Posts Tagged ‘SHANGHAI’

• Urban Dreams Pavilion

  Date: 2012.05.21 | Category: Theme Pavilions | Response: 0

  Urban Dreams Pavilion

  The Urban Dreams pavilion is located in a power plant of the early 20th century which was reconstructed for this event. The exhibition was designed by the Spanish agency Ingeniaqued in cooperation with the Chinese artist Bu Hua. The concept involves an imagined travel into the future, adopting an optimistic view of opportunities for developing hospitable cities via a combination of technological progress and tradition.

  Visitors walking through five exhibition rooms will find examples of sustainable solutions for urban problems concerning living, traffic, energy supply, and city planning. There are specific references to innovations put into practice in such diverse cities as Beijing, Kōbe, Freiburg im Breisgau, Canberra and San Diego. The high point of the tour is an animated movie shown in a 35-meter-high hall. It presents a colorful fantasy world.

  
  

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  City Roaming

  
  

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  City of Future

  
  

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  Imagining the Cities of the Future

  
  

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  35-meter high “fantasy”

  Originally posted 2010-06-25 17:46:13.

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• Venezuela Pavilion

  Date: 2012.05.19 | Category: National Pavilions | Response: 0

  Venezuela Pavilion

  The Venezuela Pavilion is in the geometric shape of a “Mobius strip,” or an inverted cylinder. It is structured in the form of an “8″ – a symbolic number both in China and Venezuela, with the eight stars of Bolivar recently incorporated into the Venezuelan flag

  The pavilion depicts many traditional aspects of Venezuela’s history and culture. The concept adopted is based on the belief that cities cannot aspire to be truly great places to live until they first address the problems and shortcomings that adversely affect the lives of their citizens.

  
  

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  The Venezuela Pavilion at another angle

  Highlight 1: Indigenous Culture

  The pavilion acknowledges the legacy of the country’s indigenous people, reproducing the style of a number of ethnic residences, such as the “Shapono Yanomami” (“forest villages”) or the “Churuata Yekuana” (the traditional homes of the Yekuana tribe). The Yanomami tribe that has thrived in the rainforests of South America for thousands of years will perform in the pavilion. Nor has it ignored the life experiences of the country’s burgeoning numbers of urban dwellers, opting to represent them through the most emblematic public space in any Venezualan city – the Plaza Bolivar.
  
  Highlight 2: Two-way Audiovisual Transmissions

  The exhibition area features two-way audiovisual transmissions via satellite between Shanghai and Venezuela. A live program of Venezuelan events will be broadcast. Venezuelans will also be able to see what’s happening in the Expo pavilion from large screens installed around their country.

  Highlight 3: Performances by Children’s Orchestra

  The pavilion’s theater will stage performances by Venezuela’s national orchestra and other stars. One of the highlights will be a Venezuelan children’s orchestra, which will perform in a 286-seat theater on July 5.

  
  

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  Visitors at the pavilion

  
  

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  An inscription located inside the pavilion

  
  

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  A photographer in front of the statue of Simon Bolivar (Cesar Corona)

  
  

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  Twirling designs (josuefelipe)

  
  

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  Closer look at the dangling paraphernalia (Werner Schroettner)

  
  

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  The exterior of the pavilion at night (Werner Schroettner)

  Originally posted 2010-09-09 09:16:35.