Italy Pavilion
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 of a competition which...
Netherlands Pavilion
“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, an office, a farm,...
Norway Pavilion
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 architecture that facilitates social sustainability,...
Spain Pavilion
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 bring it back to...
Switzerland Pavilion
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 energy. The electricity is...
UK Pavilion
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 in the centre of the...
Urban Best Practice Area
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 of the program of environmental...
Più vicini alle comunità: la Urban Practice Area all‘Esposizione Universale di Shanghai
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 Area (UBPA) of Shanghai World Expo...
UBPA B2 and C1 pavilion
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 new functions. The original...
UBPA B3-2 Pavilion
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, capable of hosting the...
expo shanghai 2010 tecnologia e sostenibilità
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 new architectures and technologies. And...
Shanghai versus Milano Expo 2015
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 Boeri: The World Exposition is a...