reflect upon the Spanish climate, as well as to recover the extraordinary craft of wickerwork in order to…

The Swiss Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai is enclosed in a semi-transparent façade that produces electricity using cutting-edge solar technology and turns solar radiation into a visible form of…

The design process evolved to produce two interlinked and experiential elements: an architecturally iconic Seed Cathedral, and a multi-layered landscape treatment of the 6,000 sqm site. The Seed Cathedral sits…

UBPA area in the zone E at the Shanghai Expo The Ministry of the Environment has been involved in the preparation of EXPO 2010 ever since 2004. Within the context…

Getting closer to the community: Urban Best Practice Area of the Shanghai World Expo A project which did not make it for UBPA As far as the Urban Best Practice…

The project for the Pavilions for the Shanghai World Expo 2010 B2 and C1 aims to recover and enhance the existing industrial pavilions, maintaining their structure and adapting it to…

The pavilion is, as requested by the Expo, a simple rectangular box measuring 78 by 28 metres, with a completely free interior forming a neutral space, without any intermediate pillars,…

Expo Shanghai 2010 – Technology and Sustainability True to the tradition of the World Exposition ever since its creation in 1851, the Expo 2010 Shanghai is an experimental workshop for…

interview to Stefano Boeri and Michele Brunello Laura Andreini: What are the principal contents and priorities of the Master plan prepared for the World Exposition of Milan of 2015? Stefano…