I've heard of this term earlier this week as my lecturer informed of us but no one really got clear of the true purpose of the event. World Expo also called the "World's Fair" is an exhibition of art & design of buildings participated by many different nations. It influences the development of design, trade relation, impression, even tourism. The event takes place annually or sometimes in gaps of 2 years (probably due to preparations and constructions). It is like the olympics of buildings in my opinion...that they would design and build their building and the lucky nation host would profit both in terms of nation relations as well as economical flow as tourism comes visit.
But the point is that each year the participating nations would out do their previous years works and with the push of competition from other countries, i think it's a win win situation as it further push the boundaries of design and produce wacky or sometimes very interesting designs.
China's Pavilion entry. At a glance you can really tell that it's China.
The Seed Cathedral. UK's entry for World Expo 2010. The whole structure is covered with fiber optic and lits up at night!
United Arabs Emirates entry. It has some sort of bio essence in its design. DNA strings?
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