Better City, better life

Better City,
Better Life

The German pavilion at EXPO Shanghai 2010

“balancity”, the title of the German contribution, is devoted to the subject of “balance” within the framework of the Expos’s motto “Better city, Better Life”. It looks at the equilibrium that the sustaining elements of a city must form in order to make it a place worth living in. At first sight, this balance can be seen in the pavilion – in its balance between the separate construction elements. When looked at separately, they seem unstable. As an ensemble, they hold each other in perfect equilibrium, expressing the architectural idea.

Germany the brand

Cantilevered polygonal elements form levitating exhibition spaces and landscapes that interlace with the interior. They reveal individual “layers of earth” and show a new energy source in the shape of solar wafers. The façade of the German Pavilion is covered by a transparent textile skin. The silver fabric with its subtle glow supports climate control, offering shade and reflecting up to 80 per cent of the solar radiation. The architecture integrates innovative and intelligent materials which can take on several functions and increase the building’s sustainability.

TBC

Das Bad der Zukunft richtet sich nach individuellen Bedürfnissen und ist bereits auf der Messe mittels Augmented Reality erlebbar. SCHMIDHUBER hat dafür eine App entwickelt, die das unsichtbare Innere der Produkte veranschaulicht und mit der die Besucher technische Lösungen sowie Design- und Farboptionen realitätsnah durchspielen können.

Martin Wiedenmann | Client Manager bei SCHMIDHUBER

Interactive sphere

A journey shows ideas and solutions concerning urban challenges „Made in Germany“. The highlight is a 9-min. interactive show for 600 people. Together they can set a huge sphere fitted with more than 400,000 LEDs in motion by acoustic assessment of the audience´s sound. Through the images on the sphere visitors themselves build a city for the future. The interactive sphere is an unusual combination of engineering achievement and playful experience.