• Israel Pavilion

    Date: 2012.05.09 | Category: National Pavilions | Tags: ,,,,,,

    Israel Pavilion

    The Israeli pavilion, measuring about 2,000 square meters is composed of two streamlined buildings hugging each other. The pavilion looks like two clasped hands, or a seashell. One side of the seashell is made of authentic stone while the other is made from transparent glass. The design symbolizes Israeli innovation and technology as well as representing the dialogue between humanity and nature, the earth and the sky, as well as the past and the future. The pavilion highlights innovation and ancient Jewish culture. It consists of three areas: the Whispering Garden, the Hall of Light, and the Hall of Innovations. The Whispering Garden is an orchard that greets visitors as they enter the building. Inside the natural stone is the Hall of Innovations, symbolizing links with the earth and history, and the recycling of natural resources. Under the transparent glass is the Hall of Light, symbolizing technology, transparency, lightness, and the future.

    The following are the highlights of the pavilion: Green Orchard, Innovation, and Capsule.

    A green orchard will come into view as visitors enter the pavilion. About 50 orange trees have been planted, and technology will make the trees “whisper” in English and Chinese when visitors walk close to them. Here, everyone is expected to be in direct touch with nature and the irrigation technology that the Israelis take pride in.

    The Hall of Light features a 15-meter screen that shows films highlighting the country’s innovations and technological achievements. As the centerpiece of the pavilion, the Hall of Innovations presents an audiovisual show which will allow visitors to hear from Israeli children, scientists, doctors, and inventors via hundreds of screens. Each light sphere here represents innovation and technical breakthroughs in such fields as agriculture, food, pharmacology, solar and green energy, science, music, literature, high-tech, telecommunication, and security.

    Highlights include a capsule containing a mini-camera that can be swallowed for internal medical checks (the camera can then be discharged naturally and not cause any pain for the patient). It is displayed at the Hall of innovations.

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    With its contrasting halves of stone and glass, Israel’s first World’s Fair pavilion since Expo 1967 in Montreal expresses the dualities confronting modern Israeli life. (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)
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    With its contrasting halves of stone and glass, Israel’s first World’s Fair pavilion since Expo 1967 in Montreal expresses the dualities confronting modern Israeli life. (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)

    Israel Pavilion at night
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    Israel Pavilion at night

    The two halves symbolize the universal dualities of man struggling with nature and the ancient competing with the modern. (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)
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    The two halves symbolize the universal dualities of man struggling with nature and the ancient competing with the modern. (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)

    Design detail of the pavilion
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    Design detail of the pavilion

    Design detail of the pavilion
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    Design detail of the pavilion

    Part of the media display in the “Hall of Innovations”
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    Part of the media display in the “Hall of Innovations”

    Attendees inside the Hall of Light are treated to hypnotic vistas as they peer through the glass half of the exterior facade. (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)
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    Attendees inside the Hall of Light are treated to hypnotic vistas as they peer through the glass half of the exterior facade. (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)

    Each flower-like sphere plays a recording of an Israeli recounting one of the country’s innovations. (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)
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    Each flower-like sphere plays a recording of an Israeli recounting one of the country’s innovations. (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)

    The 52-foot-high Hall of Innovations uses hundreds of “light spheres” to communicate Israel’s achievements in eco-friendly energy, science, the arts, and security (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)
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    The 52-foot-high Hall of Innovations uses hundreds of “light spheres” to communicate Israel’s achievements in eco-friendly energy, science, the arts, and security (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)

    The Hall of Light is illuminated by natural daylight, streaming through the glass half of the structure (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)
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    The Hall of Light is illuminated by natural daylight, streaming through the glass half of the structure (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)

    In the Hall of Light, attendees follow a curved wall with a 49-foot-high screen that depicts Israel’s history and heritage, as well as its chief tourist attractions (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)
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    In the Hall of Light, attendees follow a curved wall with a 49-foot-high screen that depicts Israel’s history and heritage, as well as its chief tourist attractions (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)

    Nicknamed the Whispering Garden, a grove of 54 orange trees rigged with speakers and sensors greet attendees in English and Mandarin when they pass by (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)
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    Nicknamed the Whispering Garden, a grove of 54 orange trees rigged with speakers and sensors greet attendees in English and Mandarin when they pass by (Photos courtesy of Haim Dotan and Shen Qiang)

    Originally posted 2010-08-21 00:00:15.

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