(Expo - Egypt - International Expo Exhibition)

(Expo- Egypt) is an international exhibition to display innovations and inventions in the field of technology, and it has become a creative laboratory that blends architecture with the environment to serve humanity.
For more than 175 years, the International Expo exhibitions have been a platform for exploiting the most important innovations that shaped the world we know today.

Project Idea:-
Blending different world cultures and their context within a modern civilizational framework
With modernity by abstracting the symbols and lines that express every culture.

“Each pavilion tells the story of a country and a center connected to the world.”
The project includes a group of exhibition pavilions representing different regions of the world.
it contains:-
Represents the Middle East region (UAE Pavilion).
It represents the North Africa region (the pavilion of the host country, Egypt).
South Africa (Namibia Pavilion).
It represents the Saharan region of South Africa (Chad wing).
It represents the East Asian region (the wing of the Chinese state).
It represents the Western States region (the wing of the German state).

Concept:-
The design was based on the abstract, flowing lines of sandbanks, and the distinctive lines of different styles, and combining them with decorative elements of different cultures’ styles.

Zones:-
-Plaza reception area
-Sustainability Pavilion (represented by the State of Namibia).
-Heritage Pavilion (represented by the United Arab Emirates).
-Future Pavilion (represented by Germany).
-Environment Pavilion (represented by the State of Chad).
-Temporary exhibition halls
-Shops
-Bazaar
-Convention Center
-Lecture halls
-restaurant
-Cafeteria
-Administrative
-Planetarium
-Open theatre

Total Project Area: 18.000 m2
location of the project:-
The Pyramids Plateau area near Sphinx International Airport and the Egyptian Museum in Al-Kabir.
The Reason for choosing the location: The Pyramids Plateau is considered one of the new facades of Giza Governorate due to its archaeological importance, and therefore it will be a distinctive facade for the establishment of the World Fairgrounds.
Plaza Square (representing the North African region), the pavilion of the host country, Egypt, with the ancient
Egyptian character.

1-The events arena is a dome made of steel and covered with dual-view panoramic screens with RGP projectors and lighting elements. The design lines of the dome came from an analysis of one of the ancient Egyptian symbols, which is the sun disk in its radiant form, and the dome’s columns are from an analysis of the lines of the lotus flower.

2- The CONSTRUCTION of the building is mainly STEEL STRUCTURE including trusses, rafts and barriers. Two main materials are used for internal and external finishes which are GRC (glass reinforced concrete) and GRP
(glass reinforced plastic) with veneers of timber or other alternatives of thickness from 0.5 mm to 3 mm. (GRP) .

3-Sustainability aspects used in the project
-It consists of using environmentally friendly local materials that combine new technologies and forms with old ones, which reduces energy consumption and pollution, which interacts with the idea of sustainability.
-The design uses advanced display technology such as holograms, projecting and displaying 3D images outdoors.

Project designed and presented by: Rahma Ibrahim Abdelatif
A student at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Decor-Interior Architecture
Under the supervision of:
Dr-Shahedna Turk

(Expo - Egypt - International Expo Exhibition) by RahmaIbrahim Abdelatif in Egypt won the WA Award Cycle 48. Please find below the WA Award poster for this project.