::Studio Cardenas:: - Italian Pavilion

YEAR
2008

CLIENT
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

LOCATION
Shanghai,China

PROJECT TEAM
R.T.I. M.Cardenas (Team leader, design and interface),
G.Del Mese (M&E, structures), G.Aresi (cost control), G.P.D’adda (safety)

DESIGN TEAM
S.Marchionne, S.Perretta, D.Bolourchi, J.Cendejas Ayala

CONSULTANTS
A.Meda (envelope design), N.Rossi LDW (lighting design), D.Amato (safety), S.Giorgetta (landscaping), M.Bellone (video), M. Kragh, F. Collier (Arup London, Milan), P. Micucci (Arup Milan)

ITALIAN PAVILION FOR EXPO SHANGAI 2010
From the Contest Title: “Better City, Better Life” to the Concept of representing Italy at the Universal Exposition Shanghai 2010. The Piazza (Square), one of the symbols of Italian culture and architectural language, constitutes the starting point of an ambitious project with the object of bringing to Shanghai, if not Italy itself, at least its atmosphere, language, culture, its well known passion for good taste. Characteristic and traditional materials such as brick, that of innovation and design, such as plastic, together with the careful use of natural and artificial light, are the instruments of a project whose object is to re-propose, in a different style, “the most public of public spaces”. There is a unique synergy in the blending of plastic and Tuscan tiles.

Selezionato per la sessione poster al convegno "Architteti ed energia", Monza 08 novembre 2008.

Recycling

Italian Pavilion - EXPO 2010