Guto Requena combines technology and craftsmanship in a project for Expo Dubai 2020

Expo Dubai 2020 presents, every 5 years, the Universal Exhibitions, bringing pavilions from several countries, promoting an exhibition space, with cultural and gastronomic activities, seminars and networking events. In its next edition, with the theme Connecting Minds, Creating the Future , the Expo will address Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability. The Brazilian Pavilion will be located in the part that addresses this last issue, an important focus of current discussions in the country. reaffirming the importance of biodiversity, the culture of environmental preservation, competitiveness based on sustainability and the portrayal of Brazilian multiculturalism.

Among the professionals who participated in the competition was Guto Requena – from the CASACOR cast – with an interesting and important proposal for the pavilion concept. Alongside the PAX.ARQ office, the partnership proposed The Ground Floor and the Diversity Square . In the project, Access to the pavilion would be in the center of the building, where the abundant incidence of natural light would invite visitors to enter. They would be welcomed by sculptures, immersed in a reflecting pool representing the Amazon River. A section would be dedicated to registered products in open source, the result of a competition held at Brazilian Universities. These products would be freely available for reproduction without commercial purposes, with their designs available to be produced in any fablab or makerspace , such as a collection of laser-cut benches, or 3D-printed decorative objects. The store would seek to convey through its products the meeting of new technologies with craftsmanship, to together build a responsible and intriguing future. To see all the proposals entered in the Competition, click here!