Spain Pavilion Spain + Spanish Pavilion Basic Information
Venue Theme: Our City from Generation to Generation
National Pavilion Day: August 30
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The exhibition hall is a retro and innovative "rattan basket" building. The exterior wall is decorated with rattan and supported by steel structure brackets, presenting an undulating streamlined shape. Sunlight can penetrate through the gaps in the rattan and shine inside the pavilion. The exhibition hall has three exhibition spaces: "Origin", "City" and "Children". Visitors feel as if they are on the streets of a Spanish city, marveling at the glorious history of Spain, the wisdom and innovation of its people, and savoring a feast jointly created by many well-known urban planners, sociologists, filmmakers and artists.
Interpretation of the Exhibition Hall Appearance
The Spanish National Pavilion covers an area of ??more than 7,600 square meters. It is one of the largest self-built pavilions at the Shanghai World Expo. The scale of the exhibition is also a record for Spain. A new record for the World Expo. The entire building uses rattan panels woven from natural rattan as the exterior facade. The overall shape is wavy and looks like a basket. There are 8,524 rattan boards of different textures and colors, covering an area of ??12,000 square meters. Each rattan board is of a different color. They will be slightly abstract to form Chinese characters such as "sun", "moon" and "friend" to express Designers’ understanding of Chinese culture. Details>>?
Exhibition content Under the explanation of the famous Spanish director Biggs Luna, the first part of the exhibition hall "Origin" of the Spanish Pavilion revealed its full picture. Visitors feel as if they are in a "rock cave", with a little "starlight" above their heads. Audio-visual equipment casts images on the "rock wall", including the rushing ocean, ancient fossils, and flamenco dancers dancing to the exciting drumbeats. Dancers wearing original costumes will "dance" from the screen. Then, crowds waving red cloths took the visitors into the Running of the Bulls Festival and experienced a boiling carnival. NBA player Gasol and tennis player Nadal will also appear to have "close contact" with the tourists. ?The designer of the second exhibition hall "City", Basilio Martin Patino, will use a unique kaleidoscope to show the changes of Spanish cities from modern times to modern times to the melody of "Master Peter's Puppet Show". In the third exhibition hall "Children", Isabel Cuichet will imagine the future life from the perspective of the mascot "Miglin", the "child of the Spanish National Pavilion", and Xiaomi baby will imagine the city of tomorrow together with the tourists. ?The Spanish Pavilion is composed of three major spaces: "from nature to city", "from the city of our parents to the present", and "from our current city to the city of our next generation". Showing the changes from barbarism and civilization in ancient times to the present, and then to imagining the future. The Spanish Pavilion has a Spanish restaurant that can accommodate 300 people for dining at the same time, providing the most authentic Spanish cuisine. Souvenir shops, multi-functional theaters, and business centers are also important components of the exhibition hall. ?Rich cultural and artistic programs are also the focus of the Spanish Pavilion. During the World Expo, the Spanish Pavilion will bring the most famous Spanish artists to Shanghai, including opera, flamenco, dance, music, etc., showing the most authentic Spain.
Highlights: The rattan exterior wall rattan panels are fixed diagonally with steel wires and arranged like fish scales, which is both strong and beautiful. These rattan boards of different shades are all made in Shandong, the hometown of Confucius. Without any dyeing, the rattan can turn brown after being boiled in boiling water for 5 hours, and nearly black after boiling it for 9 hours. This is why these rattan boards have different colors. "Secret".
During the Shanghai World Expo, the Spanish Pavilion will hold a song and dance show called "Passionate Spain" in the amphitheater of the pavilion every day. The performance is directed by Pere Pinvol, a famous Spanish director and general director of the famous Price Circus in Madrid. More than 50 well-known artists from Spain will participate in the performance.
In the amphitheater of the Spanish Pavilion, which can accommodate 100 people, there will be two "Passionate Spain" song and dance shows every day, one starting at 6 pm and the other at 8 pm. The performances include ylana's pantomime, Sol ?Picó's modern dance, Miriam?Méndes's flamenco dance that combines Mozart and Bach's famous music, as well as magic performances, marionette performances and other repertoire with Spanish characteristics.