France Pavilion Dubai Expo 2020

Description

Designed by Atelier Pérez/Prado and Celnikier & Grabli Architectes, the French Pavilion at the The Expo 2020 Dubai will be in the area devoted to the issue of “Mobility”. The building is based around the idea of light, “light as philosophy”, “light as a source of creative heat”, “light as a connection vector”. In fact, this architectural work becomes relevant in its construction by inventing its own shadow and light, fabricating its looks and its own iconography. Constantly renewed, this living structure can be visited multiple times and it will never be the same: from sunrise to sunset, every hour and every season, its shape will evolve offering a brand-new experience each time you see it. Within the Mobility area, the Pavilion « Lumière, lumières » internationally meets a daring, conquering and innovative vision of the city and connected territories. It celebrates the French model of innovation reaching competitiveness and sustainable development reconciliation.As the most sustainable French Pavilion ever designed it is sturdy, dismantlable, removable and reusable and already knows its post-exhibition destination as it was announced in July 2021. The eco-responsible building with 5,000 m² of floor space and 2,500 m² of photovoltaic solar tiles, which was shipped to the United Arab Emirates by cargo in 180 containers, will be bought by the CNES (National Centre for Space Studies) for its Toulouse campus – France – and presented early in Spring 2022 This constitutes a first in the history of World Expo’s.(Description provided by the architects)