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04 '09 MX_SHANGAI_PAVILION / JP [+ARK]
[MEXICAN PAVILION IN SHANGAI WORLD FAIR]

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[PAVILION]> VISITORS WILL BE EXPOSED TO A HIGH-IMPACT SENSORY EXPERIENCE AS THEY WALK THROUGH DIFFERENT EVOLUTION STAGES OF MESO-AMERICAN CITIES. FROM DISTANT PAST, TO SUSTAINABLE FUTURE AS REPRESENTED BY THE ACTUAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE PAVILION. "KEY MOMENTS" IN THE CITY DEVELOPMENT ARE REPRESENTED WITH EIGHT LARGE SPHERES MADE OF MATERIALS THAT BELONG TO EACH STAGE. ACCORDINGLY, THERE IS AN "AMBIANCE ATMOSPHERE" FORMED BY A SURROUNDING SPACE REGION AND A SOUND CHANNEL. SILK-SCREENED PANELS SHOW DIFFERENT PHASES IN THE CITY EVOLUTION THROUGH SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHS. SOUND CHANNELS PRODUCE "THE SOUND OF THE CITY" FOR EACH "KEY MOMENT" IN HISTORY. THE OVERALL EFFECT IS A SURROUNDING TIME-SPACE ENVIRONMENT WHERE SOUND STANDS AS A "THREE-DIMENSIONAL NOISE SYMPHONY".

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DESIGN TEAM>
LUISVICENTEFLORES
+ARKITEKTSTUDIO

[+ARK]>
ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT>
JIHEI AOKI + OFA
+ARKITEKTSTUDIO

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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY>
JORGELEON WOLPERT

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SOUND DESIGN & ACOUSTICS>
GEORGE FLORES
+ QUATRO SOUND PORDUCTIONS


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NATURADOS/MX.11_ 00
THE METEORITE/US.10_ 01
PT_400000/MX.09_ 02
RE:VISION_DALLAS/US.94_ 03
SHANGAI_PAVILION/CN.09_ 04
16SQG_TOKIO/JP.09_ 05
GREENLUXURYHOTEL/MX.08_ 06
P3332/MX.08_ 07
LAFRANJA/MX.08_ 08
HELIXTOWER/MX.08_ 09
I_CONDESA/MX.07_ 10
BICENTENNIAL_SQ/MX.07_ 11
HIGH_HAUS/MX.07_ 12
GREEN_ARK/US.06_ 13
COZ_NORTH/MX.06_ 14
JVC NODE/MX.05_ 15
NBPEJ_LIBRARY/MX.08_ 16
MISSISSIPPI/MX.05_ 17
MEXICO_LIBRARY/MX.04_ 18
CDA_ARTCENTER/MX.04_ 19
AIRPORT_TERMINAL/MX.04_ 20
AUDITORIUM/MX.01_ 21
THE_SENATE/MX.03_ 22
ALERCES/MX.03_ 23
BIENNALE_VENEZIA/IT.03_ 24
VILLA_IZAR/MX.01_ 25
IMAGEN/MX.00_ 26
DWP/MX.00_ 27
TECHPARK/MX.00_ 28
CU5M/MX.99_ 29
REXO_BAR/MX.98_ 30
MODULON/MX.98_ 31
DANCE_SCHOOL/MX.94_ 32
X'TERESA/MX.94_ 33
UPDATE FEB'2011 / ©LUISVICENTEFLORES / MEXICO CITY BACK NEXT