(Courtesy of Kotra)The ramp spirals around in and out of the pavilion to connect the four floors of the pavilion. “It was quite hot outside (on the ramp of the exhibition) but I liked how they had the (mobile) device to make our own (tour) guide.”Ī visitor writes her name in Korean at the Korea Pavilion at the Expo 2020 Dubai on Friday. “It feels very creative, I think,” Clavissa Godula, who came from Austria, told The Korea Herald. Inside, the pavilion took visitors on an exciting journey to Korea, and the future it envisions, showcasing its most up-to-date technologies, such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality, and other cultural content.Īt the start of the tour on the first floor, all visitors were given a mobile device to take a selfie to generate a virtual avatar by using face recognition technology. SsangYong Engineering and Construction was in charge of the construction. Moon’s company won the expo project via a design contest, with the design concept of “Mobile Mass_ity,” an integration of mass, mobility and city.
He said the content of the exhibit, many of them taking the form of virtual reality, also match the idea of a mirage in the desert. “I wanted to create a structure that is like a tent in a desert, opened so that the sky can be seen and natural breeze could flow in and out,” Moon Hoon from Mooyuki Architects said, explaining why the pavilion did not have air conditioning. The pavilion itself was designed to be an exhibition item, the architect said. (Courtesy of Kotra)The two other zones at the Dubai Expo were Opportunity and Sustainability, set under the grand theme of “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future.” Visitors wait in line in front of the Korea Pavilion at the Expo 2020 Dubai on Friday. Located in the Mobility zone, the Korea Pavilion stood out, not only for its sheer size occupying 4,651 square meters, but also for its unique exterior, with the color-changing triangular roof. With 192 nations participating, it was the biggest of all expos so far, and the first held in the Middle East and Africa region. The expo itself drew a total of about 53,000 visitors on the first day. People of different nationalities lined up in front of the pavilion, braving Dubai’s scorching temperatures that climbed up to 40 degrees Celsius at its peak. On the first day of the pavilion’s six-month run, over 3,230 people - all vaccinated or tested negative for the coronavirus - visited, according to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, the state trade facilitator which organized the Korean show. Inside, a plethora of advanced mobility technologies, exciting cultural performances and exhibitions offered a glimpse into the smart city of the future that the country envisions, under the theme “Smart Korea, Moving the World to you.”
The fifth-largest exhibition site at the fair, which was the world’s largest event since the global virus crisis, the Korea exhibit dazzled visitors with 1,597 colorful, rotating cubes mounted outside the building in what is meant to represent the dynamism of its culture and people. (Courtesy of Kotra)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Korea Pavilion at the pandemic-delayed Expo 2020 Dubai finally opened Friday, taking visitors on a journey of the present and future of Korea. A visitor holds up a mobile device to launch the augmented reality program at the Korea Pavilion at the Expo 2020 Dubai on Friday.
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