a+u 2010:07 Expo 2010 Shanghai + Architecture in Beijing
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Cover: UK Pavilion by Heatherwick Studio. Photo: Nic Lehoux.
Feature: Expo 2010 Shanghai
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Expo 2010 Shanghai + Architecture in Beijing
The first World Exposition was held in London in 1851, in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. Ever since this origin in the age of industrialization, World Expos have presented the scientific and technological achievements of their times – representative examples being Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The World’s Fair is also said to be a response to the development of commerce and manufacturing that resulted from a population explosion and its concentration in cities and to the growth in international trade that accompanied advances in transportation systems. The host cities of past Expos parlayed economic success into successful invitations, and developed further as a result of the Expos.Notable examples include London, Paris, Chicago and Osaka.And in 2010, Shanghai.This issue features the World Expo currently underway in Shanghai. It introduces 34 pavilions newly photographed after the opening on May 1, with detailed information from the participating architects.It also introduces some projects recently completed in Beijing, with an essay discussing developer-architect dynamics in the socio-political context. In addition to the large-scale projects that fascinated the world during the 2008 Olympic Games, mediumand small-scale buildings are going up rapidly. Together with the mega-event Expo 2010 Shanghai, we introduce the practice of Chinese architects who are grappling honestly with conditions in their city. (
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Map of Expo 2010 ShanghaiEssay:
Focus on Livable Cities: Concern with Harmonic Development – Summary of the Expo 2010 Shanghai China Zeng Qun Heatherwick Studio UK Pavilion Benedetta Tagliabue Spanish Pavilion BIG Danish Pavilion Helen & Hard Norwegian Pavilion
SPAN and Zeytinoglu Architects, Austrian PavilionHe Jing Tang, Pan Gong Kai, Huang Jian Cheng, Yao Kai Yang, Lu Chuan etc., Chinese PavilionTamás Lévai, Hungarian Pavilion / Zaha Hadid, Egyptian PavilionBuchner Bründler Architects, Swiss PavilionShigeru Ban Architects, Paper Theater, Japan Industry PavilionSchmidhuber + Kaindl, German PavilionJohn Körmeling, Dutch Pavilion / Sweco, Swedish PavilionSBA Architects, Expo Boulevard (Expo Axis)P.A.P. ER architectural team, Russian PavilionKay Ngee Tan Architects, Singapore Pavilion / Haim Dotan, Israeli PavilionGiampolo Imbrighi, Italian Pavilion / Foster and Partners, UAE PavilionSabbagh Arquitectos, Chilean Pavilion / AET- Arhitektid, Estonian PavilionWWA Architects, Polish PavilionWarren and Mahoney Architects, New Zealand PavilionWood/Marsh, Australian PavilionGovernment of Canada and Cirque du Soleil, Canadian PavilionSlot, Mexican Pavilion / François Valentiny, Luxembourg PavilionNihon Sekkei, Japanese PavilionNatalija Miodragovic and Darko Kovacev, Serbian Pavilion
JKMM Architects Finnish Pavilion Jacques Ferrier French Pavilion Mass Studies Korean Pavilion
Feature: Architecture in BeijingEssay:
Becoming Beijing: Developer-Architect Dynamics in Socio-Political Context Ling Fan Cressica Brazier Tat Lam MAD architects Hutong Bubble 32 Approach Architecture Studio Iberia Center for Contemporary Art EXH design Embassy of Switzerland, Extension of Visa Section WSP Architects Courtyard Suites of Spring Valley Resort Li Hua
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TAO TAO Architect’s Office Xiao Wei Ma
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MASAA Living in Heaven