Taiwan Pavilion

Date: 2012.03.07 | Category: National Pavilions | Tags: asia,Expo,Expo 2010 Maps,Mount Ali,Mount Morrison,SHANGHAI,Yin-KO Town

Taiwan Pavilion

The pavilion design is a transparent cube housing a giant ball in its center. It is mainly made of steel and glass, with the outlines of the island’s Mount Morrison and Mount Ali painted on the facade. The main part of the pavilion was built with stone from Jade Mountain and soil from Yin-Ko Town. Taiwan will invite people to fly lanterns for good luck – a traditional island custom – and view its beautiful mountains and lakes at its pavilion. The pavilion showcases the island’s scenery, its kind-hearted people and culture with the theme “Mountain, Water, Heart and Lantern.”

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Taiwan Pavilion (Debbie Uy)

The Taiwan Pavilion Expo 2010 uses multi-layered multimedia performances to convey the building’s core concept, “Mountain, Water, & Lantern of the Heart.” In day and night two different appearances, visitors from around the world will marvel at the huge LED ball representing “The Heart of Taiwan” and its lantern screen which projects a wide array of spectacular views of the island that echo one another. The concrete LED ball is constantly encircled by moving virtual images, including thousands of flying butterflies and a deep-sea experience. Taiwan’s creativity, sustainability of nature and local arts are among other stunning themes and visions that the Pavilion will share with the world.

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Close up of the globe design (Albert Law)

The Taiwan Pavilion’s “Lantern of the Heart” is also surrounded by a rimless pool at the foundation to symbolize the Pacific Ocean, while the water from Sun Moon Lake, ceramic butterflies made in Yingge and actual rocks from Jade Mountain serve as metaphors of five harmonious elements of the East: metal, wood, water, fire and earth. When visitors step onto the sky lantern lighting stage, it will seem as taking a step onto Taiwan’s very soil. When people light the sky lanterns, they are expressing their wish for harmony in the world, as well as their hope to “go back to nature” in “future cities.” Each activity designed by the Taiwan Pavilion aims to realize the dream of maximizing harmony in our lives and to share a new vision of the 21st century with the world which is also the essence of the Taiwanese spirit.

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Women playing instruments (Isaac Marshal)

Highlight 1: Movie about Taiwan’s Culture and Scenery

The globe, 12 meters in diameter, houses a theater, where a four-minute movie about Taiwan’s culture and scenery will be shown. The globe doubles as a screen to show the island’s landscapes.

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Taiwan Pavilion swarming with visitors (G.D. Leung)

Highlight 2: Lantern-flying Ceremony

The globe will be suspended over a pool of water, which will reflect the images shown on the globe. Visitors will be invited to take part in a multimedia lantern-flying ceremony on a platform above the pool. If 40 people make a ring on the platform, each of them will trigger a beam that will light the globe.

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A family watching a presentation (Isaac Marshal)

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Taiwan Pavilion Information lady (Isaac Marshall)

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Gift from the Taiwan Pavilion (Publius Wang)

Originally posted 2010-09-03 09:41:22.

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