Corten Steel Umbrellas to Shade Madrid's 2010 Shanghai Pavilion
Madrid’s 2010 Shanghai Pavilion - a glazed sustainable housing solution wrapped in bamboo louvers - is about to undergo a sustainable upgrade with a new facade of Corten steel umbrellas. The building was designed by Foreign Office Architects and eventually converted into a commercial office and retail complex, although it is showing signs of rust and it’s bamboo elements have completely rotted out. So the municipality commissioned 3Gatti Architecture Studio to design a striking new shading system (Inhabitat)
3 weeks ago
Mall major step for Expo site redevelopment, rejuvenation
(Customers tour a newly opened shopping mall on Expo Boulevard yesterday. Photo by Zhang Suoqing)
The redevelopment of the former 2010 Shanghai World Expo site took a major step forward yesterday with the opening of a four-story shopping mall on Expo Boulevard.
The first phase of the River Mall opened at the two sides of the 1-kilometer Expo Boulevard, the main access to the Expo site. (Shanghai Daily)
4 months ago
Scales
Façade of the Spanish Pavilion (EMBT) for the 2010 Shanghai Expo photographed by Kacam
5 months ago
Saudi Pavilion rerun sparks Shanghai tourism
And another pavilion opens again after the Expo:
Shanghai’s post-Expo enthusiasm is due to hit another high note as the Saudi Arabian Pavilion (aka Moon Boat), one of the most popular pavilions during last year’s Shanghai Expo, is set to re-open from September 28. (CNNGo)
1 year ago
Shanghai’s Stunning Sun Valley Pavilion Boasts the World’s Largest Membrane Roof
The 2010 Shanghai World Expo earned the metropolis the nickname “the next great world city” - an honor that is no doubt partially due to the incredible Expo pavilion. Designed by German team SBA International, The EXPO-AXIS pavilion has now been transformed into a permanent green space for Shanghai. The beautiful funnel-like structure directs daylight into the floors below, and it is topped with the world’s largest membrane construction. (Inhabitat)
1 year ago
Expo pavilions reborn as non-profit school
This is great news and it follows perfectly the last posts by Alvaro Leonardo:
Some Expo pavilions — or at least parts of them — get a second chance as part of a local school, finally living up to the Expo’s sustainability theme. (CNNGo)
2 years ago
EXPO SITE DECONSTRUCTION III
(This is a guest post by Alvaro Leonardo, senior designer architect at POLIFACTORY)
Fortunately, not all the buildings are being destroyed. Some will remain, such as the UFO, now renamed the Mercedes-Benz Arena, the biggest space for concerts nowadays in Shanghai. These days it is still possible to visit the Chinese Pavilion to appreciate all of its original exhibitions inside.
(Photo by Alvaro Leonardo)
2 years ago
EXPO SITE DECONSTRUCTION II
(This is a guest post by Alvaro Leonardo, senior designer architect at POLIFACTORY)
The opposite example of deconstruction is the German Pavilion, a huge concrete structure currently being removed. They have been working on its deconstruction since the 25th of January and they are almost done, a process visible in the image. In front of the German Pavilion, we can also see the Swiss structure being removed step by step, starting with the red curtains, then the green roof (which is already brown), and soon they will destroy both concrete cylinders.
(Photo by Alvaro Leonardo)
2 years ago
Expo Site deconstruction I
(This is a guest post by Alvaro Leonardo, senior designer architect at POLIFACTORY)
Shanghai is now experiencing an amazing process as the whole Expo Site is being destroyed after its use. By pavilions, the one of the UK is one of the fastest to be removed as we can see on the image below. We can barely even see its footprint anymore. Fortunately, the pavilion was designed to spread all of its skin’s seeds on China’s land after its use, a process that is actually quite green.
(Photo by Alvaro Leonardo)
2 years ago
Shanghai Expo 2010: universal narratives vs. universal values in the corporate pavilions
(Photo by Dan Hill)
Dan Hill, from the great City of Sound blog, writes about two of the corporate pavilions at the Expo: Cisco and General Motors. As he points out the experience in those pavilions”may be as revealing of 2010 as any other part of the Expo”.
2 years ago
