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Astana Expo 2017 Astana, Kazakhstan International Bureau of Exhibitions “Future Energy” Astana Expo 2017 Astana, Kazakhstan International Bureau of Exhibitions “Future Energy” Access to sustainable energy + Reduction of carbon emissions “Future Energy” Access to sustainable energy + Reduction of carbon emissions Lead designers: Smith + Gill, Chicago IL “Future Energy” Access to sustainable energy + Reduction of carbon emissions Lead designers: Smith + Gill, Chicago IL ~100 participating nations “…the first post-Industrial Revolution city, where energy consumed by the Expo community will be provided from renewable sources. Buildings will become generators of power and their energy will be stored using innovative technologies while being distributed by a smart grid.” Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill RUSSIA UKRAINE Astana X KAZAKHSTAN MONGOLIA TURKEY GEORGIA ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN UZBEKISTAN LEBANON SYRIA ISRAEL TURKMENISTAN KYRGISTAN JORDAN IRAQ TAJIKISTAN CHINA IRAN KUWAIT AFGHANISTAN INDIA SAUDI ARABIA TIBET PAKISTAN Ishim River Expo Site 174 hectares (1.74 square kilometers, 0.7 square miles) Phase 1 Expo Mode Central Pavilion International Pavilions Hotels Retail Performance Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Phase 2 Legacy Mode “Third Industrial Rev. Community” 1760-c.1840 1870-1914 2017-? Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Phase 2 Legacy Mode “Third Industrial Rev. Community” 1760-c.1840 1870-1914 2017-? Conversion to office and research spaces Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Phase 2 Legacy Mode “Third Industrial Rev. Community” 1760-c.1840 1870-1914 2017-? Conversion to office and research spaces Full residential amenities Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Phase 2 Legacy Mode “Third Industrial Rev. Community” 1760-c.1840 1870-1914 2017-? Conversion to office and research spaces Full residential amenities Water and energy reclamation Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Kazakhstan Pavilion Dezeen / Paul Raftery Kazakhstan Pavilion Dezeen / Paul Raftery Kazakhstan Pavilion Dezeen / Paul Raftery UK Pavilion: “We Are Energy” Asif Khan and Brian Eno UK Pavilion: “We Are Energy” Asif Khan and Brian Eno Archipanic UK Pavilion: “We Are Energy” Asif Khan and Brian Eno China Pavilion: “Green Silk Road” New China Singapore Pavilion: “Small City, Big Ideas” Shanghai Expo 2010 Shanghai, China International Bureau of Exhibitions “Better City, Better Life” World cities concept SOUTH KOREA Shanghai BHUTAN X INDIA CHINA MYANMAR TAIWAN VIETNAM LAOS THAILAND Denmark Pavilion BIG ArchDaily Denmark Pavilion BIG ArchDaily Denmark Pavilion BIG ArchDaily France Pavilion Jacques Ferrier Architectures Dezeen France Pavilion Jacques Ferrier Architectures Dezeen UAE Pavilion Foster + Partners Foster + Partners UAE Pavilion Foster + Partners Public Domain UAE Pavilion Foster + Partners Foster + Partners UAE Pavilion Foster + Partners Foster + Partners Studio Olafur Eliasson Founded by Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, mid-1990s Danish-Icelandic artist and sculptor, b. 1967 https://www.olafureliasson.net/ Riverbed Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark 2014 Studio Olafur Eliasson Riverbed Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark 2014 Studio Olafur Eliasson Riverbed Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark 2014 Studio Olafur Eliasson Fjordenhus Vejle, Denmark 2009-18 Studio Olafur Eliasson Fjordenhus Vejle, Denmark 2009-18 Studio Olafur Eliasson Fjordenhus Vejle, Denmark 2009-18 Studio Olafur Eliasson Fjordenhus Vejle, Denmark 2009-18 Studio Olafur Eliasson Fjordenhus Vejle, Denmark 2009-18 Studio Olafur Eliasson Reading response: Open discussion.
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