German Pavilion

Spectacular interior design at the German Pavilion at 2010 Expo in Shanghai, China

‘Balancity’ – the German pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai – takes visitors on a journey through a city in balance. Visitors pass through various areas of the city, including a harbour, a garden, and a city square, encountering solid and multiwall polycarbonate sheets along the way.

In the ‘harbour’ three-dimensional, curved solid sheets appear as floating flakes to symbolise the water’s surface. The flakes, which have a synthetically processed surface and are shaped like potato chips, are flexibly interlinked and with their bluish transparency reinforce the spectacular effect of the entire space.

In the ‘garden’, nine wave-like sails suspended from the ceiling float over the visitors’ heads, offering visuals into the world of German gardens. These backlit sails were produced by cold forming multi UV triple-wall sheets and lined with canvas or paper and fastened to steel tubular frames attached to steel cables.

These 16 mm thick, impact resistant triple-wall sheets came into their own in the ‘city square’. They have been used to make ten visually .striking, backlit images that represent a skyline and frame a large sculpture that serves as a film projection surface.