Dutch Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010
© REUTERS/Aly Song
The Dutch submission to the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai is an exceptional one. This time around, it will not be the classic pavilion with long lines of visitors waiting outside and a presentation inside. The Netherlands is making its appearance at China’s world exposition along an entire street. The submission, entitled “Happy Street”, is the response by designer John Kormeling to the Chinese Expo theme “Better City, Better Life” and the sub-themes:
- Urban cultural diversity
- Urban economic growth and prosperity
- Innovation in science and technology in urban contexts
- Remodelling urban communities
- Interaction between urban and rural areas.
Find out more about Holland’s pavilion right here. More images and a video after the break.
i wonder what the guy with the pushcart thinks about this…
good one.
he thinks “what the @#*#!&*?! is that?!”
Nice ! Is a small Las Vegas. Intresting to celebrate the 70 U$S salary, basis of the new China capitalism !
Heh)
this is undoubtedly the best design for the world expo!!
or at least not the most awful one ;)
Yes, but that’s not real hard…
the first photo is really nice…
it’s better without the lights..
IT´S BETTER WITHOUT THE PAVILLION.
second that
that’s kind of painful….in other news has anyone noticed that the compilation video that’s on their website is 4 minutes and 20 seconds long exactly. Amsterdam much?
i dont like.
Is that a las vegas copy of Gerrit Rietveld 1920′s Schröder house in utrecht?
The model of seem a bit like barbie house.. however, maybe realization will not appear so shiny and sweet
I feel sick.
Great! Daring architecture. The architect was totally thinking out of the box and is making a statement. Just what the World Expo needs.
Not only thinking outside the box but out of their mind…
i love this website. i love the content, and the ideas set forth by you guys.
however, these international expositions are such a miserable waste of our time and energy. the criticisms are numerous, we all know what they are, so maybe it’s time for the media to just leave them the hell alone. don’t give them the attention. because in the end, they won’t survive if the media ignores them, and again, we all know it..
the dutch have way too much to offer the world in terms of managing infrastructure within an unyielding sea, than to be given attention for this whimsical nonsense.
I just threw up in my mouth a little. I saw a similar thing in my 2nd year at Uni all those years ago…it looked like a platter of food on a pedestal back then – does so now as well.
W h a t t h e h e l l i s t h i s ?
I was also thinking about Vegas when I saw this.
A sense of contemporary, a reflection of car culture
whos in for a trip to disney world with my kids this summer?architect must have been high on some substance! oh forgot its legal there!
cummon! architects of the world unite…
lets invest our time in quality architecture.
Come on..I think the Chinese deserve more respect than this tinker toy hommage to housing.
Really..whatthehellisthis??????
And to think of the real issues in the world and these things happen every 2 years. When are we going to stand up to this hubris, ego and frivolity? What is the point of this national showmanship – its like we are building addicts – we do because we can. Meanwhile, if you look back at the history of most World Expo sites it like looking at a knackers yard. As g.sidari says, the architectural press should start ignoring this anachronistic nonsense and with any luck, they’ll realise that they are about 100 years past their sell by date and stop holding them
it´s a small world, after all
Damned smart those Dutch..while other countries have spent(?)
efforts to design/ built something megalomaniac from the outside (and they all look like Zaha Hadid rip-offs), with no whatsoever contents from the inside, the Dutch keep surprising
us with smart thinking….no queuing…a lineair street design
in carrerra style.Just like MVRDV’s design back in hannover,
again the most original pavilion.
I agree, kill the Expo, waist of time and resources.
Go have a look in seville, Spain and u know it.
John Koermeling deserves more credit than the comments on this post. Study his work and you’ll find out it’s GOED.
when we’ll see a Barcelona Pavillion again?
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The reality building is more beautiful than the model.
However, I think it looks like Disneyland. Not really like this project
HEY! I’M A MONUMENT! Neo-postmodernism, in Vegas Style!
WOW! It looks like a 1st year Architectural project… I’m amazed that something like this was built actually
I'm just going to put this out there. The Dutch Pavilion in Shanghai is absolutely horrible. There, I said it. http://bit.ly/9h04u6
I'm just going to put this out there. The Dutch Pavilion in Shanghai is absolutely horrible. There, I said it. http://bit.ly/9h04u6
what a monstrosity! I hope the architect is hiding in a cave with head between his legs.. that would be a better place to be than in this ” Better City, Better life”
The Dutch Pavilion in Shanghai is absolutely horrible. There, I said it. http://bit.ly/9h04u6 /via @VariousArch
I hear ya!
The Dutch Pavilion in Shanghai is absolutely horrible. There, I said it. http://bit.ly/9h04u6 /via @VariousArch
I hear ya!
RT @swank_e: The Dutch Pavilion in Shanghai is absolutely horrible. There, I said it. http://bit.ly/9h04u6 /via @VariousArch
I hear ya!
RT @swank_e: The Dutch Pavilion in Shanghai is absolutely horrible. There, I said it. http://bit.ly/9h04u6 /via @VariousArch
I hear ya!
White boxes = architectural commentary? | The Dutch Pavilion in Shanghai | http://bit.ly/9h04u6 | via @swank_e
White boxes = architectural commentary? | The Dutch Pavilion in Shanghai | http://bit.ly/9h04u6 | via @swank_e
Wish I could go to Shanghai for the World Expo… http://ht.ly/1Evd3 (via @archdaily)
Wish I could go to Shanghai for the World Expo… http://ht.ly/1Evd3 (via @archdaily)
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Shanghai Expo: fun Dutch Pavilion by John Kormeling http://bit.ly/9h04u6 and clever Danish Pavilion by Bjarke Ingels http://bit.ly/9HXONv
Shanghai Expo: fun Dutch Pavilion by John Kormeling http://bit.ly/9h04u6 and clever Danish Pavilion by Bjarke Ingels http://bit.ly/cWRqjc
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