2020 Expo Dubai Sweden Pavilion, The Forest Exhibition Building, Architect, UAE Design Images
2020 Expo Dubai Swedish Pavilion
Event + Exhibition Architecture, UAE: News – design by team of three architects studios
9 Oct 2019
2020 Expo Dubai Swedish Pavilion Building
Location: Sustainability District, South Dubai, UAE
Design: Alessandro Ripellino Architects, Studio Adrien Gardère and Luigi Pardo Architetti
The Forest – A fusion of dense Nordic woodland and Arabic geometric design, bringing together two cultures:

image courtesy of architects
Sweden breaks ground at Expo 2020 Dubai by a tree planting ceremony

On 8 October 2019, the construction of Sweden’s pavilion at the Expo 2020 world exhibition in Dubai officially started. But instead of a traditional ground breaking with a shovel put into the ground, Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade Anna Hallberg planted trees at the start of the construction of the Swedish pavilion. Tree planting is part of the theme of the Swedish pavilion ?The Forest? and resonates with the ambition to build the pavilion entirely in wood to minimize its impact on the climate. Expo 2020 Dubai is expected to welcome 25 million visits from across the world, and Sweden?s pavilion will showcase the best of Swedish innovation and why co-creation for innovation is key to achieve inclusive, sustainable and long-lasting prosperity.

Today, Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade, Ms. Anna Hallberg, performed a tree planting ceremony at Expo...