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UBPA B3-2 Pavilion by Studio Archea
Italian architects Studio Archea have sent us these images of their pavilion in the Urban Best Practice Area at the Shanghai Expo 2010.
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Called UBPA B3-2 Pavilion and commissioned by the expo organisers and Italian Ministry of Environment, the structure houses displays from the cities of Bologna, Seoul and Shenzhen.
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The metal structure is clad in diamond-shaped panels of flexible silicon fabric and the building is designed to be dissembled and reused easily after the expo.
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Photographs are by Luciano Romano.
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Here's some more information from Studio Archea:
To meet the express wishes of the client, the building is a simple rectangular box, 78x28 meters, completely free inside to create a neutral space that can accommodate the exhibits of the cities participating in the event.
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As the project is part of a cooperation program between the Expo and the Italian Ministry of the Environment, the design also turned the concept of an industrial-inspired envelope into a mechanism for spreading natural light so that the space could be fully lit without using any energy.
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To these ends, the roof was designed as a shed structure along the building’s long side, crossed by steel beams clad so as to form reflecting surfaces that spread the light from above.
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The design was also conceived to allow for the building’s complete conversion and reuse. It was designed and built to be able to be disassembled and reassembled in another place.
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For this reason, the entire building was made with mortarless technologies that let over 90% of the parts used in the construction be recovered.
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The outside walls are a metal structure clad with silicon textile panels to turn the building container into a soft, vibrating surface.
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location Shanghai, China
project Exhibition pavilion
client World Expo Shanghai 2010 Holding Company
strutture Favero&Milan Ingegneria
system Favero&Milan Ingegneria
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plan 2007
construction completed in 2010
plot area 3,000 sq.m
built area 2,000 sq.m
contractor Shanghai Construction Company
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