b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos   Italy   A good part of the success of Spain’s agricultural production can be attributed to a combination of tradition and innovation: that is the argument proposed at the Spanish Pavilion, illustrated by way of siamese gable-roof sheds, with a markedly elong

team.breathe.austria   Italy   An exact wooden prism is mixed with a small forest of plants and trees, misting nozzles, and ventilators with which it succeeds in producing enough oxygen for 1,800 visitors.

Studio Link-Arc   Italy   The waves of the undulating roof, built with laminated wood and bamboo, suggest the fusion of cities and nature, and reinterpret the codes of traditional Chinese architecture. 

XTU   Italy   Formed by a very dense scheme of beams of laminated wood, the seemingly closed tree-like building contains a large public square within it.

Nemesi & Partners   Italy   Taking on the appearance of an urban forest, the pavilion unfurls its volume from four stumps around a central clearing, dressing up with a skin that decontaminates the air.

Foster + Partners   Italy   Evoking the desert experience, the pavilion presents two large walls stretching sinuously to offer a long exhibition route that ends in a small oasis.

Studio Arthur Casas, Atelier Marko Brajovic   Italy   The translucent net of the Brazilian Pavilion evokes the country’s rich agricultural tradition through a panoptic scheme that, however, offers visitors different paths through the interior.

Netwerch Architektur   Italy   Four deposits of local products within the reach of the visitors make up the pavilion, connected to one another and to the main building via an elevated platform; the project invites to reflect on food scarcity and our consumer habits...

Undurraga Devés arquitectos   Italy   Aunque desde lejos aparenta ser un volumen compacto, de cerca el pabellón chileno revela su rico entramado de vigas de madera que es a la vez su piel y sus huesos.

Wolfgang Buttress, Tristan Simmonds   Italy   Inspired in the metaphor of the hive, the pavilion is built with 169,300 pieces of golden aluminum which palpitate at the rhythm of a real swarm of bees 1,500 kilometers away.

MADE arhitekti   Italy   In the image and likeness of a tree, the pavilion is made up of three parts: the foliage houses offices and the conference hall; the shaded staircase beneath the branches functions as a large public space; and the service areas are located in the roo

Herzog & de Meuron, Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter   Denmark   The plan is the marriage of two seemingly contradictory goals, which the design in the form of an organic cross manages to combine: the desire for a large flowing central garden and the necessity for short internal connections...

WHR Architects, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, Arup Associates   Denmark   A system of patios that adapts to topographic changes takes advantage of the open field location to acquire a friendly scale and pay attention to the landscape, without losing the coherence and efficiency that are essential in a hospital building...

C.F. Møller , Rambøll, Alectia   Denmark   The organic design gives the hospital a more humane character in close contact with nature. A public area on the third floor becomes the central element: a green promenade separated from the bedrooms to preserve their privacy...

amid.cero9   The ‘Home-for-All’ is a white interior that is symbolically protected by a shimenawa and materially sheltered by a thick layer of rigid foam sprayed on site. A process of actions filled with significance and consisting of simple tasks – sowing, tying

Architecture Global Aid   Japan   The seven shelter-houses, folded and inserted in an envelope, function as school desks. Built out of floating wood, their bright colors allow for them to be easily identified and retrieved amid the debris that a tsunami leaves behind...

Shigeru Ban, Voluntary Architects' Network   Philippines   This temporary shelter for the victims of typhoon Haiyan incorporates the Paper Partition System technology, developed by the office and applied in evacuation centers, with the aim of shortening and simplifying the construction process...

Abeer Seikaly   The project rethinks the traditional concept of a camping tent, proposing a technical and structural fabric that expands to shelter refugees and contracts to become a flat surface that makes it possible to change location...

TAKK Architecture   The project proposes six basic modules that define different types depending on the demands in each situation. Transportable in a container, the modules unfold when the reach their final destination, and elements can be added or removed...

MVRDV   Netherlands   As a result of a competition held in 2004, the Market Hall is part of a larger plan that aims to regenerate the city center of Rotterdam. Located where the city was founded, the building is a new mixed-use type that interrelates public and residentia

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