Expo 2015 pavilions

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This article contains the details of the pavilions in Expo 2015. The 2015 World Expo Milan covers more than 2.9 square kilometers and contains more than 70 exposition pavilions. More than 145 countries and 50 international organizations registered to participate in the 2015 Milan Expo.

Theme pavilions[]

Pavilion Zero

There are 5 theme areas:

  •  [it], which serves as an introduction to the Expo;
  • Future Food District which displays a modern and hyper-technological supermarket
  • Children's park, an area dedicated to kids exploring the Expo theme
  • a Biodiversity Park which includes a garden and two pavilions
  • Arts & Foods: rituals since 1851 exhibition[1] hosted at the satellite venue Triennale di Milano.[2]

In addition the Media Center, which looks exactly like Pavilion Zero, welcomes visitors at the west entrance of the exhibition.

National pavilions[]

145 of the world's 196 nations were represented at Expo 2015, either in stand-alone pavilions or within larger pavilions.

Country Image Designer Description Award(s)

Afghanistan[]

 Eating for Longevity, Afghanistan Amazingly Real, a 125-metre section within the Spices cluster.[3]

Albania[]

 Our Food, Our Story, Our Mystery... within the Bio-Mediterraneum cluster[4]

Algeria[]
Mosaic on display in the Algerian pavilion
 This pavilion's theme was Agricultural Heritage and Technological Development for Food Self-Sufficiency and describes how difficult hunting and obtaining water is in its arid conditions. There was also a food area which served cous cous and other offerings from the national cuisine.[5]

Angola[]

 Med 2.png BIE award 2nd place for theme development (over 2000 metres)[6]
Med 1.png 1st prize of the World Association of Agronomists[7]

Argentina[]
The cafe area at Argentina pavilion
 Theme 'Argentina feeds you'. The pavilion was designed to resemble four silos[8]

Austria[]
A wall within the Austrian pavilion
 Klaus K. Loenhart of terrain:loenhart&mayr[9] The pavilion was a lush outdoor forest, giving visitors the opportunity to meander through and enjoy a breath of fresh air. Exhibitor Magazine best pavilion honorable mention[10]
Med 1.png Exhibitor Magazine best interpretation of theme honorable mention[10]

Med 1.png BIE award winner for best display (under 2000 metres)[6]

Azerbaijan[]
Expo Milano 2015 - Azerbaidjan pavilion
 Simmetrico Network[11]

Theme 'Protection of Organic Food and Biodiversity for Future Generations'[11]

Med 1.png Exhibitor Magazine best small pavilion winner[10]
Honorable mention sustainability award for Design and Materials[12]

Bahrain[]
Crockery from the 2nd and 3rd centuries
 Designed by and [13] Contained 10 connected fruit gardens[14] Honorable mention sustainability award for Design and Materials[12]
Med 2.png BIE award 2nd place for architecture and landscape (over 2000 metres)[6]

Bangladesh[]

Theme 'Sustainability in Rice Production for Better Life Under Changing Climate' Includes information about rice capable of adapting to climate change developed by the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute[15]

Belarus[]

 Theme: The Wheel of Life[16]

Belgium[]

 Designed by Patrick Genard in collaboration with , construction by Besix - Vanhout[17] Exhibitor Magazine best exhibit honorable mention for The Cave[10]
Honorable mention sustainability award for Design and Materials[12]

Benin[]

 Theme: At the Heart of Benin's Cuisine, Nutrition for a Life Bursting with Energy[18]

Bolivia[]

 Theme: Quinoa, a Future Sown Thousands of Years Ago[19]

Brazil[]

 Studio Arthur Casas Exhibitor Magazine best 'Elements & Detail' honorable mention for The Net[10]

Brunei[]

 Theme Science and Technology for Food Safety, Security and Quality. Part of the spices cluster[20]

Burundi[]

 Theme A Discovery of the Five Senses: Burundi, part of the coffee cluster[21]

Chile[]
Chile Pavilion
 Undurraga Devés Arquitectos The pavilion is a wooden box: a suspended structure with a large wooden lintel enclosed by a frame of crossed beams and supported by four concrete pillars that create an intermediate space and a clear horizon. Med 2.png BIE award 2nd place for architecture and landscape (under 2000 metres)[6]

China[]
China pavilion
 Studio Link-Arc The building's predominant feature is its complex roof form. From the front it appears to be a series of curves, while at the back it forms a row of rectilinear shapes. Exhibitor Magazine' best exterior design honorable mention[10]
Med 3.png BIE award 3rd place for architecture and landscape (over 2000 metres)[6]

Colombia[]
Colombia pavilion
 Theme Concept: Mauricio Cárdenas, Studio Cárdenas; Architecture Concept: Manuel Villa Arquitectos; Architectural Design: Mauricio Cárdenas, Studio Cárdenas[22] The Colombia Pavilion theme was "Naturally Sustainable", a concept that was experienced throughout the exhibition of the five thermal floors the country has: hot, temperate, cold, moorland and perennial snow. The possibility of having a stable temperature during 365 days, allows the country to be a constant food producer, a breadbasket of the world. The archietecture of the pavilion was inspired in Colombia's geography having 4 modules of different height and extension.[23] Colombia Pavilion received second place in the category "Best heritage for future generations" special prize given by the World Association of Agronomists at the Class Expo Pavilion Heritage Award.[7]

Czech Republic[]
Czech Pavilion
 Chybík + Kristof[24] Med 3.png BIE award 3rd place for architecture and landscape (under 2000 metres)[6]

Dominican Republic[]

 Theme: Empowering Family Farmers so They Can Feed Themselves, Their Communities, and the World[25] and part of the coffee cluster.[25] The pavilion was run by the Laboratorio de Arquitectura Dominicana (LAD)[26]

Egypt[]

 Theme EGYPT, the Never Ending Story[27]

Estonia[]
Estonia
 [28] Theme Gallery of[28] Med 3.png BIE award 3rd place for best display (under 2000 metres)[6]

France[]

 XTU Architects Exhibitor Magazine editor's choice honorable mention[10]
Med 1.png BIE award winner for architecture and landscape (over 2000 metres)[6]

Germany[]
ETFE Facade with integrated LED Ligh PVC membrane trees with integrated photovoltaic cellsts
PVC membrane trees with integrated photovoltaic cells
German pavilion
 Schmidhuber[29] The German pavilion attempted to reproduce the landscape of the typical rural areas of its country; stylized trees emerged from the ground alongside the external exhibition area.[30] The largest pavilion at Expo 2015[31] Med 1.png Exhibitor Magazine best pavilion winner[10]

Med 1.png Exhibitor Magazine best activity/interactive winner for Seed Boards[10]
Exhibitor Magazine best use of technology honorable mention for Photovoltaic Cells[10]
Med 1.png BIE award winner for theme development (over 2000 metres)[6]

Guatemala[]

 Theme The Heart of the Mayan World.[32] Part of the coffee cluster.[32]

Hungary[]

 Attila Ertsey and Herczeg Ágnes Sándor Sárkány[33] Theme From The Purest Sources[33]

India[]

 India participated via the Basmati pavilion in the rice cluster[34]

Indonesia[]

 Theme The stage of the world[35]

Iran[]

 Med 2.png BIE award 2nd place for best display (under 2000 metres)[6]

Ireland[]

 Med 3.png BIE award 3rd place for theme development (under 2000 metres)[6]

Israel[]
The Israeli field wall covering the pavilion
The Israeli field wall covering the pavilion
The Israeli pavilion's entrance
The Israeli pavilion's entrance
 David Knafo The Israeli pavilion introduced the technological agriculture in Israel, was called "Fields of Tomorrow", and its presenter was Israeli Moran Atias Exhibitor Magazine best exterior design honorable mention[10]
Honorable mention sustainability award for Design and Materials[12]

Italy[]

 Nemesi & Partners[citation needed]

Japan[]
Japan Pavilion (with Monaco's beyond)
 Hakuhodo Design Inc.[36] The pavilions symbol was 6 (chopsticks with two thin ends) arranged to form an 'E'[36]


The pavilion was designed to represent a 'bowl of diversity' and constructed with three-dimensional wooden grid made by combining traditional Japanese wooden framework with recent understanding of compressive strain[37]

Med 1.png Exhibitor Magazine best presentation winner for Harmony[10]
Med 1.png BIE award winner for best installation (over 2000 metres)[6]

Kazakhstan[]

 Facts and Fiction GmbH[10] Exhibitor Magazine best activity/interactive honorable mention for Interactive Floor Relief[10]
Med 1.png Exhibitor Magazine editor's choice winner[10]
Med 3.png BIE award 3rd place for theme development (over 2000 metres)[6]

Kuwait[]

 Exhibitor Magazine best 'Elements & Detail' honorable mention for Dhow Sails[10]
Exhibitor Magazine people's choice honorable mention[10]

Lebanon[]

 Theme: Cuisine: the Lebanese Art & Soul,[38] part of the Bio-Mediterraneum cluster.[38]

Lithuania[]
Expo Milano 2015 - Lituania
 Theme: Well of Knowledge: Experienced Future[39]

Malaysia[]
pavilion
 Theme Towards a Sustainable Food Ecosystem[40]
The pavilion comprises 4 structures designed to resemble seeds, and made is from glued laminated timber[40]

Mexico[]
Mexico
 Francisco Lopez Guerra The pavilion is a volume wrapped by structures that resemble the dried corn husks Exhibitor Magazine best use of technology honorable mention for Bar Code Stickers[10]
Exhibitor Magazine editor's choice honorable mention[10]
Med 2.png BIE award 2nd place for theme development (under 2000 metres)[6]

Monaco[]
Jellyfish aquarium in the Monaco pavilion
 Enrico Pollino was the architect [41] and Facts and Fiction designed the space.[citation needed] After Expo 2015 the pavilion was intended to be dismantled and re-erected in Burkina Faso as a Red Cross building[41] Med 1.png Exhibitor Magazine best interpretation of theme honorable mention[10]

Morocco[]
2nd or 3rd prize of the World Association of Agronomists[7]

Nepal[]

 Implementing Expert Group (IEG) (who also designed Nepal's pavilions at the 1988, 1990, 2000 and 2010 expos[42] Theme Food security and sustainable development[42]

Netherlands[]

 Totems Amsterdam The pavilion is a sort of Luna Park composed of a sequence of spaces of different sizes and colours, each one able to host exhibitions and events in an open, free-flowing arrangement. Award[which?] for "Less expensive and most commercial pavilion"[citation needed]

Oman[]

Poland[]
Expo Milano 2015 - Pavilion of Poland
 [43]

Qatar[]

 Exhibitor Magazine best activity/interactive honorable mention for Interactive Food Table[10]
Exhibitor Magazine people's choice winner[10]

Romania[citation needed][]

Russia[]

 Speech Architecture Med 3.png BIE award 3rd place for best installation (over 2000 metres)[6]

Slovakia[]
Slovakia pavilion
 Karol Kállay[44] Slovakia. Recharge yourself[44]

Slovenia[]
Slovenia pavilion
 [45] Theme I feel SLOVENIA. Green, active and healthy[45]

South Korea[]
South Korea display
 Archiban[46] Theme Hansik, Food for the Future:You are What You Eat.[46] The pavilion is inspired by traditional Korean pottery, being built in the form of an enormous "Moon Jar" Med 2.png BIE silver award for exhibition design[47]
Med 2.png or for best installation (over 2000 metres)[6]

Spain[]
Expo Milano 2015 - Spain
 Designed by b720 - Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos

Switzerland[]
Commodities given away at the Swiss pavilion
 Netwerch Exhibitor Magazine best exhibit honorable mention for San Gottardo — Acqua per l'Europa[10]
Med 1.png Exhibitor Magazine best interpretation of theme winner[10]

Thailand[citation needed][]
Thailand entrance

Turkey[citation needed][]

 The pavilion consisted of 3 main divisions of indoor, semi-outdoor and outdoor venues on a total area of 4.170-square-meter, which includes 7 semi-outdoor distinct chambers

United Arab Emirates[]

 Foster and Partners[48] After Expo 2015 the pavilion is to be demounted and reerected in Masdar City[48] Exhibitor Magazine best pavilion honorable mention[10]
Med 1.png Exhibitor best exterior design winner[10]*Exhibitor Magazine people's choice honorable mention[10]

United Kingdom[]
Outside the UK pavilion
 Wolfgang Buttress The pavilion is called "The Hive" Med 1.png Exhibitor Magazine best exhibit winner for The Hive[10]
Med 1.png International Jury prize[49]
Med 1.png BIE award winner for architecture and landscape (under 2000 metres)[6]

United States[]
Vertical farm on the outside of the USA pavilion
 Designed by Biber Architects The pavilion is a multi-level building which includes a vertical farm Med 1.png Exhibitor Magazine best 'Elements & Detail' winner for Vertical Farm'[10]

Vatican City[]
Vatican Pavilion
 Quattro Associati Theme Not by Bread Alone. At the Lord's Table with all Mankind[50] Med 1.png BIE award winner for theme development (under 2000 metres)[6]

Vietnam[]
Vietnam pavilion
 Theme Water and Lotus[51]

Clusters[]

Expo 2015 was the first universal expo at which countries that didn't self-build were grouped by theme or supply chain rather than geography[52] into one of nine clusters

Cluster Image Designer Theme Participants

Arid zones[]
Arid Zones Cluster
 Agriculture and Nutrition in Arid Zones (Supply chain)[52] Djibouti, Eritrea, Jordan, Mauritania, Mali, Palestine, Senegal, Somalia and the UN[53]

Bio-Mediterraneum[]
Bio-Mediterraneum
 Bio-Mediterraneum - Health, Beauty and Harmony (Theme)[52]

Cereals and Tubers[]
Cereals and tubers
 Cereals and Tubers – Old and New Crops (Supply chain)[52]

Cocoa and Chocolate[]

 Fabrizio Leoni, Mauricio Cardenas, and Cesare Ventura for the concept and exhibition layout[54] Cocao and Chocolate – the Food of Gods (Supply chain)[52] Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Gabon, Ghana, São Tomé and Príncipe and the UN[54]

Coffee[]
Coffee cluster
 Coffee - the Engine of Ideas (Supply chain)[52]

Fruits and Legumes[]
Cluster fruits and legumes
 Fruits and Legumes (Supply chain)[52]

Islands, Sea, and Food[]

 Islands, Sea, and Food (Theme)[52]

Rice[]
Rice
 Agnese Rebaglio, Davide Crippa, Barbara Di Prete and Francesco Tosi[55] Abundance and Security (Supply chain)[52] Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Sierra Leone, the Basmati Pavilion[34] and a UN display

Spices[]
Spices cluster
 The World of Spices (Supply chain)[52]

Corporate pavilions[]

The Milan World Expo had a number of corporate pavilions.

Company Image Designer Description

Coca-Cola Company[]

Coop[]

Enel Pavilion[]

Love It - Copagri[]

 EMBT

OVS and Coin Excelsior Pavilions[]

 Zito+Pedron Architects The pavilions designed by Marco Zito and Alessandro Pedron consist of two semi-identical "L" rotated by 180° and placed next to each other, almost interlocking. The metal façades are made of brushed aluminum and etched corten sheets. It serves as the official gift shop for the Expo.

Slow Food Pavilion[]

 Herzog & De Meuron

Vanke[]

 Daniel Libeskind

Waterstone - Intesa Sanpaolo Pavilion[]

 aMDL

Intesa Sanpaolo Bancomat Pavilion[]

 D2U

Other pavilions[]

Almost 50 international organisations participanted in the expo, some had their own pavilions, and some were shared.

Organisation Image Notes

Caritas[]
Caritas's pavilion
 Caritas's pavilion was designed by Piuarch consisted of stacked white boxes[citation needed]

Don Bosco[]

 At the end of the expo the pavilion was intended to be dismantled then transported to Ukraine to continue Don Bosco's work[56]

Duomo factory[]
Duomo factory pavilion
 A pavilion for the Venerable Factory of the Duomo of Milan

EU[]
The EU pavilion
 Received an honorable mention for its presentation The Golden Ear,[10]

Save the Children[]
Save The Children
 Save the Children

UN[]
One of the UN's displays

WAA-CONAF[]
WAA-CONAF pavilion
 A pavilion designed by Enzo Eusebi shared by World Association of Agronomists and CONAF[57]

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