![]() Here, spirulina microalgae, cultivated by renewable energy company TOLO Green, enables the ecological treatment of air through the biofixation of the carbon dioxide emitted by visitors. Among the main spatial features are the Belvedere, a round structure topped by a dome, covered by wild herbs of the Mediterranean maquis, which evokes Renaissance gardens. From this panoramic point, they can overlook the entire pavilion from a walkway that floats above the exhibition spaces and installations. Visitors enter the Italian Pavilion’s interior path via an escalator that takes them to a skywalk suspended 11 meters above ground level, right below the first hull’s nave. The project strives to showcase more sustainable ways to cool our buildings and cities in the future. The use of the nautical ropes and a localized cooling system integrated with misting allow for extensive shading, natural ventilation, and better thermal comfort. At the end of the Expo, they will be reused again, in accordance with the logic of the circular economy. The nautical ropes are produced in recycled plastic, using the equivalent of roughly two million bottles, and form an intricate vertical meshwork that stretches almost 70 kilometers (43,45 miles) in length. Instead, a curtain facade made of nautical ropes, which also incorporates LEDs that can be lit to transform the facade into a multimedia surface, delineates the exhibition space. They are the three colors of the Italian flag – green, white, and red – and form what might be the biggest “tricolor” in Italy’s history (2.100 square meters or 22.600 square feet). Seen from above, the hulls are coated in an innovative paint developed by paints and coatings company Gruppo Boero. In turn, they support a wave-shaped roof membrane made of ETFE pillows and a layer of perforated thin metal sheets that filter the sunlight. The hulls are supported by more than 150 slender vertical steel pillars, each 27 meters high. They were produced with the contribution of Fincantieri, the largest shipbuilder group in Europe. The three boat hulls that form the pavilion’s roof vary in length from 40 to 50 meters. The boat hulls also refer to the historical connections between the Italian and Arabian Peninsulas, thus hinting at the themes of both Italy’s participation in the Expo (“Beauty Connects People”) and Expo Dubai 2020 as a whole (“Connecting minds, creating the future”). Three hulls, arrived in Dubai, become the roof of the pavilion, and after Expo, they could set sail to new destinations. Contrary to that approach, the Italian Pavilion was conceived as an architecture that is able to transform itself through time, in a sustainable fashion. The Italian Pavilion envisions an architecture which challenges how buildings are usually developed for temporary events such as a World Expo, in which a lot of newly-built structures end up as landfill after just a few months. The Italian Pavilion extends over a surface of 3.500 square meters (38.000 square feet) and will be open until March 31st, 2022. ![]() The pavilion utilizes three real-sized boat hulls, which could potentially set sail after the event, to create and shape the roof of the building. Reusing is also fundamental to how the structure was conceived. The pavilion features a multimedia facade made with two million recycled plastic bottles, new types of building materials – from algae and coffee grounds to orange peels and sand – and an advanced system for climate mitigation that constitutes an alternative to air conditioning. The project puts forward an all-encompassing vision for reconfigurable architecture and circular design involving some of Italy’s most innovative companies. The Italian Pavilion building at Expo Dubai 2020, designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota Building Office, with Matteo Gatto and F&M Ingegneria, was officially unveiled on October 1st, 2021, as part of the first World Expo ever held in the Arab world.
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