Russia Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010

Dec 2009

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Architecture News , China, Pavilion, Pavillion, Russia, Shanghai 2010

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Russia will decorate its pavilion for the 2010 World Expo like a fairy-tale world, showing a comfortable city as seen through children’s eyes. The country unveiled its pavilion design which will be on a 6,000-square-meter plot and feature 12 white towers inspired by traditional Russian women’s costume.

The 20-meter towers, in white, red and gold, will duplicate the ancient Ural towns dating back 3,000 years ago, but given a modern touch with their irregular shapes. They demonstrate the diversity of both ancient and modern cities, said Vladimir Strashko, Russia’s commission general for the Expo.

A 15-meter-tall central building will link the towers. More images after the break.

Cite:
Jordana , Sebastian . "Russia Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010" 10 Dec 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed 09 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/43395>

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O. ARQUITECTOS SRS says:

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# December 10, 2009 at 12:16

Dustin says:

I actually like the patterns, the overall design is very similar to the rest of the expo.. and that is not a good thing.

# December 10, 2009 at 11:46

Me says:

I get a bit fed up seeing forms decorated with patterns. This is not architecture, it’s decoration. It’s easy to be impressed if you have a lazy eye, whilst in spatial terms there is nothing on offer. In any case a render is not enough to judge a building by… so i hold my venom…

# December 10, 2009 at 12:02

Is decoration not a part of Architecture? Is classic, barroque, gothic, etc… architecture, not really architecture because it has decoration? One thing is to disagree with ornamentation in architecture and another is to be ignorant and say it is not architecture because it’s a decorative pattern.

# December 11, 2009 at 01:58

qwerty says:

pop.

# December 10, 2009 at 12:08

nothing telling about Russia and it’s modern culture,pure decoration.

# December 10, 2009 at 12:09

WSBY says:

actually agree with Me it is decoration, mainstream forms without character

james says:

so?
I don’t think this is particularly good, but I still don’t see your point.

# December 13, 2009 at 18:02

di says:

guys i have to say i like this pavilion. the faceted white forms remind me of snow and ice covered buildings , and the patterns like the geometrical roof patterns they have in st petersburg.its a very nice abstract representation of what russians have and what they are proud of. it has a lot more to say than the other pavilions im afraid. kudos to the artist!!!!!

# December 10, 2009 at 12:33

oil says:

เยี่ยม

# December 10, 2009 at 13:49

Bo says:

Its too pity but this pavilvion is not architecture.
PS like the most part of modern moscow architecture.

# December 11, 2009 at 01:42

Blackbuddha says:

Maybe the concept was out from the church buildings of moscow, anyway, I don’t like this one, cos it’s just some huge cubes without aesthestic feeling at all.

# December 11, 2009 at 01:59

di слушай ну это же бредовая архитектура)без обид но такого галиматья ожидать можно от кого угодно)жаль конечно но я к примеру в этих объемах вижу только айсберги и какую то Норвежскую тему,но у нас то страна большая от Краснодара до Владивостока 12 часовых поясов – половина земного шара)уж знаешь думаю это такой же провал как и лого сочи 2014,имидж пока строится государства такого “середнячка”,но никак не достойного РФ.И точно подмечено что это не архитектура,а тупо дизайн и высосанные из пальца концепции.

# December 11, 2009 at 03:07

helen says:

isn’t the point of these expo pavilions to prove a nation’s modern identity? i really think this one was quite successful in the sense that one can look at it and see the new russia, albeit not being spatially impressive.

# December 11, 2009 at 06:33

Velina says:

I really like the shapes, strange some people said that this is not an architecture, what is architecture? It looks very intriguing and i hope the production is as good as the 3D picture here.

# December 11, 2009 at 08:36

Wargo says:

A very Russian style.

# December 11, 2009 at 09:24

ur comment is very intresting!
d’u know anything alse about rus style?

# December 21, 2009 at 07:37

intenrautas says:

looks like parody of medieval castle…

# December 11, 2009 at 10:26

Настя says:

Ерунда какая-то

# December 11, 2009 at 11:11

max says:

Strashko

# December 11, 2009 at 15:51

Alex says:

stop complaining about the decoration, this is a really well done pavilion. ARCHITECTURE IS DECORATION. Do we Not decorate our Cities with bricks covered in glass and signs that shine in the light??

# December 12, 2009 at 01:26

holyhoodoo says:

очень по-русски, это конечно погорячились)) действительно такого поверхностного подхода к арх-ре сейчас достаточно, но не тока в СНГ((… имхо, идея с исторической подоплекой какая-никакая вроде как бы и была… но средства уж очень скудные… это “дизайнерские штучки”- орнаменты- фак(т)))) плюс, на мой взгляд, атектоничность должна всегда возмещаться эстетикой формы… ее тут нет тчк.

# December 13, 2009 at 05:46

urko says:

2 projects have won the competition for the Expo 2010 pavilion. The second one, by Boris Bernaskoni, is not good by better in my opinion. http://archvestnik.ru/files/u2/dbdbd65817bcb0d937a72077e1e85095.jpg

# December 14, 2009 at 03:05

prosto 3,14zdec. kak kto to vishe skazal disigneri a ne architectori delali. ya v shoke! dumal huzhe ORDOS sdelat nelza.

# December 21, 2009 at 07:45

no_ro_ma says:

Хрень

# December 16, 2009 at 08:50

Васо says:

Ээ, пацанчики, хорош пездеть! Ахуенный павильон.

# January 27, 2010 at 08:18

Васянь ты прикалываешься что-ли! Шняга фуфловая, а павильон.

# January 27, 2010 at 08:28

А ты там был? Живьем видел?

# January 27, 2010 at 10:12

lunafuga says:

I can’t see any spatial qualities in this design, if there’s any. These expo buildings used to be an opportunity for introducing newly explored ways of creating space but now, they have become more like landmarks within a sea of landmarks! Useless.

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