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Is Milan Expo 2015 a bloated global extravaganza?

Turkey Architecture News - May 12, 2015 - 14:17   4755 views

Is Milan Expo 2015 a bloated global extravaganza?

South Korea’s ‘futuristic white space-blob’ at Expo 2015 in Milan, which opened on 1 May.Photograph: Matteo Valle/Getty Images

Oliver Wainwright from The Guardian has reviewed the Expo Milan 2015 from its speculative budget,novelty structures to the arrangement of this global exhibition with a deep look and criticism at global scale.Expo Milan 2015 will be running until 31st October,2015 with the theme;''Feeding the Planet,Energy For Life''.

A four-storey high rug of twinkling LEDs proclaims the glories of Turkmenistan’s textile traditions above a rain-soaked scene, casting a pinkish glow across the golden arches of the neighbouring McDonald’s. Across the way, a half-finished Nepalese pagoda towers over a faceted glass dome of Belgian produce, while Russia thrusts a gargantuan mirrored canopy into the air, aggressively cocked like a missile next to Estonia’s wooden shed.......Continue Reading

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