Roof Structure Of The Japanese Pavilion At Expo 2000

The 72 metre long gridshell structure was made with paper tubes.

Roof structure of the japanese pavilion at expo 2000.

The design by shigeru ban was conducted jointly with other architectural consultants as frei otto creator of munich olympic stadium and the german pavilion at expo 67 in montreal buro happold english engineering company responsible for the millennium dome and stefan polonyi professor of structural engineering. Japanese pavilion expo 2000 is an exhibition hall gridshell and wooden timber structure that was completed in 2000. First we will make a parametric surface with. Ban created the japanese pavilion building at expo 2000 in hanover germany in collaboration with the architect frei otto and structural engineers buro happold.

The project is located in hannover hanover region hannover lower saxony niedersachsen germany. Initially some 40 million people were expected to attend the exhibition over the course of months however eventually with less than half of this number the expo was a flop. Fireproof water resistant paper membrane roof. It was located on the hanover fairground messegelände hannover which is the largest exhibition ground in the world.

The main theme of the hanover expo was the environment and the basic concept behind the japan pavilion was to create a structure that would produce as little industrial waste as possible when it was dismantled. Expo 2000 was a world expo held in hanover germany from thursday 1 june to tuesday 31 october 2000. But due to stringent building laws in germany the roof had to be reinforced with a substructure. The japanese pavilion for expo 2000 held in hannover germany was a grid structure made of recyclable paper tubes resulting in a building with honeycomb.

Even the sand filled steel foundations can be removed and used again later. The end walls are in a cable tensioned cardboard honeycomb construction while the roof skin consists of a five layer fire and waterproof paper membrane.