© Elena Valles
Architects: Benedetta Tagliabue - Josep Ustrell, Daniel Rosselló
Location: Lleida, Spain
Project area: 9,200 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Alex Gaultier, Elena Valles
Interview with Benedetta Tagliabue on the Gas Natural Building in Barcelona, designed by EMBT (Enric Miralles + Benedetta Tagliabue).
Video by Studio Banana.
The Spain Pavilion will have a steel structure and a wicker cover. Spanish handcrafters will weave out different patterns by using different colors of wicker, said Benedetta Tagliabue, designer of the pavilion. The wicker will be covered by a special material that is water-proof. It will also keep the pavilion at a comfortable temperature, said Tagliabue.
Also, the pavilion of course is very strong, she said. The designers have considered the possibility of bad weather during the Expo period such as typhoons or the summer Plum Rain season, said Tagliabue. The Spanish government is going to invest 1.8 million euros (US$2.6 million) in the pavilion, said Javier Conde de Saro, Spain’s commissioner general for World Expo Shanghai.
The pavilion, with a total floor area of 8,500 square meters, will have both open squares for cultural performances and an indoor area for exhibitions and cafeterias.
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