Croatian Pavilion EXPO 2005
completed, Aichi, 2005.
The concept of Croatia´s presentation at World EXPO 2005 in Aichi, Japan is based on the idea, the plan layout and the metaphor of salt pans. This concept culturally upgrades the initial, general theme "A drop of water" into "A drop of water: a grain of salt" due to the recognizable particularity of the Croatian landscape and history - the salt pans. Salt is the integral part of every drop of sea water, but it is also its opposite - it is obtained through hard labor. This theme unites philosophical and spiritual imagination with reality. The Pavilion was conceived rather like an event than a classic piece of architecture since it is based on visual and sensual experience. We have created the space in Japan along these lines and it is a combination of a live and mediated event. There are three rooms and five themes of the event. We think that in the future a lot of primarily public architecture will be designed in this way.
PROJECT NAME Croatian Pavilion EXPO 2005
PROJECT NO 078
PROGRAM culture
STATUS completed
PROJECT 2004-2004
CONSTRUCTION 2004-2005
LOCATION Japan, Aichi, Aichi Prefecture Nagoya Easter Hills (Nagakute Town Toyota City and Seto City) Global Common 3
PROJECT TYPE public competition, 30. November 2003
SITE AREA 703 m²
GROSS FLOOR AREA 678 m²
VOLUME 6134 m³
FOOTPRINT 519 m²
ALTITUDE 115 m
CLIENT Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Republic of Croatia
AUTHOR 3LHD
COAUTHOR Damir Fabijanić, Dalibor Martinis
PROJECT TEAM Saša Begović, Marko Dabrović, Tatjana Grozdanić Begović, Silvije Novak
PROJECT TEAM COLLABORATORS Yasuaki Tanago, Irena Mažer Hranuelli, Hrvoje Vidović, Romana Ilić, Paula Kukuljica, David Lušičić, Zvonimir Marčić, Marin Mikelić, Ivan Milonja
SHOW DIRECTOR Ivan Marušić - Klif
LIGHT DESIGN Branko Cvjetičanin
SOUND DESIGN Vjeran Šalamon
GRAPHIC DESIGN Damir Gamulin
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING UPI-2M - Berislav Medić
AUDIO-VIDEO INSTALLATIONS AVC - Edin Karamehmedović
HVAC Termoinženjering projektiranje - Branko Šegotić, Mario Lukenda
PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE Projektni biro - grijanje - Srđan Grujić
MOVABLE FLOOR Konstrukcije Kostelac - Milan Kostelac
BUILDING PHYSICS, DETAILS Mateo Biluš
VISUALIZATIONS Boris Goreta
FIRE PROTECTION / STRATEGY / SAFETY PROJECT Inspekting - Milan Carević
CUSTOM SOFTWARE DESIGN IMK - Simon Premože
CUSTOM HARDWARE DESIGN Dubravko Kuhta - Tesla
ACOUSTICS Ante Jergović
PHOTOGRAPHY Damir Fabijanić
LINKS http://www.ando-corp.co.jp/
http://www.bie-paris.org/
http://www.expo2005.com/
http://www.fabijanic.com/
http://www.makmax.com/
http://vijesti.hrt.hr/arhiv/2003/04/24/KRV.html
http://www.booksa.hr/index.php?section=4&item=114&archive=1