EXPO AXIS AT THE WORLD EXPO SHANGHAI SHANGHAI, CHINA


LIGHTING DESIGN DR. YUN WEIMIN DR. CHU XINGWU LEE YINGYUAN WANG DELIN BAI TING SHANGHAI GRANDAR LIGHT ART & TECHNOLOGY CO LTD


ADDITIONAL CREDITS ARCHITECTS SBA GMBH


ENGINEERING WANG LIPING YUAN XINHUA LIU QUN


ZHANG YIJUN QI HAO


SHANGHAI GRANDAR LIGHT ART & TECHNOLOGY CO LTD


PHOTOGRAPHY © DUAN HONGJUN © ERIK FREELAND © THEO MORRISON


Welcoming guests to the World Expo Shanghai and serving as the main point of entry, the Expo Axis has the world's largest membrane roof with a surface of 65,000 m2


combining general lighting and architectural lighting for the 900 meter long membrane roof and the six “Sun-Valleys” (steel structures with glass façades approximately 40 meters tall and 80 meters wide).


“Although we can see this kind of design all . The biggest challenge was


around, this specific example shows high quality, intensive care and a creative technological concept of flexibility and beauty,” stated one judge. “All of us at the jury table were highly impressed by the standards and quality of this project.” The elegant membrane roof is enhanced by light generated by 1,900 36W LED washers and


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1,000 150W HID lights. The synchronization of the lights enables a river-flow lighting effect on the roof. The beauty of the steel and glass Sun-Valleys is revealed by 78,000 2.4W RGB LED nodes. The first and sixth Sun-Valleys (at the Expo entrance and the Bund) each have about 30,000 pixels, and thus have a more vibrant presentation. This arrangement saves both money and energy.


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