Osaka 2025: Pavilion Designs from World-renowned Architects

Expo 2025 is open to visitors between April 13 and October 13 on Osaka Bay, Japan’s artificial island. Expo 2025 welcomes numerous amount of national entries and pavillions from the minimalist Portugal Pavillion by Kengo Kuma to corkscrew-shaped Czech pavilion by Apropos Architects. Many of world-renowned architects and their teams have been working on a long time for Expo 2025.

Besides significant pavillions and their amazing designs, the design of the exhibitions’ own space has features never seen before. Sou Foujimoto has inspired by ancient temple building tecniques of Japanese architecture, the ‘Ring’ has become the largest timber structure of the world. He explains “Ring is connecting with the world through the sea and sky”. He has been considering wonderful traditional wooden structure methods of Japanese architecture from more than 1,000 years. The design of the exhibition became an amazing example of how to use traditional values ​​and construction techniques with modern technology in a sustainable future.

Expo 2025 also hosted pavilions that built with very successful concepts and techniques that conveyed the similar philoshopy. Let’s see some of the magnificent pavilions designed by world-famous architects representing the countries.

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  Nikken Sekkei, the Japan Pavilion

  Designed by Nikken Sekkei, the Japan Pavilion emphasizes the connections and cycles between plants, animals and societies, with the theme Between Lives. The pavilion’s design speaks to how countless and endless interconnected cycles operate in the world beyond Japan.

  

• Saudi Arabia Pavilion by Foster + Partners

  The Saudi Arabia Pavilion was designed by Foster + Partners, who have different designs all over the world, and is located on the Yumeshima coast. The pavilion offers visitors spatial experiences through the cities of Saudi Arabia. The aim of the design is creating a place of discovery, offering visitors an environment of interaction between the cities and towns of Saudi Arabia.

  

• Kengo Kuma’s Portugal Pavilion

  The Portugal pavilion, which stands out with the theme of “Ocean, The Blue Dialogue”, was designed by Japanese architecture firm Kengo Kuma & Associates. The pavilion allows visitors to experience Portugal through their discoveries through the country’s historical, commercial and cultural relationship with the sea.

  

• Czech pavilion Apropos Architects

  The Czech Pavilion, specially prepared for their country by the famous Czech architectural office Apropos Architects, was designed with a concept that highlights the liveliness of the country. The architectural features of the Czech pavilion make visitors feel the cultural and social liveliness, one of the prominent values ​​of the country, during their exploration.

  

• Qatar Pavilion by Kengo Kuma

  The Qatar Pavilion design, implemented in collaboration with Kengo Kuma & Associates and Qatar Museums, emphasizes the shared values ​​between Japan and Qatar. Concepts such as the sea and trade, which are of strategic importance to both countries, are brought to life with traditional Japanese craftsmanship.