Shanghai Expo 2010 Madrid Pavilion
The Madrid Pavilion at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai applies strategies originally developed for Carabanchel Social Housing (Bamboo House) in Madrid to this project in Shanghai, China.
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The Madrid Pavilion at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai applies strategies originally developed for Carabanchel Social Housing (Bamboo House) in Madrid to this project in Shanghai, China.
The Shanghai Museum of Glass is located on a former glass manufacturing and processing site in the northern District of Baoshan, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai based practice Taranta Creations has designed their own studio located in Shanghai, China. The design is a reflection of the ongoing creative process within the studio, and seeks to provide an adaptable space that supports a range of informal functions.
UK pavilion – aka the ‘Dandelion’ – is awarded top prize: The Seed Cathedral designed by Thomas Heatherwick’s won gold in its category.
Built on a brownfield of a former industrial site, Houtan Park is a regenerative living landscape on Shanghai’s Huangpu riverfront.
The project is located along the Yantze River in Taicang City near Shanghai. Its concept is to create a new world-class urban city consisting of exhibition centers, commercial centers, logistics facilities and a residential area.
The New Zealand Pavilion for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai was commissioned through a limited design competition by the New Zealand Government.
“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”.
Under the hopeful banner ‘Better City,Better Life’, Expo 2010 Shanghai promises to be the largest universal Expo of all time, with more than 200 participating countries and organizations.
In the selection procedure for taking part in the ‘North Bund’ international ideas competition in Shanghai Gensler, USA, Cox, Australia and AS&P, Germany were the companies that prevailed.
The pavilion’s design is born from the idea of representing Mexico through its traditional elements which haven’t been exploited in these kinds of fairs.
The Korea Pavilion is situated in Zone A, directly neighboring the Japan Pavilion and the Saudi Arabia Pavilion, and in close proximity to the China Pavilion.
Given the nature of the exposition, the exhibition facility has to denote, by its esthetic distinctiveness, the country of origin, has to constitute, by the strength of its stylistic connotations, an evocative, recognizable and memorable cultural ideogram.
“The Italian stratified city” keeps resisting to the modern processes of alienation of inhabitants. It still represents a strong human spatial entity that can be perceived psycologically by people.
The project is located in one of the earliest and most significant commercial strips of China’s modern history: Shanghai Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street.
Through digital parametric modeling, a sea of acrylic spheres were created to form an intricate ceiling installation.
The basic concept of “Norway Powered by Nature” directly engages this challenge, placing emphasis and awareness on multiple aspects of sustainability.