Italy has chosen a "nursery" theme to symbolize the care that needs to be put into projects and talents to make them grow. The pavilion is built like an urban forest, made with photocatalytic cement: upon receiving sunlight, it catches pollutants in the air turning them into inert salts.
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France —
Laminated wood dominates France's pavilion, which showcases the different ways in which food can be produced and distributed. It's meant to look like a covered market, a mainstay of French food culture.
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Germany —
Evoking the country's field and meadow landscapes, Germany's pavilion offers visitors two distinct routes, built around the concept of "Field of ideas." The first feels like a public park, while the second illustrates various sources of nutrition.
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Spain —
Interior and exterior spaces intermingle in Spain's pavilion, which includes a patio of orange trees and a beach bar. The diverse offerings of the country's varied territory are highlighted here, along with the benefits of the Mediterranean diet.
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Austria —
A small scale forest that provides 6.25 Kg of fresh oxygen every hour: Austria's pavilion explores air, an essential component of human life and food production, and an indicator of biological balance.
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Belgium —
Strong on identity, Belgium's exhibition area will offer wandering visitors the comforts of famous national treasures such as chocolate and fries, as well as outstanding craft beers, while pushing the theme of sustainability as its main focus.
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China —
The magic of a crop coming to life and the production paths of traditional foods such as tofu take center stage in China's pavilion, which glorifies agriculture. Notably, this structure is China's first ever self-built exhibition space at a Universal Exposition.
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Azerbaijan —
Highly flexible wood makes up the side of Azerbaijan's pavilion, helping to create a variety of micro-climates inside, to represent the country's varied cultural aspects. The exhibition spaces are designed to guide visitors through Azerbaijan's organic, healthy offerings.
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Kazakhstan —
The Expo is a great opportunity for Kazakhstan, the 9th largest country in the world by land area, to illustrate its undiscovered history and virtues. On top of that, visitors will encounter the country's most characteristic produce, notably milk, horse meat and apples.
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Japan —
It's widely know that Japan has one of healthiest food cultures in the world, drawing heavily on fish and vegetables. This will be a central theme in the pavilion, which sports a design that takes inspiration from Kyoto's traditional houses.
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Hungary —
Typically Hungarian features, including a barn, stables and a silo, make up the design of Hungary's pavilion, which has been developed following the principles of organic architecture. The materials are completely renewable, while the exhibition itself will highlight the country's GMO-free stance.
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Vietnam —
The disarming beauty of the lotus flower dominates Vietnam's design. The plant's ability to purify its own water is the starting point of a journey through the theme of nourishment and life, with an eye on issues such as pollution, overfishing and waste.
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South Korea —
The "moon jar," a traditional, moon-shaped type of pottery, is the inspiration for Korea's pavilion design, which is created around a simple theme: you are what you eat. The actual food on offer will consist of three organic dishes based on the concepts of harmony, health and healing.
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United Arab Emirates —
Designed by Foster + Partners, UAE's pavilion features 12-meter tall rippled walls that mimic the country's open sand dunes and historic settlements. The challenges that arise in feeding the planet in the context of climate change will take center stage inside the exhibition areas.
Kuwait —
Outside it looks like a desert, while inside 360-degree projections recreate the country's landscapes: Kuwait's pavilion is themed around water, a precious resource which the Gulf nation acquires through desalinization plants, the latest of which provides 1.85 billion liters of fresh water per day.
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Malaysia —
Four seeds, each illustrating the versatility and dynamism of the nation: Malaysia's pavilion, built with innovative materials such as laminated timber, shows how the country is rebuilding its agricultural process, from seed to table.
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Iran —
The traditional table cloth called called Sofreh is the main element of Iran's pavilion design, which sports an open structure, much like a tent. Inside, the exhibition space is arranged around four themes: "fairness", "charity", "contentment" and "gratitude. "
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Russia —
A wooden facade and a green rooftop, united by unique engineering solutions and a semi-transparent ground floor: Russia's pavilion is designed to wow, as confirmed by its internal hanging gardens reminiscent of the ancient city of Babylon.
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Thailand —
The Ngob, a traditional hat worn by rice farmers, is the shape chosen by Thailand for his exhibition space. Inside, visitors will feel like they're walking through a local food fair, highlighting the country's unmatched flair for street food.
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Chile —
A large wooden roof supported by pillars of concrete creates a clean horizon, typical of the country's architecture, in Chile's pavilion. The amazing variety of ecosystems that the country possesses is the central theme of the exhibition space.
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Estonia —
Three floors of shifting wooden blocks create the "nesting boxes" which contain the best of Estonia's culinary culture, with Nordic food and drinks inspired by its nature. Energy swings at the ground floor can be used by visitors to produce electricity and see how much effort translates into the energy required for everyday tasks like charging a phone.
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Indonesia —
Designed like an amphitheater, the Indonesian pavilion holds the distinction of embracing virtual reality technologies: the "Oculus Show" will allow visitors to immerse themselves in the world's largest archipelago, as if they were actually there.
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United Kingdom —
A golden orb made entirely of steel and structured like honeycomb: a giant beehive, in other words, is at the center of the United Kingdom's pavilion design, and will pulsate and buzz like a real bee colony.
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United States —
A large vertical farm that will be harvested daily, and a design that evokes the classic American barn: tradition and innovation find a way to merge in the United States' pavilion, which promotes a new image of American food while highlighting the country's inevitably central role in the discussion around the future of food.
