Case Study
The Sphere - Expo 2017
THE SPHERE - EXPO 2017 ASTANA, KAZAKHSTANGeneral: Concept/Product: Facades Building Type: Exhibition Client: EXPO-2017 Future Energy Architecture: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Company Division: Lindner Fassaden GmbH | Steel & Glass Completion: 2017 Description: More than 100 countries and international institutions participated at the World Expo with focus on "Future Energy" in the Kazakh capital of Astana. A 24 ha area is filled with the Expo ´s presentation of future ways of living and measures for worldwide sustainability. Amidst of various theme and country pavilions thrones the pavilion of Kazakhstan "The Sphere": an oversized spherical construction from steel and glass with a diameter of 80 m and a total height of 100 m. The pavilion is probably the largest closed sphere