09/02/2015
With the “Life grows in Uruguay” slogan, the Uruguayan pavilion at Expo Milan 2015 will show the attributes of the country regarding environmental care, energy and food origin. The place will have spaces where visitors may experience Uruguayan cuisine, culture, landscapes and traditions; it will also include areas for business meetings and trading of typical products.
Our country will be one of the 145 exhibitors represented at Expo Milán 2015.
Different solutions to the “Feed the planet, energy for life” issue will be shown in that framework.
The building, characterized by an innovative design, is located on a privileged spot over one of the main avenues of the universal exhibition. It will have several interpretative spaces where visitors may experience Uruguayan cuisine, culture, landscapes and traditions.
The structure of this three-storey building of 785 m2 is fully detachable. It is being built with recyclable materials, in compliance with the rules of the exhibition.
The façade is a suspended surrounding structure that combines wooden rustic pieces and vertical steel elements, whereas the inner part of the building will be covered in a white matt piece that will open in curvilinear cuts that will define the contact with the soil and the public square.
A spiral-like perimeter ramp will go all over its oval shape allowing access to the different levels. Inside, the pavilion will have an exhibition area, where visitors will be shown audiovisual presentations about Uruguay. It will also have a restaurant where it will be possible to taste Uruguayan “parrilla”, and areas for business meetings and trading of typical products.
The project was created by Javier Díaz, an Architect of the National Meat Institute, and Campana Costruzioni, a renowned company from Brescia, is in charge of the building works.
On Monday February 2nd Antonio Carámbula, Undersecretary of Tourism and Sports, visited the building site and was congratulated by the authorities of Expo Milan 2015 for the progess reached.
Source www.presidencia.gub.uy
