UPDATED: September 25, 2010 NO. 39 SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 | Green Ideas on Show | Pavilions at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai are finding aspirations from hopes of bringing cities back to the nature | | |
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INTELLIGENT WALL: Alsace Case Pavilion's southern facade is a water-skin solar wall controlled by computer use |
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CREATIVE HOUSING: The Bamboo House of Madrid Pavilion has rooms that open in different ways. The Air Tree, right beside the Bamboo House, is a steel decagon structure |
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FOREST-LIKE ARCHITECTURE: The structure of the Norway Pavilion is a solar powered landscape consisting of 15 independently functioning "trees" |
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SWISS SCENERY: Visitors to the Switzerland Pavilion have the opportunity to ride a cable car for a bird's eye view of the pavilion's rooftop garden |
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FLOWERY FOOTBALL: The India Pavilion has a crimson central dome decorated with plants, symbolizing the theme Unity in Diversity in India | |
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