EXPO Elements

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6 Night Facades made from wood.

EXPO 2020 is even more beautiful in the evening than during the day.

Many countries have chosen wood for their construction and architecture.
And at night, these are often illuminated and literally appear in a completely different light.

This construction method with wood is considered to be much more sustainable than a construction method with concrete or steel.

Especially for temporary exhibitions, such as EXPOs, this is often the better option to avoid leaving behind concrete deserts or steel ruins.

Which wooden façade do you like best at ?

Or which innovative building materials did you discover at the EXPO?

We continue with a review of previous EXPOs:
Astana was the last host of a world exposition in 2017.
Here you can see the Kazakh National Pavilion. Incidentally, it was also jokingly called the Death Star because of its similarity to the fictitious space station from the Star Wars films.
Inside, however, it had some very interesting exhibits on the themes of the EXPO motto "Future Energy".
There is also a glass skywalk at a height of about 60 metres.
After EXPO 2017, a congress centre called QAZEXPOCONGRESS was built on the EXPO site.
And the host city Astana has also changed its name.
It is now called Nur-Sultan, named after the long-time president Nursultan Nazarbayev, who resigned in 2019 after almost 30 years in office.
However, Nur-Sultan still remains the second coldest capital in the world.
In winter it can get as low as -37° Celsius here. An EXPO between October and April, as will take place in Dubai in 2020/21, would not have been a good idea here.
A photo of the snow-covered EXPO 2017 site and the Kazakh Pavilion from above can currently be seen here: 6th of several snow photos on 24.2.2018

🇩🇪Weiter geht's mit d.Rückblick auf frühere EXPOs:
Astana war 2017 der letzte Gastgeber einer .
Hier ist der Kasachische Pavillon zu sehen. Scherzhaft wurde er übrigens Todesstern genannt aufgrund seiner Ähnlichkeit zu der Raumstation aus den Star-Wars-Filmen.
Innen hatte er aber ein paar interessante Exponate zu den Themen des EXPO-Mottos „Future Energy“ zu bieten.
Hier gibt es auch einen gläsernen Skywalk auf circa 60 Meter Höhe.
Nach der entstand ein Kongresszentrum mit dem Namen QAZEXPOCONGRESS auf dem EXPO-Gelände.
Und auch Astana hat den Namen geändert.
Sie heißt nun Nur-Sultan, benannt nach dem Präsidenten Nursultan Nasarbajew, der 2019 nach fast 30-jähriger Amtszeit zurückgetreten ist.
Nur-Sultan bleibt aber auch noch die zweitkälteste Hauptstadt der Welt.
Im Winter kann es hier bis zu -37° Celsius werden. Eine EXPO zwischen Oktober und April, wie sie 2020/21 in Dubai stattfinden wird, wäre hier keine gute Idee gewesen.