Tuesday 12 May 2015

A Guided Tour Of The 2015 Milan Expo

A Guided Tour Of The 2015 Milan Expo

© Hufton+Crow
With 145 countries participating in the 2015 Expo, alongside input from international organizations, corporate partners and an extensive program organized by the Expo itself, there’s a lot going on in Milan right now. So much so, in fact, that it can be a little overwhelming to get a handle on all the sights that are worth your attention.
To help you out, we’ve put together a guided tour of the key pavilions that are turning heads, including the defining vistas of the expo grounds, the displays that are worth your time and the oddities that might entertain. From the Expo’s defining icon, the 30-meter-tall Tree of Life, to the exhibition on architecture’s favorite consumable (that’s coffee), and all the national pavilions in between, the things you need to see are here. Whether you’re planning to visit the Expo and want a quick and dirty way to ensure you’ve covered the highlights, or whether you’re simply hoping to live vicariously through the internet, this tour is for you.
   
Our tour starts at the Expo’s South Entrance, on the center-left of the map below, and follows round the two key axes, the Cardo and the Decumano, to the left, eventually ending at the Slovenia pavilion close to where it began.
Map showing our route starting at the South Entrance (center left of the image). Click to view full size. Image via Milan Expo Website with additional annotations by ArchDaily
1. View of the “Cardo,” looking toward the Tree of Life from the South Entrance
© Min Keun Park
2. View of the Decumano
© Min Keun Park
© Evan Rawn
© Min Keun Park
© Evan Rawn
© Evan Rawn
© Foster + Partners
© Foster + Partners
5. The Coffee Cluster, one of eight pavilions themed around a specific food type
© Evan Rawn
6. Vietnam Pavilion / Vo Trong Nghia
7. Pavilion Zero, one of the Expo’s five thematic areas. Pavilion Zero is intended as an introduction to the theme of the Expo and the Expo grounds.
8. Ireland Pavilion
9. Bahrain Pavilion / Anne Holtrop + Anouk Vogel
© Min Keun Park
© Min Keun Park
© Raphael Azevedo França
© Evan Rawn
11. South Korea Pavilion
© Evan Rawn
12. Malaysia Pavilion




Source - archdaily.com
Shared by - Mriganka Banikya

No comments:

Post a Comment