Taiwan Pavillion

The pavilion design is a transparent cube housing a giant ball in its center. It is mainly made of steel and glass, with the outlines of the island's Mount Morrison and Mount Ali painted on the facade. The main part of the pavilion was built with stone from Jade Mountain and soil from Yin-Ko Town. Taiwan will invite people to fly lanterns for good luck - a traditional island custom - and view its beautiful mountains and lakes at its pavilion. The pavilion showcases the island's scenery, its kind-hearted people and culture with the theme "Mountain, Water, Heart and Lantern."

There are two main highlights,which is 

1.   Movie about Taiwan's Culture and Scenery: The globe, 12 meters in 

diameter, houses a theater, where a four-minute movie about Taiwan's 

culture and scenery will be shown. The globe doubles as a screen to show 

the island's landscapes.

 2.   Lantern-flying Ceremony: The globe will be suspended over a pool of 

water, which will reflect the images shown on the globe. Visitors will be 

invited to take part in a multimedia lantern-flying ceremony on a platform 

above the pool. If 40 people make a ring on the platform, each of them will 

trigger a beam that will light the globe.

China Pavillion

China Pavillion built with  Traditional Dougong Style, located in Zone A of EXPO site. The construction on the China Pavilion began on Dec.2007, it's standing 63 meters tall and red in appearance, the China Pavilion takes the shape of an emperor's crown, with the upper layers larger than the lower ones and covering 160,000 square meters in floor space, the pavilion is composed of a national hall and a regional hall.


The pavilion will have a core exhibition area on the top floor, an experience area on the second and a functional area on the first. China's achievements in urban development from ancient to modern times will be the core theme of the pavilion.

Oriental Footprint

The wisdom that the ancient Chinese used to develop cities will be showcased with programs of different styles in Section One. A video played in the multimedia exhibition will tell stories about China's vast migration from rural to urban areas over the past 30 years of reform and opening-up, people's enthusiasm for building a better city and expectations for the future. The famous picture of “Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival” will also make its appearance in the China Pavilion to illustrate the charms of ancient Chinese cities.

"Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival"

The Experience Trip

Excursion trains will give visitors an appreciation of the great wisdom and achievements in China's urban development from ancient to modern times.

Low-carbon future

Chinese people will tackle future challenges brought by urbanization in a sustainable way which takes low-carbon technologies as its core.

China Pavillion is the most  popular pavillion in Expo 2010.        Video   CCTV Video

south africa

introduction:

"it's time for Africa"
familiar with this song? yeah, it is the celebration song for the 2010 FIFA world cup of South Africa.

his name is Zakumi, it is the mascot of FIFA 2010 of South Africa. It is a leopad, a common animal found in South Africa. The green and gold color represenst the South African national sport's team colors. His name comes from "ZA" for South Africa and "kumi" means ten in various African languages.

 so, how much do you know about the South Africa, most people will say that place produce the most precious things in the world--diamond. It is true but it has more than that.

Its captal is cape town, it has 48.7 million populations. The famous person in the whole Africa must be NelsonRolihlahla Mandela. He join the revolution and against the bad goverment, his drean is always want to give the African people the real freedom and turn the society to a democracy country. And after all the battle and struggling, he win all the respects from the black people. He gave the black people real freedom and they will never forget him from deep down heart.
and it is the reson why the South Africa pavilion has his photo in front of pavilion wall.

pavilion highlights:
1. national feature: Each iconic image of South Africa is framed and emphasized with halos. Zebra patterns on chair pads remind visitors of the natural scenery in South Africa

2. full color display screens: Full color display screens are installed at the exterior core zones to emphasize original South African cultures with images and sounds

 

3. characteristic patio: Inside the pavilion is a patio with round pads made of ostrich leather on top. Around the body of the patio are timbers for decoration, which resemble the traditional village and fences of South Africa and symbolize the core of its culture: humanity.

Turkey

introduction:

Turkey has 72.56 millions of people, it is in the middle between asia and europe. 97% of its land in the asia peninsula and only 3% lies in the Balkan peninsula. 99% of the population are islams, only few people are christians and judaism.  The capital city is Ankara.


pavilion:

The main inspiration for the exterior of the 2,000-square-meter rented pavilion was derived from one of the first known settlements in the world called "Catalhoyuk" in Turkish, the center of advanced culture in the Neolithic period. The pavilion looks like an amazing red and beige box with an animal sculpture, inviting visitors to explore a maze of dreams.

  


pavilion highlights:
1. The first section of the pavilion will take visitors through a journey of time to learn about Turkey's historical firsts. A map indicating the ancient sites of Turkey, the world's first mirror and the world's first man-built dam are featured here. In the middle section, a 360-degree movie will display scenes from the streets of Istanbul to reflect the pride of the city as the European Capital of Culture. Visitors will then encounter the future in the final section, which is represented by a symbolic figure of the phoenix, a mythical bird which dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes, to embody aspirations for the future.




2. A series of cultural activities will be staged, including traditional music and ballet performances as well as a traditional "Catalhoyuk" fashion show.


besides that, on 25th of septemper 2010, the turkey pavilion welcomed the 6 millionth visitors who is a couple from China. As a gift, the manager of this pavilion give a 8-days free trip to this couple for a honeymoon trip, how nich is that ? 

also to celebrate the 1 miilions visitors who has already visited the pavilion, on the second level of this pavilion, there is a traditional turkish restaurant . they also hang out the banner on th wall with " better cuisine, better life" to represent the enthusiams of Turkish to the delicious food.

They served the kebab as the maincourse and bachalawa as desserts. All the visitors enjoyed the food and lovely dancing performance.  

Saudi Arabia

hi everyone , today i am going to introduce Saudi Arabia pavilion.
first give you some headstarts of Saudi Arabia

the capital of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh, it has 23.7 million of population overall.

The Saudi Arabia Pavilion features a fine centerpiece: a huge hanging boat shaped like a half moon. The "moon boat" is loaded with dreams and friendship. Date palms have been planted on the top deck of the boat, creating a hanging garden, and thus epitomizing the oases in the desert. Visitors will receive a warm welcome in both modern as well as traditional Bedouin tents set among date palm trees.

The pavilion showcases the Arabian wisdom in creating wonderful city life in spite of the severe natural environment without rivers or lakes. Highlights of its exhibition include four types of cities: the City of Energy, the City of Oasis, the Ancient City with Rich Cultural Heritage, and the City of Fast-growing Economy.

pavilion highlights

Highlight 1: Garden with Chinese and Saudi Trees

The first floor of the pavilion is a garden with both Chinese and Saudi trees growing, a symbol of the friendship between the two nations. Saudi Arabia, the homeland of the date palm tree, has reproduced the scene of an oasis in the desert by replanting palm trees on both the rooftop garden and the friendship garden at the ground level. The design is to have the pavilion elevated above the ground and floating between two gardens.

Highlight 2:The Treasure Cinema

Here, visitors will experience one of the highlights of Expo 2010: a” flight over the treasures of Saudi Arabia” experienced using immersion screen technology, multi-projected on a 1,600 square-meter screen---one of the world’ s largest-Guests will be able to experience the magnificent beauty of the Kingdom, and to see many of the country’s natural and cultural treasures.

Highlight 3: Exotic Arabian Flavor

The pavilion features a 2,000-square-meter cultural plaza where traditional cultural activities will take place. Dancers from all over Saudi Arabia will participate in dances and other activities within the plaza on a daily basis. The main entrance and exit of the pavilion form part of the pavilion hall, which features an enormous atrium with walls and fountains with rich Arabic geometrical latticework. Visitors will explore the historical Silk Road route as well as traditional crafts and special collections here.

ok, i finish my introduction, hope you will like it. enjoy your day!

France Pavilion

Introduction

                              Posted by Qian Zhou

France is one of the largest countries in Europe. It is bordered by six countries – Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the north-east, Switzerland and Italy across the Alps to the south-east and Spain across the Pyrenees to the south-west. The UK is across the English Channel (La Manche). France is regarded by many people as the geographical gateway to Europe. It has several large international airports, two of which are in the capital, Paris and many of which are served by budget airlines. Ferry terminals are located along the north, west and Mediterranean coasts. Visitors from the UK also have the option of taking the Channel Tunnel rail link. Once in France, the motorway network and French rail service are known to be extremely efficient with the high-speed, long distance TGV train service the envy of other nations.

Pavilion Features

The "Sensual City" itself is impressive with a large, classical roof garden and a pond. The walls of the square-shaped structure, which is made from a special concrete, are covered in plants and it looks like a white floating palace. Gardens are the centerpiece of the pavilion.

Pavilion Display

The "Sensual City" showcases the sights, smells, tastes, sounds and feel of France - visitors will be able to admire French gardens and paintings, smell French perfume, taste French cuisine, touch the cool water of pools and fountains, and watch clips from classic French films to soak up the glamor of France.

Highlight 1: Floating Palace

The France Pavilion appears to be floating in the beauty rhyme with water. The structure as a whole is "wrapped into" a huge wire mesh that is made of a new type concrete material, while featuring the plant walls, and water pools internal and external.

Highlight 2: French-style Garden

In the center of the structure stands a French-style garden, with streams flowing alongside. Small fountains and water gardens will help cool the space, where visitors may enjoy the singing of birds, fragrance of flowers, and delicious food under the sunshine and amid the aquatic environment. Surrounded by the space that is permeated with French city ambient sound effects, visitors may think they were in France.  

Highlight 3: Sights, Smells, Tastes, Sounds and Feel of France

In "the Sensual City," visitors will see, smell, taste, hear, and touch the glamour of France. Design of the pavilion embodies the kinetic effect and the concept of balance, with which a large amount of video projections, moving images, irregular outline borders, and reflected jumping waves are provided as background to make a living structure.

Highlight 4: Alain Delon

As the spokesman of France Pavilion, Alain Delon will tell you his close ties with China at the "France Pavilion Channel" specifically set up for the pavilion exhibition

Highlight 5: Cat Léon

The Cat Léon, mascot of France Pavilion, will interact with every visitor. Here, you can not only taste the champagne from a specially made bottle marked with "France Pavilion at Expo 2010," but also await a big surprise... What is it? Solve the mystery by yourself.

Highlight 6: Romantic French Wedding

Visitors may also have the chance to witness a romantic French wedding

Germany Pavilion

Introduction
                                               Posted by Qian Zhou

As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation (after Russia), Germany is a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.

Pavilion Features

It is the epitome of a city, boasting the creation of a "harbor image" and a "dynamic tunnel" with urban scenes from Germany. This is the "Balancity," a magnificent crystallization of Germanic originality and technology. The structure is wrapped in silver membrane. A terraced landscape stretches from the ground level up to the third floor of the pavilion. Four exhibition structures appear to hover, creating a perfect roof for visitors.

Pavilion display

The theme of the pavilion is "Balancity." It demonstrates the importance of balance between modernization and preservation, innovation and tradition, community and the individual, work and leisure, and between globalization and national identity. Visitors will gradually explore various places typical of a city -- a harbor, a factory, a garden, a park and a depot where exhibits and urban projects from Germany will be on show.

Highlight 1: Metal Sphere

Metal Sphere The highlight of the pavilion is a cone-shaped structure housing a revolving metal sphere, three meters in diameter and covered with LEDs, which will be activated by the noise and movement of spectators.

Highlight 2: Virtual Narrators

Virtual Narrators Germany Pavilion's virtual narrators Jens and Yan Yan will guide visitors to tour the pavilion. According to the plot, Jens, a male mechanics student in a German university, met female Chinese architect student Yan Yan in China. During the following parts of the exhibition, Yan Yan went to German and Jens introduced his lifestyle and the country to her. Visitor will follow the tour of the "narrators" to complete the visit of the pavilion.

Highlight 3: Performance

Performance Berlin Hip-hop Base may come to Expo 2010. Visitors will be able to experience the youth culture of Germany. The hip-hop culture is so vigorous that it has gone beyond the national and language barriers, spreading around the world and coming into the Germany Pavilion. Visitors will see the street dance, a type of "graffiti art" based on the urban culture and the "Open Air Jame" show empowered by the electrical source of street lights. Another great show is the vocal percussion, relying on nothing but artists' mouths and microphones in creating wonderful rhythms.

USA Pavilion

One of the biggest pavilion located in Zone C, the USA pavilion  is a mammoth gray steel structure meant to resemble an eagle stretching its wings in welcome. The pavilion presents a dynamic and emotional story that conveys four core concepts: sustainability, teamwork, health and the spirit of striving for success. The USA Pavilion is a mammoth gray steel structure meant to resemble an eagle stretching its wings in welcome. The exhibition tells the story of the American spirit of perseverance, innovation, and community-building in a multi-dimensional, hi-tech presentation. It presents the US as a place of opportunity and diversity where people come together to change their communities for the better.

The overall theme of the pavilion is "Rise to the Challenge." In keeping with the Expo's theme of "Better City, Better Life," the challenges depicted will be creating environmentally sustainable communities, engaging in a healthy lifestyle and using technology to improve people's lives. The pavilion showcases American business and technology, as well as culture and values, to foster stronger friendship between the American and Chinese peoples.

The USA Pavilion features a show entitled "The Garden" - the story of a 10-year-old girl who envisages turning a vacant city lot into an urban oasis, working with her neighbors to make that happen. The movie - a visual parable without dialogue - includes plenty of computer-generated imagery and 4-D effects, like vibrating seats, mist and lightning. The girl's passion and resolution has inspired her neighbors to work together to turn a dilapidated city into a fascinating place with the spirits of optimism, innovation and cooperation.

In addition to a daily "Dance-America!" outdoor show, the USA Pavilion will stage a wide range of performances including jazz, pop, ska and classical music, university marching bands, theater and dance, and "Salutes" the American city and state partners.

Russia Pavilion

Russia has always participated in EXPO exhibitions, since the very first one held in London in 1851, and Russian expositions have always managed to amaze the world. Certainly, this trend will continue in the 21st century.Russia has always participated in EXPO exhibitions, since the very first one held in London in 1851, and Russian expositions have always managed to amaze the world. Certainly, this trend will continue in the 21st century.

The theme of Russia pavilion in Shanghai EXPO 2010 is  City and Citizen. It is located in Zone C of the EXPO site.Nikolay Nosov, a famous Soviet writer of children's literature, once said that the best city in the world should be the favorite one among children. His flower city, a place in the "Adventures of DUNNO and His Friends," has attracted a great number of people. Following the conception of Nosov, the Russia Pavilion has been designed as an ideal city resembling cites in the fairyland, which will give people the impression of a children's paradise. It features 12 irregularly shaped towers in white, red and gold. A 15-meter-tall central building dubbed the "Civilization Cube" links the towers.
Pavilion Display

Taking cues from Nosov's "Adventures of DUNNO and His Friends," the main exhibition area of the Russia Pavilion consists of three parts: the City for Children, the City for Youth and the Big World, carrying themes of "the City of Flowers," "the City of Sun" and "the City of Moon" respectively. Before starting their journey, visitors are advised to envision themselves as DUNNO and his friends when travelling this fairy-tale palace.
Pavilion Highlights

Highlight 1: Unique Design

Unique Design With their irregular shapes, these 20-meter towers are located among the natural landscapes of a green lawn and water. Taking a close look, visitors will find that these towers form a circle that takes after the formation of a famous Russian dance. The roofs of the towers are decorated with hollow pictures in colors widely used for traditional Russian garments, symbolizing the integration of various ethnic groups in the country.

Highlight 2: Fairy-tale World

The City of Flowers features fairy-tale style images of children, showing a flair for colors and fantasies. The City of Sun is a miniature artificial space where the sun shines permanently, shedding light onto every window of the hall to create a translucent labyrinth with virtual displays. Here visitors can find displays of technological inventions by Russian youth. The City of Moon focuses on space exploration. It shows the history of human exploration into the space and glories of Russia's aerospace explorations.

Highlight 3: Giant Flowers and Trees

Giant strawberries, flowers and trees will feature in the pavilion to show a comfortable city as seen through children's eyes. Visitors will travel along the path as if in a fairy tale. Along the way, they will meet giant foods and plants. The path will move through sections highlighting progress in different areas of Russia's development.

Japan pavilion

hi everyone, today i am going to rock this place and introduce more pavilions for you.
i think i am gonna start with the Asia country, which is  the east of east---Japan!
how much do you know about Japan? a little, not much? don't worry now because i will first give you some information about this whole country and then we will look at some pictures and details to let you know better!

Japan has

127 millions of population, the capital is Tokyo, it has 4main states in the mainland which are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and 6800 small island surrounding them.

Greece Pavilion

Introduction
                                                    posted by Qian Zhou
In my mind, Greece is a country with lots of  mythologies and those were the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heros. The Olympic Game is also come of the Greece mythology a story about Zeus (A god in the mythology of Greece). General speaking, Greece is a country covered by the myth and  incredible history over the surface.

Pavilion Features

The pavilion addresses the theme of this year’s expo through a human centered approach. Polis, the Greek city constitutes “a city for living well” but also a live, a vibrant city! The design refers to the urban fabric, not as a physical replica, but as an interpretation of living and functioning in the city, as a reminder of the joy of the urban life. It not only exhibits the every day way of life but it also reflects an insatiable thirst for living!

Highlight 1

The Greek pavilion uniqueness is that condenses 24hrs in the life of a Greek city into the 12 hours that the pavilion will be open to the public. In fact, the pavilion can be seen as a “living organism” that follows a daily cycle synchronized with the cycle of the sun in Shanghai for the duration of the Expo.

Highlight 2

Pavilion Halls include: ARCADE, THE CITY AND THE SEA, AGORA, ECOLOGΥ, URBAN-RURAL, THEATRE, LIVING TOGETHER, PROSPERITY, PROMENADE & PORT, SQUARE (with café-restaurant and shop).

The Brazil Pavilion

Introduction
                                              Posted by Qian Zhou

The reason why I chose the Brazil as my first pavilion is because that the football team of this country is the most favourite one of mine. In addition, after the successful 2010 FIFA World Cup held in the South Africa, the Brazil is surely aiming to take a next exciting step to create a football kingdom and to present the glamour of football in their own way for the people all over the world. Therefore, I want to help you to step forward and to touch upon the beat and pulse of cities in Brazil.

                                       

The tropical-forest-like Brazil Pavilion shows off the cultural diversity and dynamism of Brazilian cities with the theme "Pulsing Cities: Feel the Life of Brazilian Cities." The architectural project of the pavilion was conceived to present visitors with an interactive virtual show, based on audiovisual stimuli using existing models in Brazil, such as the Portuguese Language Museum and Football Museum.


Highlight 1: Virtual Football Game

Displayed on an external LED screen, an interactive football game will be staged with virtual football players. Visitors will be able to control players from their personal cell phones. There will be a number on the screen and a message inviting people to call. Each person who calls will automatically be connected to a player and will be able to move the players to right and left using the cell phone keys, aiming to score goals and win the game.


Highlight 2: Pulsing Cities Room

A large panoramic widescreen made up of four unique horizontal squares marks the main feature of the room and conveys the concept of the pavilion to visitors. Meanwhile, football stars may appear at the pavilion, and games of the Brazilian team at 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will be broadcast live on screens in the pavilion.