Expo 2015 pavilions

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:

• Pavilion Zero, 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)
			Eating for Longevity, Afghanistan Amazingly Real, a 125-metre section within the Spices cluster.[3]
			Our Food, Our Story, Our Mystery… within the Bio-Mediterraneum cluster[4]
	Mosaic on display in the Algerian pavilion		This pavillion'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]
				BIE award 2nd place for theme development (over 2000 metres)[6] 1st prize of the World Association of Agronomists[7]
	The cafe area at Argentina pavilion		Theme 'Argentina feeds you'. The pavilion is designed to resemble four silos[8]
	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 breathe of fresh air.	Exhibitor Magazine best pavilion honorable mention[10] Exhibitor Magazine best interpretation of theme honorable mention[10] BIE award winner for best display (under 2000 metres)[6]
	Expo Milano 2015 - Azerbaidjan pavilion	Simmetrico Network[11]	Theme 'Protection of Organic Food and Biodiversity for Future Generations'[11]	Exhibitor Magazine best small pavilion winner[10] Honorable mention sustainability award for Design and Materials[12]
	Crockery from the 2nd and 3rd centuries	Designed by Anne Holtrop and Anouk Vogel[13]	Contained 10 connected fruit gardens[14]	Honorable mention sustainability award for Design and Materials[12] BIE award 2nd place for architecture and landscape (over 2000 metres)[6]
			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]
			Theme: The Wheel of Life[16]
		Designed by Patrick Genard in collaboration with Marc Belderbos, construction by Besix - Vanhout[17]		Exhibitor Magazine best exhibit honorable mention for The Cave[10] Honorable mention sustainability award for Design and Materials[12]
			Theme: At the Heart of Benin’s Cuisine, Nutrition for a Life Bursting with Energy[18]
			Theme: Quinoa, a Future Sown Thousands of Years Ago[19]
		Studio Arthur Casas		Exhibitor Magazine best 'Elements & Detail' honorable mention for The Net[10]
			Theme Science and Technology for Food Safety, Security and Quality. Part of the spices cluster[20]
			Theme A Discovery of the Five Senses: Burundi, part of the coffee cluster[21]
		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.	BIE award 2nd place for architecture and landscape (under 2000 metres)[6]
		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] BIE award 3rd place for architecture and landscape (over 2000 metres)[6]
	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 hight 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 Pavilion	Chybík + Kristof[24]		BIE award 3rd place for architecture and landscape (under 2000 metres)[6]
			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]
			Theme EGYPT, the Never Ending Story[27]
	Estonia	Kadarik Tüür Arhitektid[28]	Theme Gallery of[28]	BIE award 3rd place for best display (under 2000 metres)[6]
		XTU Architects		Exhibitor Magazine editor's choice honorable mention[10] BIE award winner for architecture and landscape (over 2000 metres)[6]
	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]	Exhibitor Magazine best pavilion winner[10] Exhibitor Magazine best activity/interactive winner for Seed Boards[10] Exhibitor Magazine best use of technology honorable mention for Photovoltaic Cells[10] BIE award winner for theme development (over 2000 metres)[6]
			Theme The Heart of the Mayan World.[32] Part of the coffee cluster.[32]
		Attila Ertsey and Herczeg Ágnes Sándor Sárkány[33]	Theme From The Purest Sources[33]
			India participated via the Basmati pavilion in the rice cluster[34]
			Theme The stage of the world[35]
				BIE award 2nd place for best display (under 2000 metres)[6]
				BIE award 3rd place for theme development (under 2000 metres)[6]
		David Knafo		Exhibitor Magazine best exterior design honorable mention[10] Honorable mention sustainability award for Design and Materials[12]
		Nemesi & Partners
	Japan Pavilion (with Monaco's beyond)	Hakuhodo Design Inc.[36]	The pavilions symbol was 6 iwaibashi (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]	Exhibitor Magazine best presentation winner for Harmony[10] BIE award winner for best installation (over 2000 metres)[6]
		Facts and Fiction GmbH[10]		Exhibitor Magazine best activity/interactive honorable mention for Interactive Floor Relief[10] Exhibitor Magazine editor's choice winner[10] BIE award 3rd place for theme development (over 2000 metres)[6]
				Exhibitor Magazine best 'Elements & Detail' honorable mention for Dhow Sails[10] Exhibitor Magazine people's choice honorable mention[10]
			Theme: Cuisine: the Lebanese Art & Soul,[38] part of the Bio-Mediterraneum cluster.[38]
	Expo Milano 2015 - Lituania		Theme: Well of Knowledge: Experienced Future[39]
	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	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] BIE award 2nd place for theme development (under 2000 metres)[6]
	Jellyfish aquarium in the Monaco pavilion	Enrico Pollino was the architect[41] and Facts and Fiction designed the space[41]	After Expo 2015 the pavilion is intended to be dismantled an reerrected in Burkina Faso as a Red Cross operation HQ[41]	Exhibitor Magazine best interpretation of theme honorable mention[10]
			2nd or 3rd prize of the World Association of Agronomists[7]
		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]
		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 for "Less expensive and most commercial pavilion"
	Expo Milano 2015 - Pavilion of Poland	Piotr Musiałowski[43]
				Exhibitor Magazine best activity/interactive honorable mention for Interactive Food Table[10] Exhibitor Magazine people's choice winner[10]
		Speech Architecture		BIE award 3rd place for best installation (over 2000 metres)[6]
	Slovakia pavilion	Karol Kállay[44]	Slovakia. Recharge yourself[44]
	Slovenia pavilion	SoNo Arhitekti[45]	Theme I feel SLOVENIA. Green, active and healthy[45]
	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"	BIEsilver award for exhibition design[47] or for best installation (over 2000 metres)[6]
	Expo Milano 2015 - Spain	Designed by b720 - Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos
	Commodities given away at the Swiss pavilion	Netwerch		Exhibitor Magazine best exhibit honorable mention for San Gottardo — Acqua per l’Europa[10] Exhibitor Magazine best interpretation of theme winner[10]
	Thailand entrance
			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
		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] Exhibitor best exterior design winner[10]*Exhibitor Magazine people's choice honorable mention[10]
	Outside the UK pavilion	Wolfgang Buttress	The pavilion is called "The Hive"	Exhibitor Magazine best exhibit winner for The Hive[10] International Jury prize[49] BIE award winner for architecture and landscape (under 2000 metres)[6]
	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	Exhibitor Magazine best 'Elements & Detail' winner for Vertical Farm'[10]
	Vatican Pavilion	Quattro Associati	Theme Not by Bread Alone. At the Lord's Table with all Mankind[50]	BIE award winner for theme development (under 2000 metres)[6]
	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 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 - Health, Beauty and Harmony (Theme)[52]
	Cereals and tubers		Cereals and Tubers – Old and New Crops (Supply chain)[52]
		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, Sao Tome and Principe and the UN[54]
	Coffee cluster		Coffee - the Engine of Ideas (Supply chain)[52]
	Cluster fruits and legumes		Fruits and Legumes (Supply chain)[52]
			Islands, Sea, and Food (Theme)[52]
	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 cluster	The World of Spices (Supply chain)[52]

Corporate pavilions

The Milan World Expo had a number of corporate pavilions.

Company	Image	Designer	Description
		EMBT
	Zito+Pedron Architects - OVS-Excelsior Pavilions at Expo 2015 in Milan, Italy	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.
		Herzog & De Meuron
		Daniel Libeskind
		aMDL
		D2U

Other pavilions

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

Organisation	Image	Notes
	Caritas's pavilion	Caritas's pavilion was designed by Piuarch consisted of stacked white boxes
		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 pavilion	A pavilion for the Venerable Factory of the Duomo of Milan
	The EU pavilion	Received an honorable mention for its presentation The Golden Ear,[10]
	Save The Children	Save the Children
	One of the UN's displays
	WAA-CONAF pavilion	A pavilion designed by Enzo Eusebi shared by World Association of Agronomists and CONAF[57]

References

External links

• Colombia Pavillon Video and Photo gallery

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pavilions of Expo 2015.

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