The pavilion consists of three areas – Whispering Garden, Hall of Light and Hall of Innovations.
The Whispering Garden is a green orchard that greets visitors as they enter the building. Some facilities will be installed to make the trees begin to “whisper” in both English and Chinese when visitors walk close to them.
The hall of Light includes a 15-meter high screen. It will display films highlighting Israel’s innovations and technological achievements.
The Hall of Innovation is the centerpiece of the Israel Expo Pavilion. A special audio-visual show will allow visitors to talk with Israeli children, scientists, doctors and inventors via hundreds of screens. These Israelis will introduce themselves and share their hopes for a better future.
Israel allocated about US$6 million for its participation at Expo 2010, which includes the cost of its pavilion and other activities. It is the first time Israel has committed to building a national pavilion at a World Expo.
This is Romania’s pavilion at the Shanghai Expo (World Expo) in Shanghai, China in 2010.
Romania’s national pavilion at Shanghai 2010 World Expo will represent a green apple in its focus on a “green city” concept.
The pavilion size is 2,000 square meters and its apple shape and logo “Greenopolis” represent the importance of healthy lifestyle, sustainable development and knowledge-based solutions for modern society.
Romania tries to highlight a city’s historical and cultural heritage in order to understand, develop and translate this wisdom into a better quality of life for contemporary urban Romanian citizens.
The Finnish government hopes to dismantle the pavilion after the Shanghai Expo and move it to other places in China, using it as a restaurant, office building or library.
The government of Finland has given about 14 million euros (US$18 million) for its participation at the Shanghai World Expo 2010.
The building, around 2,000 square meters in size, will take visitors on a journey through snow-capped mountains, forests, flowing rivers and urban landscapes. It displays Austria’s natural scenery and landmark buildings such as Vienna City Hall, and the theme is called “Feel the Harmony.”
The pavilion will take a porcelain outer shell in red and white colors, which represent the colors of the Austrian national flag. The red color also takes on Chinese meaning of the color of good luck.
The Norway pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010 will be called “15 trees”. The Norwegian government wants to keep the “15 trees” in China after the Shanghai Expo 2010 as a “symbol of the friendly relations between the two countries”.
The Norway pavilion might be split and moved to different areas of China, or relocated as a whole.
The “trees” could become restaurants, conference halls or found in parks for people to enjoy.
The Norwegian pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010 cost 150 million Norwegian kroner (US$22.8 million), half provided by the Norwegian government and the other half from companies.
The Ireland pavilion at the Shanghai expo 2010 is going to show off its changing townscapes through the time.
Ireland will show its urban lifestyle with highlight on the efficient use of space. Eire wants to highlight its sustainable development model and people’s involvement in these projects.
The Irish Pavilion will be built across gentle inclines and will have five enclosed galleries, covering more than 1,500 square meters of exhibition space.
Ireland’s expo 2010 pavilion will also feature a courtyard plaza that will act as an exhibition space and a performance zone.
The cultural history of Irish cities and their achievements in arts and literature will be presented through exhibitions and performances in the Ireland pavilion at the Shanghai world expo 2010.
The Denmark pavilion Shanghai Expo 2010, the centerpiece will be a copper statue, which will sit on a piece of marble to welcome visitors to the pavilion during the Shanghai Expo.
The idea of the statue came to Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of the Carlsberg beer company, after he became fascinated by a ballet about the fairy tale. The famous artist Edward Eriksen then made the statue, which was first unveiled in 1913.
The Danish Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo consists of an outdoor area and an indoor area which are joined in a circle. The pavilion aims to give visitors the chance to savor the best aspects of Danish city life.
The pavilion’s name is “Welfairytales” – a mixture of the words “welfare” and “fairy tales”.
The Denmark pavilion Shanghai Expo 2010 will also feature a mermaid!
Chile was the first country to sign up for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China.
The Shanghai Expo 2010 mascot, Haibao was on hand to reveal the plans for the Chile pavilion a couple of months ago.
The Chile pavilion will feature a huge range of Chilean products and services which bring a taste of South American culture to the World Expo in Shanghai, China.
Italy will have a large national pavilion in World Expo in Shanghai 2010.
The expo pavilion will be called The City of Man. It is made of 20 functional modules that can be assembled freely. It was designed by Giampaolo Imbrighi.
The design was inspired by a traditional Shanghainese game, like pick-up-sticks. In the game, people can drop a batch of 20 to 30 sticks on a table and try to move one stick at a time without moving the others until all the sticks are cleared.
The 20 modules represent the 20 regions of Italy, making the whole pavilion embody a mini Italian city.
Milan, in Italy, will host the World Expo in 2015, and so they will try to find a lot of information at the 2010 expo in Shanghai, China.
France unveiled an amazing national pavilion with a simple look, but huge budget, for the World Expo 2010 Shanghai.
The pavilion’s name is “the Sensual City”. The design will try to replicate French style in Shanghai, China, and it will be surrounded by water so it will look like it is floating.
The French government has allocated an enormous 50 million euros (552 million yuan) budget for the national pavilion. 80% of the total amount will be spent on building the 6,000-square-meter pavilion.
The French pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010 was designed by Jacques Ferrier.