In the early days of Expo, a concept never seen before was implemented on what would have been considered a pipe dream in an industry that we have today. While we have seen some over the top designs such as the Future Museum, it is likely we will never again be able to see a structure that is purely open to the harsh weather conditions of the UAE. A brief history of the Italy Pavilion and and where we’ve come thus far.
The Core Team – Italian Government Officials; Paolo Glisenti (Commissioner) with RAQ CEO – Third and Second from the right respectively – at the final handover of the plot to Expo. Italy Pavilion demolition complete 26 September 2022.
Single, sealed 27m section of steel assembled with MEP services at the factory brought in and dropped from the top in one night. See the construction video here.
25 meter Skybridge installed between the two core-walls.
Everything apart from the roof is ready. The next stage… roof!
The two star-exhibits Belvedere and La Memoria steel super structures have been installed over the mezzanine level
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The Skywalk
In the evening of July 2020, the Skywalk exhibit of the Italian Pavilion, codenamed Zone E was scheduled to be installed between two core walls. The skywalk arrived from the factory completely enclosed with all MEP services pre-installed. This put the pre-assembled skywalk at a combined weight of 23 tons and 25 meters in length edge to edge. Total time for erection 12 hours with a cumulative airtime of 5 hours.