Ireland Pavilion

Date: 2012.03.12 | Category: National Pavilions | Tags: achievements,displays,exhibits,Expo 2010 Maps,Innovation,irish,landscape,urbanization

Ireland Pavilion

The architecture of the translucent lantern-like Ireland Pavilion at Expo 2010 is intended to symbolize the relationship between urban and rural, manmade and natural. The exhibition inside sets the creativity of the Irish, their ancient history, vibrant modern culture, educational traditions and technical innovation into the context of a small, but surprisingly varied and beautiful, island. Visitors will be surprised to discover a cultural continuity that goes back to the Stone Age, whilst enjoying a whole range of contemporary audiovisuals, exhibits, displays, readings, music and performances.

The exhibition in the Pavilion attempts to mix the various key elements into a coherent entity: landscape, history, settlement pattern, urbanization, population, economy, music and culture. These elements all will be woven together in the climactic ‘Celtic Dreams’ immersive audiovisual space and help the audience to well experience the “Ireland Dream.”

The Ireland Pavilion has five enclosed galleries which are linked by slight inclines. It combines the art, music exhibiting graceful and mysterious elements. There is a quasi-circle large screen, introducing the Irish people and their changing cityscape to visitors.

The Courtyard Plaza is used to host events highlighting the cultural heritage of Ireland.

‘The Ireland Pavilion highlight and enable visitors to understand the rich Irish achievements in arts and literature through the development of architecture and building through the ages. Visitors will also get a feel Liffey River and walk down a re-creation of O’Connell Street, another landmark of the Irish capital.

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Pavilion under construction (photo courtesy of Pascal Deseure)

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Ireland Pavilion

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Visitors fall in line to enter the pavilion

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Ireland Pavilion at night

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Ireland Pavilion Illuminated

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Inside the pavilion

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Inside the pavilion (Iwao Kobayashi)

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Inside the pavilion (Iwao Kobayashi)

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Inside the pavilion (Iwao Kobayashi)

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Creative wall

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Irish Creative Wall

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Creative Wall (Iwao Kobayashi)

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Creative Wall (Iwao Kobayashi)

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Irish Dreams Gallery

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Household in Ireland 100 years ago

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Household in Ireland 30 years ago

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Household in Ireland today

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Transformation of Ireland Exhibit

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Inside the pavilion (Iwao Kobayashi)

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Flooring of the pavilion

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Flooring of the pavilion (Xuanfan Chen)

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A visitor having her picture taken (Iwao Kobayashi)

Originally posted 2010-08-20 00:00:15.

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