Croatian Pavilion EXPO 2005
Aichi
137°5'12''E
The answer to the main theme of the World Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan — Nature’s Wisdom — was enriched with a symbolic theme: A Drop of Water, a Grain of Salt.
The concept of Croatia’s presentation at World EXPO 2005 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 labour. This theme unites philosophical and spiritual imagination with reality.
The Pavilion was conceived rather like event architecture since it is based on visual and sensual experience. We have created a 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.
The pavilion has the plane of 18x27m (1.5 modules), and the exhibition consists of three rooms. Twisting white belt made of the membrane material is horizontally put on the façade in ten pieces along with ultramarine glass put under the canopy to create the façade.
Fact Sheet
Project name
Croatian Pavilion EXPO 2005
project number
078
program
culture, interior
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
Site area
703 m²
Size
678 m²
volume
6134 m³
Footprint
519 m²
altitude
115 m
author
3LHD
client
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Republic of Croatia
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
