United Arab Emirates Pavilion, Expo Dubai 2020
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Year: 2021
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Category: Cultural / Pavilion
Status: Built
About
By means of a system of hydraulic actuators, the twenty-eight eaves of carbon fiber that form the roof can be opened in a matter of three minutes, revealing the photovoltaic panels that power the building. Beneath an overhead oculus that reproduces the Expo logo, unobstructed exhibition galleries are arranged in several levels around an atrium whose center is a sphere-shaped auditorium seating an audience of 200... [+]