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EXPO 2025 Panasonic Group Pavilion ‘Nomo no Kuni’ Façade
Our company was entrusted with the construction of the exterior façade of the Panasonic Pavilion at Expo 2025, featuring a distinctive structure made of ZAM-coated steel pipes and membrane materials.
From the earliest planning stage, we contributed to concept development, prototyping, strength testing, and the creation of bending correction programs, as well as full-scale mock-ups and ropework installation trials. Over the course of three years, these efforts culminated in the realization of an unprecedented and highly specialized façade.
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Building name
EXPO 2025 Panasonic Group Pavilion 'Nomo no Kuni' Façade
Category
# Bent in three dimensions
# BIM/3D design
# Membrane of glass organza
# ZAM-coated steel pipes
Completion year
March 2025
Design company
Yuko Nagayama & Associates Co., Ltd.
Construction company
Obayashi Corporation
Address
Yumeshima, Osaka Prefecture
Client
Panasonic Holdings Corporation
Construction Design
Obayashi Corporation, Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc.
Building Purpose
Expo Pavilion
Remarks
This project embodies an organic architectural design that sways gracefully in the wind, free from any fixed form - symbolizing the boundless and ever-evolving potential of children. Butterfly-shaped steel pipes, intricately bent in three dimensions, are interconnected vertically and horizontally with newly developed metal joints to create an arch-like framework. Within this structure, a delicate membrane of glass organza, enhanced with metallic sputtering, has been carefully arranged, lending the design both transparency and a shimmering elegance.
GALLERY
A veil of glass organza gently sways in the light and breeze, as seen from above.
At night, lighting transforms it into a dreamlike vision.
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