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PROJECT / SHANGHAI EXPO 2010, CHINA


All pics: Andreas Keller © Architecture Schmidhuber + Kaindl / Exhibition Milla + Partner


ders to the pavilion plot, visitors are able to wander beneath the structure via a series of passageways. Access to the main exhibi- tion starts with a terraced landscape on the ground floor. Like a labyrinth it weaves its way through the waiting area towards the entrance. Visitors pass through various ravine, plaza and courtyard spaces before reaching a first-floor terrace with views out over the Expo grounds.


The star attraction at Balancity is a piece entitled ‘The Energy Source’. Visitors stand in tiered balconies around a central atrium. Hanging at its centre is a 1.5-ton sphere, three metres in diameter and covered, much like an old disco mirrorball, in 1,525 LED tiles. A special pixel-mapping media server uses special software to convert 16:9 format video files into imagery that wraps around the entire sphere. The sphere swings in a circular motion like a pendulum, glow- ing brighter and swinging more profoundly in response to the noises from the audience. Groups on different sides of the atrium can compete and collaborate, cheering and clapping together to draw the pendulum towards their side. It further underlines the pavilion’s message that working together can create better urban spaces. The back walls of the audience space are lit by 185 ERCO LED wall washlights that were customised for DMX control so they were actually controlled by a media server. www.e3-engineering.eu www.schmidhuber.de


A silvery, transparent membrane hides the building’s services systems and emergency staircases. Its softly reflective surface seems to absorb ambient colours, causing the pavilion to change its appearance depending on the time of the day and weather conditions. At night, selected planes are picked out with lighting to maintain the pavilions mulit-facetted three-dimensionality


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