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Austrian pavilion places the focus on the country’s natural and technological expertise, since it’s
a forest planted on the Expo site. The structure is very simple: the perimeter is enclosed by 180
meters of 6 meters-high plywood walls. For sure a girder wood system helps in the loads support and some plastic materials are used to improve the insulation power. The principal theme
of the Austrian exposition is the breathe: the forest produce oxygen and absorb CO2, moreover it
guarantees the production of cool air thanks to evapotranspiration of the plants. This is how the
theme of sustainability and environment protection has been developed.
The aim of the United Kingdom was to raise global awareness and stimulate discussion about the
impact of food production and consumption. The pavilion represents a big beehive, one of the
most important natural elements in agriculture. The beehive has been machined and fabricated
in York with 169300 aluminium and steel components, assembled in 32 horizontal layers. Led light
fittings into aluminium node components glow and pulsate to represent the activity of a real
beehive.
Some nations have considered mainly the developing of the theme through architecture. United
States of America and Israel, for example, built a vertical green field. Israel pavilion has a green
wall 70 meters long and 12 meters high made of modular tiles for cultivating crops supported by
a steel frame elevated above the ground. The field is irrigated by an electronic system and this
is one of the many innovations in the field of agricultural techniques shown in the pavilion. The
distinguishing feature of the USA pavilion is the presence in the long side façade of a vertical farm
that will be harvested everyday.

Figure 4 - USA and Israel pavilions (expo2015.org)
The French building is inspired to the traditional indoor market, symbol of alimentary culture of
France, and it features a reversed landscape: a landscaped roof covering a huge space supported
by several giant pillars. The pavilion is entirely realized with French wood: the load bearing structure is made of laminated wood, a reticular system of curved beams and cladded with larch wood.
The entire Czech Republican project is based on water, on of the main theme of the exhibition
and the element that has shaped country’s regions and cities.

The pavilions of Expo 2015 in Milan

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