Meet the french pavilion... video

French Pavilion at Expo 2015: Wood and complex geometry 

The design of the France Pavilion at Expo 2015 is a team of architectural firms. To conceive: XTU Architectes, ALN Atelien Architecture and study Rispal Adelin, in conjunction with studies specialist acoustic engineers in the development of multimedia content and lighting design. To build fifteen French companies, Italian and German.

A universal represent France at the event, will be a large wooden pavilion, with 3600 square meters for a public investment of 20 millions euro. Like the other national pavilions, will contribute to the development of the theme "Feeding the Planet. Energy for Life. "

The structure will be built in wood Jura, consisting of free form united assemblies completely invisible, and designed to be assembled and disassembled easily. The shape comes from three-dimensional image: a portion of the soil with reliefs and depressions, sectioned and overturned on the ground, showing therefore inside a succession is concavity and convexity. Architecture "bare and essential."

Great attention to the use of passive bioclimatic architecture: the building has low energy consumption and reliance on natural ventilation and cooling.

The route will be developed first through a garden maze and lustful, that represent the diversity of the landscapes and the succession of the different regions of France, and then enter the building, greeted by the great pillars of time, materials and experiences, olfactory, receiving various information of interest nationally and globally.

French Pavilion Website