As the previous pavilions we have featured on AD for the World Expo 2010 illustrate, the exhibition is, undoubtedly, a giant testing ground to experiment with the latest avant-garde design concepts. In late March, we featured Naço Architectures‘ pavilion and we have just be informed of some details of the facade treatment. The facade’s main focus was to capitalize on Monaco’s seemingly eternal p..
Shanghai Expo 2010: here are some photos of the United Arab Emirates Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010, designed by Foster + Partners. The design of the pavilion is inspired by sand dunes and the desert landscape of the emirate, and features undulating structures clad in a triangulated lattice of gold-coloured stainless steel panels. A series of louvres feature on certain parts of the façade, a..
A group of students of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at Aalborg University, Denmark, finished a Digital Design Miniproject. Originally Art615 is meant as an art pavilion for a crime-related park in Aalborg, Denmark. The concept mainly focused on drawing attention from the unsafe park, and ensuring the feeling of a safer environment for the visitors. Intense work of 43 students at the De..
british architect john pawson in collaboration with salvatori and lighting specialists KKDC exhibited at the interni think tank exhibition, milan. the installation entitled ‘house of stone’ was a simple, house shaped architectural structure made from recycled stone- consisting of 99% stone scrap and just 1% natural resin to act as a bonding agent. the linear MoMo LED light source produced by lig..
PROJECT: Danish Pavilion at the EXPO 2010 SIZE: 3.000m2 CLIENT: EBST COLLABORATORS: 2+1, Arup AGU, Arup Shanghai, Tongji Design Institute, Ai Wei Wei, Jeppe Hein, Martin De Thurah, Peter Funch LOCATION : Shanghai, China Architect: BIG Creative Director: Bjarke Ingels Partner-in-Charge: Finn Norkjaer Team: Tobias Hjortdahl, Jan Magasanik, Claus Tversted, Henrick Poulsen, Niels Lund Petersen, Kami..
Design: Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering Location: Shanghai, China Client: Shanghai World EXPO Land Holding Co. Ltd., Shanghai Managing Partners: Prof. Dr. Jan Knippers, Dipl.-Ing. Thorsten Helbig Contributors: Florian Scheible, Florian Kamp, Dirk Richter, Roman Schieber, Johannes Beran Cooperation: ECADI, Shanghai, China Gross Floor Area: 280,000 sqm Membrane Roof Area: 65,000 sqm Project Y..
american firm archi(te)nsions developed a thematic pavilion for the yeosu 2012 world expo - which intends to raise interests and awareness of the oceans and to explore educational and scientific aspects of the state of the art research on the marine environment. to celebrate the ocean and its unifying element they developed their design concept around the shape of a waterfall. waterfalls are typ..
Shanghai Expo 2010: architectural photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre has send us another update from Shanghai Expo 2010; this time the German Pavilion designed by architects Schmidhuber + Kaindl. The pavilion is called “balancity” and represents “a city in balance between renewal and preservation, innovation and tradition, urbanity and nature, society and its individuals, work and recreation, and..
Shanghai Expo 2010: architectural photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre is at Shanghai Expo 2010 this week and will be sending us some of the first photos of the completed pavilions, starting with the Spanish Pavilion by Miralles Tagliabue (EMBT). EMBT’s pavilion has a wicker facade over a steel structure. The Expo opens on 1 May and runs until 30 October. All photographs are copyright Iñigo Bujedo ..
The Arcelormittal Orbit is a stunning new artwork being built in London’s Olympic Park for the 2012 games. It will ensure the Park remains an unrivalled visitor destination long after the Games and it’s another way we’re ensuring the Games provide a long-lasting legacy for London. The sculpture will be designed by award winning London-based artist Anish Kapoor. About the Orbit The breathtaking s..
