Azerbaijan Pavilion, the Italian trio; Simmetrico Network, Arassociati Architecture and AG&P landscape studio co-operated to develop this innovative design concept for the Azerbaijan pavilion for the Expo Milan 2015. The plans show how the exterior of the building will feature flowing timber louvers moving from side to side over an area of almost 3,000 square feet. Natural light would radiate through the opened slats and brighten the interior while the north façade allows better ventilation and reduce energy consumption.
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Visitors are all welcomed in the four leveled pavilion that presents rich information about Azerbaijan, each level will celebrate a different aspect of the country. According to the Simmetrico Network website, “The project was born and developed around the central theme of biodiversity, peculiarity, and treasure of a country made of different climatic, geographical, and morphological areas.
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“At the end of the Expo, the pavilion will be dismantled and rebuilt in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, and thanks to following a flexible modular system that made it possible to re-arrange it and use it for multiple purposes.
Architects: Simmetrico Network
Country: Italy, Milan
Year: 2014
Photographs: Courtesy of Simmetrico Network
Overall creative and project supervising: Simmetrico
Creative director: Daniele Zambelli
Architecture: Arassociati
Landscape architect: AG&P
Structural and MEP engineer: Ideas
Cladding Facades and spheres: People and Project
Light design: Voltaire Design
Construction and project management: Simmetrico
Project manager: Riccardo Cigolotti
Interiors & Exhibition design – Contents research and development: Simmetrico
Interiors & Exhibition design – Contents manager: Marta Marchesi
Interiors & Exhibition design – Cultural communications: Elena Croci
Interiors & Exhibition design – Set up project manager: Francesco Salvatore, Design Direct
Interiors & Exhibition design – Installation design: Fratelli&co.
Interiors & Exhibition design – Graphics: Iriden srl
Interiors & Exhibition design – Technical development: Black Engineering
Interiors & Exhibition design – Video contents: Bonsaininja – Dadomani
Steel structures: Speirani
Building site set up: Edil Lombarda
Exhibit set up: Interfiere
Interior construction: Esseci
Lightning: Marco Rocca Agency
Screeds: Laterlite
Elevators & Escalators: Kone
Green set up: Agripanda Srl
Wooden exhibits: Simonin
MEP: Bilfinger VM impianti
External flooring: Sirtech Srl
Structural Engineer: Ideas
MEP Engineer: Ideas
Construction: Simmetrico
Project Management: Simmetrico
Interiors: Bonsaininja – Dadomani
Exhibition design – Contents research and development: Simmetrico
Exhibition design – Contents manager: Marta Marchesi
Exhibition design – Cultural communications: Elena Croci
Exhibition design – Set up project manager: Francesco Salvatore, Design Direct
Exhibition design – Installation design: Fratelli&co.
Exhibition design – Graphics: Iriden srl
Exhibition design – Technical development: Black Engineering
Exhibition design – Video contents: Bonsaininja – Dadomani
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