A Guided Tour Of The 2015 Milan Expo

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With 145 countries participating in the 2015 Expo, alongside input from international organizations, corporate partners and an extensive program organized by the Expo itself, there's a lot going on in Milan right now. So much so, in fact, that it can be a little overwhelming to get a handle on all the sights that are worth your attention.

To help you out, we've put together a guided tour of the key pavilions that are turning heads, including the defining vistas of the expo grounds, the displays that are worth your time and the oddities that might entertain. From the Expo's defining icon, the 30-meter-tall Tree of Life, to the exhibition on architecture's favorite consumable (that's coffee), and all the national pavilions in between, the things you need to see are here. Whether you're planning to visit the Expo and want a quick and dirty way to ensure you've covered the highlights, or whether you're simply hoping to live vicariously through the internet, this tour is for you.

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Our tour starts at the Expo's South Entrance, on the center-left of the map below, and follows round the two key axes, the Cardo and the Decumano, to the left, eventually ending at the Slovenia pavilion close to where it began.

Map showing our route starting at the South Entrance (center left of the image). Click to view full size. Image via Milan Expo Website with additional annotations by ArchDaily

1. View of the "Cardo," looking toward the Tree of Life from the South Entrance

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2. View of the Decumano

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3. The UK Pavilion / Wolfgang Buttress

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© Evan Rawn

Padiglione Regno Unito / British Pavilion #Expo2015 Ph D. Mascolo

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4. UAE Pavilion / Foster + Partners

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© Foster + Partners
© Foster + Partners

5. The Coffee Cluster, one of eight pavilions themed around a specific food type

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6. Vietnam Pavilion / Vo Trong Nghia

7. Pavilion Zero, one of the Expo's five thematic areas. Pavilion Zero is intended as an introduction to the theme of the Expo and the Expo grounds.

Mountain range media centre

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8. Ireland Pavilion

Ireland Pavilion, Expo 2015, Milan, Italy #Expo2015 #Ireland #WorldsFair #architecture

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9. Bahrain Pavilion / Anne Holtrop + Anouk Vogel

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10. Brazil Pavilion / Studio Arthur Casas + Atelier Marko Brajovic

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#ArchDaily #architecture #YourArchDaily @archdaily @expo2015milano #Expo2015 #ExpoVoices

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11. South Korea Pavilion

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12. Malaysia Pavilion

Malaysian space eggs!

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13. Thailand Pavilion

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14. Uruguay Pavilion

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15. China Pavilion / Tsinghua University + Studio Link-Arc

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#ArchDaily #architecture #YourArchDaily @archdaily @expo2015milano #Expo2015 #ExpoVoices

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16. Colombia Pavilion

Colombia Pavilion, Expo 2015, Milan, Italy #Expo2015 #Colombia #WorldsFair #architecture

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17. France Pavilion / X-TU

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© Evan Rawn

18. View along the green wall of the Israel Pavilion to the Palazzo Italia

19. Palazzo Italia / Nemesis & Partners

#ArchDaily #architecture #YourArchDaily @archdaily @expo2015milano #Expo2015 #ExpoVoices #italy

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20. The Tree Of Life / Marco Balich

#alberodellavita#expo2015#milano#treeoflife#padiglioneitalia#flowers#italy

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21. Vanke Pavilion / Daniel Libeskind

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#follow #me #iphone5 #instragram #expo2015 #maggio2015 #milano #solocosebelle #sole #foto #pic

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22. View of the Vanke Pavilion with the Tree of Life in the background

23. Ecuador Pavilion

Padiglione Ecuador / Ecuador Pavilion #Expo2015 Repost @sara_bustan

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24. Kuwait Pavilion / Italo Rota

#kuwait #expo2015 #expo #expomilano2015

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25. USA Pavilion / Biber Architects

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© Saverio Lombardi Vallauri

26. Japan Pavilion

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© Evan Rawn

27. Slovakia Pavilion / Karol Kállay

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Padiglione Slovacchia / Slovakia Pavilion #Expo2015 Repost @robyvalens

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28. Russia Pavilion / speech

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29. Estonia Pavilion / Kadarik Tüür Arhitektid

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30. Slow Food Pavilion / Herzog & de Meuron

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© Min Keun Park

31. Chile Pavilion / Cristián Undurraga

Courtesy of Cristián Undurraga

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Courtesy of Cristián Undurraga

32. Austria Pavilion / team.breathe.austria

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© Evan Rawn

Breathe 🌳🍀 #expo2015 #expo

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33. Slovenia Pavilion / SoNo Arhitekti

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Cite: Rory Stott. "A Guided Tour Of The 2015 Milan Expo" 08 May 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/628928/a-guided-tour-of-the-2015-milan-expo> ISSN 0719-8884

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