{"id":23231,"date":"2014-09-03T21:45:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T19:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/finland-pavilion-2\/"},"modified":"2016-02-10T18:32:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T17:32:19","slug":"finland-pavilion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/finland-pavilion\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland Pavilion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Finnish pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is called Kirnu (\u201cGiant\u2018s kettle\u201d). Designed by JKMM, an architect\u2018s office in Helsinki, Kirnu won first prize in the design competition announced in May 2008, which received 104 entries in all. The Finnish pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 portrays our country in miniature, presenting both Finland and its society to the world. The aim of the pavilion\u2018s sculptural architecture is to create visions of freedom, creativity and innovation for the future. The pavilion will rise from the water as an island-like miniature city. A bridge leads visitors over the water into the pavilion, the heart of which consists of the miniature city\u2019s centre and a forum for events, \u201cKirnu\u201d, where ideas can meet and mix.
\nThe architecture of the pavilion draws its inspiration from Finnish nature. Elements of nature are reinterpreted in the pavilion, like the shape of small rocks found on coastal islands, the surface of a fish, reflections on water, a framed view of the sky and the smell of tar on wood. Like nature, the pavilion offers a quiet refuge from busy city life for anyone who wishes to enter.
\nExperience
\nThe pavilion floats over water, white and ethereal. A thin film of water cools the air flow around the pavilion. The delicate, scale-like surface structure is gradually revealed when approaching the building. A smooth bridge leads towards the entrance, whose warm wood surfaces form a shady and inviting portal to the pavilion. Visitors next arrive at the forum, Kirnu. Sheer walls made of fabric rise towards the sky. The displays and lighting fixtures integrated into the floor create a virtual exhibition that visitors walk over. A gently sloping ramp ascends within the thick walls of Kirnu towards the exhibition hall, a high space that winds around the atrium. After the exhibition hall, the ramp continues downward to the exit, shop and restaurant.<\/p>\n