Source: en.expo2010.cn
04-21-2009 16:14
Switzerland today unveiled the model of its national pavilion for World Expo Shanghai, a pavilion with soybean-fibre coverage and entertaining rooftop cable cars.
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Hong Hao (right), director of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, |
The country, famous for its chocolate, watch and natural scenery, revealed its detail plan after signing the participation contract with the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.
The design, chosen out of the 104 candidates through a world-wide competition, focuses on the sustainable development as well as harmony and balance, which coincide with the Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang.
For the 4,000 square meter pavilion, the Swiss government poured 140 million yuan (US$18.52 million) into the project, which is bigger than the budget in Aichi Expo in 2005 and Hanover Expo in 2000.
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Hong Hao (right), director of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, |
"This piece of work best shows the characteristics of modern Switzerland -- pursuing excellence, innovation and high-quality life," said Manuel Salchli, deputy commissioner general of the Swiss pavilion in the Expo. "We hope to attract a big percentage of the 70 million visitors to the Expo Shanghai."
The most distinguished feature of the pavilion is the outside curtain, made from degradable soybeans and dye-sensitized solar cells that are capable of generating electricity, introduces Salchli.
The curtain will present an image of forest, which will remind people of the nature, said Salchli. And the fibre of the curtain could be degraded after being disposed in the soil in two week.
