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.
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!
Who’s the father of this awful creature, his name is hidden by shame?
It’s nothing representative of the Venezuelan culture, It’s seem to be a political message.
Compare with another pavilion (Montreal, HannoverSevilla i.e) Was projects of remarkable Venezuelan architects (Villanueva, Hernandez, Fruto Vivas) In this case the architect it’s anonymous.
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
estas totalmente equvovado el pabellon es uno sde los menos llamativos y es mas bien casi una copia de un centro comercial dey mal diseñado llamado milenium y ciertamente costruido por el gobierno con dinero robado con el que deberia construir hospitales y escuela, no misiones un modulos cubanos de bario adentro, es mas como venezolanos nos deberia dar verguenza de que malgasten aun mes construyendo este pabellon mientras aki en mas de 35 años no se construye ni un hospital nuevo en la capital, somo un pais que fue hundido en la miseria porq la ignorancia mas absoluta tiene dominada a gente como tu.
Aprende a escribir y luego hablamos, que te parece?
trans:
Learn who to write first, and then we might have a common point to start with. How is that?
Si eres Chavista no te parece que dejas muy mal al pais con esa gramatica?, mira:
Esa (x) no significa “por”. Es: una equis.
“Quieren” se escribe con una “Q” y una “U” al principio; no con “K”.
“Regimen”, se escribe con una “R”; no con cuatro.
Si no eres Chavista, pues peor porque ellos por lo menos tienen la excusa de que el poder y el robo impune les ha embriagado y por ello han dejado el Castellano basico.
No uso acentos por no ser pedante y porque en una computadora generica como la que tengo enfrente no puedo usar acentos sin tardarme otra media hora. Pero lo que tengo a la mano, lo uso tan apropiadamente como me es posible.
Bueno, suficiente Lenguaje.
Arquitectura lo dejamos para mas tarde.
Saludos
another horrible piece of architecture
another waste of money
there was no competition
the architect is friend of chavez
no notan el parecido con el milenium centro comercial contruido por una empresa de la cual es dueño jose vicente rangel avalos q utilizo todo el dinero destinado a las alcaldias para contruir ese mounstruo tan feo como este pabellon
Off, my friend, all who put a comment in here, I’m asking you: why are those pavilions so ugly? And probably some of us are shamed by the project who was chose to represent the country. And I have one offer to. Can we draw or render better pavilions. Dear ArchDaily can you help us, by making a small competition for virtul pavilions. That is all I have to say ( Sorry for my english)
And I fogot to say, that I’m not from Venezuela (but the pavilon of my country is even horrible) :))
Venezolanos, mueran de vergüenza una vez mas
mmmm. no, no me muero de la vergüenza. Ese edificio no me representa, ese gobierno no me representa y usted [persona(DPR)] no me representa a mi tampoco y soy Venezolano por completo, y si me tomo la molestia de responderle porque… porque quiero y usted no puede evitarlo; Asi como yo no puedo evitar las desgracias que mi pais sufre ahora usted y yo, somos impotentes [o insignificantes] en ciertos ambitos. No se de donde venga usted ni su situacion. Si se que no le deseo a nadie la desgracia de un pais hecho rehen de la ignorancia, la corrupcion y el desastre politico.
Mucho se ha intentado en cambiar eso, bastante sangre se derrama a diario a razon de ello, mucha gente esta encarcelada y ha sido ultimada en prision por dar la cara contra ese proto-gobierno y sus politicas totalitarias e ignorantes, no me parece cuestion de verguenza ni rubor.
Verguenza deberia tener gente como usted que no dudan en criticar desde el comfort de alguna sociedad normal, sin conflicto politico degradante y con una rata de mortalidad por violencia en sectores de la ciudad capital que estan muy por encima de conflictos belicos modernos.
Well, I liked! I would buy a house made by this “artist”!
Maybe that´s why he projected and neither of our friends here won´t go to China this time :D
verga que feo! sorry about that, but that’s the first thing that came to my mind…fairly poor must say, this is a pure reflection of our country’s current situation.
Just what we needed a huge theatre to live broadcast political messages…
I wonder who’s behind this concept…does anybody know?
Ese pabellon esta mas feo que bailar con la prima de uno
“Arq. Facundo Baudoin” …es el nombre del creador de este “pabellón” que lo que parece es el diseño de un comedor para una universidad!!!
No soy arquitecto, pero lo que puedo ver es que esto no es nada llamativo, nada representativo de nuestro país, lo ves y no le ves un concepto, no tiene definición, carece de título, parece mas bien el “centro de información” de los visitantes de la feria!!!
He estado observando otros pabellones y ya se puede predecir que este obviamente no entrará entre los más visitados de la feria… y no por razones políticas! pasarán frente a él y a nadie le inspirará siquiera preguntar de quién es ese pabellón…
Que desastre… mejor hubieran dado dinero a los pobres!
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