“Feed the planet. Energy for Life”is the motto of Expo 2015 in Milan. The exhibition focuses on one of the main problems of today: global food shortages, which could be exacerbated in the future - not only due to population growth, but also due to "unsustainable" agricultural practices that are depleting the Earth's resources, and climate warming, which means that some land and becoming a lifeless desert of others. But even in such difficult circumstances, the latest intensive and environmentally neutral agricultural technologies can provide the inhabitants of our planet with quality food in the required quantities. The demonstration of these technologies was largely devoted to the current Expo.
One of the most interesting expositions was offered to visitors by the German pavilion. The Fields of Ideas exhibition shows this country as a fertile landscape where ideas and solutions to global food problems grow. Its motto “Be active” is no less important: it refers both to the role of society in the development of the agricultural sector in all its manifestations, and to the way of viewing the exposition.
Thus, the curators have provided two routes for visitors. They are invited to either explore the pavilion's rooftop garden, which presents agricultural achievements of 16 federal states of Germany, or visit the exhibition on the lower level, which considers the forces of nature as the main food resource of mankind. The exposition is divided into several thematic sectors, each of which is devoted to an important aspect of ecological food production: biodiversity, soil, water, climate and food itself - this section tells about what the products of the future will be like and what people expect from their food today.
As in all other national pavilions at Expo 2015, in German you can taste dishes of national cuisine, more precisely, dishes typical for certain regions of the country: they are often very different from each other. In addition to the classic Sauerkraut sausages with sauerkraut, visitors are offered vegetarian Swabian ravioli, venison goulash and much more.
The central element of the pavilion's architecture is the canopies in the form of giant plants covered with a membrane sheath: "seedlings of ideas". Their construction and bionic design are naturally inspired by nature. These objects provide a fusion of exterior and interior, architecture and display, while at the same time providing shade to visitors during the hot Italian summer.
Through the use of advanced organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology, the seedlings act like giant solar trees. The German Pavilion is the first major international architectural project to use this innovative product. In contrast to working with conventional solar modules, the architects of the German Pavilion were much more free to use flexible OPV membrane modules as they embody their creative ideas and integrate them into the overall concept of the pavilion. The received energy is used to illuminate the "seedlings" in the dark.
The facade brand EQUITONE is one of the leading partners of the German pavilion at the EXPO Milan 2015. The EQUITONE [natura] material was used by the architects of the Munich office Schmidhuber to create the blinds for the main façade: these blinds protect the interior from the heat of the sun and provide optimal illumination for the exhibition.
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