http://www.archtracker.com/switzerland-pavilion-for-expo-2010-shanghai-china/2009/05/ Tracking architecture around the globe Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.archtracker.com/switzerland-pavilion-for-expo-2010-shanghai-china/2009/05/comment-page-1/#comment-3212 Switzerland EXPO Pavillion by Buchner Bründler Architects Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:06:01 +0000 http://www.archtracker.com/?p=1197#comment-3212 [...] “This piece of work best shows the characteristics of modern Switzerland – pursuing excellence, innovation and high-quality life,” said Manuel Salchli, deputy commissioner general of the Swiss pavilion in the Expo. “We hope to attract a big percentage of the 70 million visitors to the Expo Shanghai.” The most distinguished feature of the pavilion is the outside curtain, made from degradable soybeans and dye-sensitized solar cells that are capable of generating electricity, introduces Salchli. The curtain will present an image of forest, which will remind people of the nature, said Salchli. And the fibre of the curtain could be degraded after being disposed in the soil in two week. – from Arch Tracker *Source | Arch Tracker. [...] [...] “This piece of work best shows the characteristics of modern Switzerland – pursuing excellence, innovation and high-quality life,” said Manuel Salchli, deputy commissioner general of the Swiss pavilion in the Expo. “We hope to attract a big percentage of the 70 million visitors to the Expo Shanghai.” The most distinguished feature of the pavilion is the outside curtain, made from degradable soybeans and dye-sensitized solar cells that are capable of generating electricity, introduces Salchli. The curtain will present an image of forest, which will remind people of the nature, said Salchli. And the fibre of the curtain could be degraded after being disposed in the soil in two week. – from Arch Tracker *Source | Arch Tracker. [...]

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