037 Exemplar: UK Pavilion @ Shanghai Expo 2010

UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 by Thomas Heatherwick from Dezeen on Vimeo.

One or more seeds of various plant species, sourced from China’s Kunming Institute of Botany, were encased at the tip of 7.5m long fibre-optic rods. These 60 000 rods was said to be distributed across China and the UK to hundreds of schools as a special legacy to Shanghair Expo 2010.

I thought this is another one interesting example of a piece of exposition. It portrays more than just the identity of the people of United Kingdom and the theme set out by the exposition's organizers. More than that, there is a sense of "social regeneration" (I'm not sure if this phrase exist, I think I just made it up) in using an architectural design/piece to build and strengthen the relationship between the British and the Chinese.

~ Hana