Venezuela Pavillion for Shanghai World Expo 2010
Construction has already began on the Venezuela Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site. The 3,000-square-meter Venezuela Pavilion will look like a figure 8 – a symbolic number in both China and Venezuela – and depict many traditional aspects of the country’s history and culture with the theme “A Better Life, Better City.”
The Yanomami tribe that has thrived in the rainforests of South America for thousands of years will perform in the pavilion. Another highlight of the pavilion will be a Venezuelan children’s orchestra, which will perform in a 286-seat theater on July 5, Venezuela’s National Day, said Temir Ponceleon, the country’s commissioner general of the Expo.
The pavilion will be in the geometric shape of a “Mobius strip,” or an inverted cylinder. The exhibition area will feature two-way audiovisual transmissions via satellite between Shanghai and Venezuela. More images and a video after the break.
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In Venezuela we dont know from where come this pavillion, this is so ugly and designed and assigned without any base.
What awful renderings!
architecture isn´t about ¨good renders¨, more awful are the renders with fireworks and sh!%..renders are only an architecture´s accesory..this is architecture not graphic design, who cares about a good renders, the only thing that matters is if its a good architecture piece or not
i’ll have to agree with you, BUT, this is an ugly pavillion and definitely bad renders…
Maybe you are right. Let me correct, the renderings are awful, the architecture is even worst.
Yes, how awful.
I would say, what an awful project
who´s designing this?
its shamefull!
speechless
This project doesn’t represent the venezuelan architecture. We have very good architects that hasn’t been called for an open or close contest to represent us with dignity.
On this government (Chavez)is not the best professional the one that its called for a work. It’s the one that is able to satisfy the bolivarians alusinations bullshits.
The quality or dignity are not the goals for public buildings. The only thing important is to get a person that can increase the regular budgets of the projects so the politicians can get a bigger slice.
You can resume our reality on that.
This project is only another manifestation of the corruption we live in our country.
As an Venezuelan architect I feel shame for such an insult to architecture, knowledge, human dignity and obviously our country.
yes – terrible, though not quite as bad as the Italian pavilion. None of the participating countries seem to be putting much effort into the Shanghai Expo.
Why are these green roofs forced upon architecture these days. Unless it’s just painted, but the roof looks shit.The last rendering’s space has potential.. It’s not that bad! Maybe a bit quirky, as in there’s WAY too much happening, but it’s a start..
Que horror…!!!
As a venezuelan, I feel deeply ashamed by this mediocre nonsense…
design is similar to 3-D design
renderings. good. bad. but always important. so i like this matter of fact? nope. i am working in china. clients can nor read floorplans. can not feel what is good, what is bad. can not imagine. no sense for the material. no money for the detail. no money. oh sorry. pockets full of money. but they want more, just more. and the government? just let them do. there will be always also some money under the table. they will find. the worst thing: the chinese designers. not all, but full of them is the country. doing the same as the client always wish. and also> having no mood, no time, no sensibility to think about a space! a human space. care about a stupid stupid rendering. making more lines. vertical. horinzontol. just to get a better rendering with absolutely no success. SORRY. i can not hear it anymore: good rendering, bad rendering. they just being an artistic dream or a nightmare.
A!!! my eyes… I’m blind… Don’t show me that…
First of all i’m signing up with my real name. I’m an architect from Venezuela
It seems that everyone of above come from the same place and feelings.
It is obvious that the rejects to the project come from antagony to the government and everything that sorrund it.
I’m not sure how bad the renders are, but i think many of you are overacting. Of course you have the right to bring your thoughts, but you could show some professional criteria, and less blindness.
I would like to read opionions about the concept of the building, and if it was represented in the architeture or not. I also thik that the moebius strip is not that original idea, wich reveals the poorness of the concept, any national cultural aspect could have been more relevant.
Architects, partners of Venezuela, please grow up, be real professionals.
a bad mix of everything with not critical in-formation…
this is about what i wrote? or about the project?
han convertido esto en una oportunidad para q los skLuacas de Venezuela drenen sus odios contra el rrrregimen…
y lo peor es q son las mismas basuras las q kieren trabajar para el estado…
Visiten Venezuela y constataran q mas d la mitad de la construcción actualmente la impulsa y paga el estado venezolano… asi q no culpen a chavez de sus delirios … culpense a ustedes mismos x no estar a la altura de las circunstancias
another horrible piece of architecture
another waste of money
there was no competition
the architect is friend of chavez