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Photos : Mjölk architekti
SKY UNDER THE TREES
THE EXPO 2025 PAVILION BY MJÖLK ARCHITEKTI IS A WELCOMING WOODEN BUILDING CONCEIVED AS A GARDEN IN THE SKY
The pavilion of the Czech Republic at the Universal World EXPO 2025 in Osaka , designed by Mjölk architekti , represents the Czech Republic as a place that people have taken care of for more than a thousand years . As a garden in the middle of Europe , which provides people with a place to exercise their immeasurable talent and creativity . Its inhabitants are able to find ways to protect their precious heritage not only for themselves , but also for future generations . The pavilion likens the Czech Republic to a shared landscape made up of millions of cultivated gardens with a single sky above . It shows the history , the present , and the environmental vision of the Czech Republic as a place of human creativity and care for the common space .
Sky Under the Trees
The concept of the pavilion is based on the idea of a garden in the clouds . The architecture , internal layout and dramaturgical concept allow visitors to physically and spiritually interact with the central idea of the exhibition . We want to show a relationship with the land , a love of nature as well as contemporary talents to be proud of and skills in which we excel . There are many great studios in our country that are creating challenging and globally successful computer games . We also have a first-rate ability to predict the weather . These values are linked by the central work of a large-scale procedural projection placed under the garden ceiling , on which a believable impression of a blue sky is created with a program , as clouds change seamlessly and encourage the viewer to imagine . The work is a collaboration between artists , programmers and meteorologists .
The exhibition combines historical materials and instruments representing a quest to understand natural phenomena with technological and environmental visions on the theme of landscape care and sustainability . Visitors thus see side-by-side measuring instruments from Prague ’ s Klementinum dating back to the mid- 18th century and a recent discovery by Brno scientists in the field of bioluminescent technology , which enables plants to produce light . Participants engage in the story through interactive elements , educational and gaming technologies . The purpose of the exhibition is also to present Czech art in a broader context and therefore also includes works by Czech designers , glassmakers , architects or even sound installations and musical compositions .
Architectural design
The pavilion represents a cloud , hovering over the heads of visitors , who are drawn into the heights of the garden .
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