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Concept

Central ldea

At the German pavilion in Shanghai, the Federal Republic of Germany is

presenting itself as a multifaceted nation rich in ideas. As an innovative,

forward-Iooking country that also places great value on the preservation of its

roots and heritage. Diversity and balance, rather than 'sameness', are vital to

tomorrow's cities. The interplay between the diversity and contrasts of German

cities enables a very special quality of life and vitality to emerge. This is why

we believe it is essential to preserve this diversity - without forgoing innovation

and technology. The Federal Republic of Germany is intent on conveying this

very personal German perspective - credibly and memorably. Germany's

contribution to the EXPO 2010 "Beller City, Beller Life" theme is called:

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balancity - a city in balance between renewal and preservation, innovation

and tradition, urbanity and nature, society and its individuals, work and

recreation, and finally, between globalisation and national identity. This central

idea can be directly experienced by visitors everywhere in the German

pavilion. balancity - a marriage of the terms "balance" and "city" - is Germany's

interpretation of the "Beller City. Beller Life" Expo theme.

Pavilion Architecture

Balancity

The thinking behind balancity is c learly reflected in the pavilion architecture. A

city symbolises the balance between diversity and density, and is composed

of many different historicallayers, spaces, functions and environments.

In many cities, the industrial evolution from a produc/ion to a service

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orientation has led to large industrial spaces being transformed into attractive

par1<s and residential environments. Nature and naturallandscapes are slowly

but surely finding their way into the city. In contemporary European urban

planning, the historically defined antipodes of city and country are now

dovetailing towards a single cohesive organism.

The resulting consciousness and commitment to sustainable, energy-efficient

living concepts are leading to a definite integration of nature into urban

spaces and architectural concepts. The architec/ure of the German pavilion

is very much like adynamie, urban organism, an accessible three-dimensional

sculpture, mirroring the diversity of life in the city and the country in Germany.

LocaHon Plan

The pavilion grounds are located to the South of the Lupu bridge on

Shanghai's Pudong side, and cover a surface of ciose to 6,000 square metres.

Immediate pavilion neighbours are France, Poland and Switzerland. The four

pavilions are grouped around a small EXPO plaza which is intended for events.

Each of the four sides of the German pavilion are dedicated to different

func tions. The South side comprises the infrastructure with service and

technical support rooms, and can be reached via aseparate access road.

The North side is the representative side of the pavilion to be experienced by

visitors. The restaurant, the entrance to the exhibition, the souvenir shop and

the event space are accessed from the North-West EXPO plaza.

Pavillon Struclure

The pavilion is composed of two key elements: landscape and structure. A

terraced landscape with event area stretches from the ground level up to

the third floor. Above this, four exhibition struc/ures appear to hover. They

create a roof protecting visitors from sun and rain as they wander through

the landscape. Between these exhibition structures and the landscapes, an

interplay of interior and exterior spaces, of light and shadows. of cioseness and

vastness, emerges.

The Terraced Landscape

The infrastruc/ure of the pavilion, visitor information, souvenir shop, service

areas and offices will be integrated to an accessible terraced landscape.

They c reate a T-shaped floor plan whose longitudinal side borders the access

road. The pavilion's complete service area is located in this rear part o f the

pavilion. The short branch of the T-shaped floor plan spli ts the ground floor

space into alandscape area and an urban area. This is where an event area

will be located w ith astage, space for temporary exhibitions and events, a

souvenir shop and the German restaurant.

The visitors' journey through balancity begins at the terraced landscape on

the ground level. Like a labyrinth, the path winds its way towards the entrance

to the pavilion, as a variety of spatial situations emerge, a tunnel, squares and

courtyards. 11 then ends on a terrace on the first floor, opening up a view onto

the landscape and the pavilion's urban square. Via a tunnel. the visitor enters

balancity's staged urban experiential environments.

The German Pavillon as a Sculplure

Four large exhibition struc/ures stand as symbols for the interp lay between

carrying and being carried, between leaning on and supporting. Each

individual structure, on its own, is in a somewhat precarious state of balance.

It is only in interac tion with the other structures that a stable balance is found.

This is the concept behind balancity from an architec/ural perspec/ive.

The four structures together create a large roof over the pavilion landscape,

offering visitors shade and protecting them from rain . An exciting interplay

of interior and exterior spaces, of buildings and nature, of urban and rural

landscapes.

The journey through the exhibition structures is set up like a promenade. The

visitors move along pathways, at times on moving walkways, as they are led

through the various urban spaces. Double storeys merge with single storeys.

and the slopes and turns in the different spaces moderate the visitor flow.

At the end of the path, the visitor reaches a twelve-metre high, vertical

amphitheatre-like room

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- the Energy Source. Following the show in the Energy Source, the visitor is

gradually led downwards in a spiral consisting 0 1 three staircases, where he

finally reaches the pavilion's event area.

City of Ideos

The vlsltor's journey through balancity, accompanied by Jens and Yanyan

Rooms and spaces

The visi tor's journey though the German pavilion is a discovery 01 balancity.

The visitor travels through typical urban spaces: rooms lor work and thought,

spaces lor recreation and leisure, rooms to live in and places lor culture and

community.

Visitors travel through, discover and explore balancity's various rooms and

spaces as they would trough a c ity, both actively and passively: at times by

loot, and at tim es via moving walkways. The protagonists Yanyan and Jens­

at first virtually - accompany visitors on their journey through the pavilion. Jens,

the young German, shares his perspective on Germany with the Chinese

student Yanyan and pavilion visitors. The journey through the German pavilion

beg ins outdoors in natural surroundings and then leads into the city, to typical

German locations. Short dialogues between Jens and Yanyan underscore

German highlights, bringing Germany's diversity to lile in an way tha t is both

inlormative and entertaining .

Landscape

The point 01 arrival lor pavilion visitors is an accessible terraced landscape.

Very large postcards 01 German landscapes and landmarks Irom the various

lederal states - written by Jens to Yanyan - are positioned along the way. The

visitors reach the inside 01 the city, moving past interactive displays, which

oller impressions 01 lile in Germany lor all the senses. At the same time, these

postcards serve as photo-ta king points, w here even waiting in the queue can

turn into an exciting and lascinating discovery tour.

Urban Perlphery

The visitors' path slowly ciimbs leading to a ramp. Here, aerial shots 01 typical

German urban structures are set in the floor along w ith displays or interactive

exhibit-posts that open up a multitude 01 impressions - as through a magnitying

glass. Via explanatory texts, exciting lacts and figures on German cities, the

visitors can find out more about the individual images - the sounds, sights,

leelings and even the scents 01 Germany.

Tunnel

In groups 01 20, visitors are let into the city. They enter a moving walkway

passing through a pulsating tunnel and, via multimedia presentations, they

are drawn into a sea 01 urban images and sounds: trains, cars, buses and

loudspeaker announcements interspersed w ith bird calls, the sounds 01 a

rowboat in motion and children's laughter.

Harbor

The end 01 the tunnel opens up onto a deep-blue underwater room where

visitors experience the sounds 01 water. air bubbles and shimmering reflections.

They break through the surlace 01 the water above and enter a lascinating

luturistic urban environment: the Hamburg harbour with daylight a tmosphere,

blue sky, the cry 01 seagulls, people . Spectacular skylines emerge and typical

harbour sounds resound. It is not only about renewal here . It is also about

preservation, about c reating something new on a platform 01 heritage and

tradition.

Planning Office

A new, even larger room unlolds out 01 an urban skyline, with oversized plans,

models, sketches and urban plans protruding Irom the walls and floor - as il

drilting in the wind. The theme here is innovative, sustainable urban planning

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and development, depicting the urban inlrastructure as a living process. The

plans and sketches evolve and take on lurther shape. At the end 01 the room,

visions emerge: new types 01 urban lile, ideas on how people 01 various ages,

lilestyles and nationalities could live together in the luture. Yanyan and Jens

offer insight on these ideas and projects Irom Germany.

Garden

Moving through a bright sea 01 flowers radiating energy, power and vitality,

the visitor enters balancity's garden. The room depicts images, sounds and

three-dimensional objects, bringing to lile the significance 01 private green

spaces and moments 0 1 relaxation amidst a modern, pulsating metro polis. As

weil, children can access the next room via a huge slide.

Depot

A large, dark, red-shimmering room welcomes visitors on their journey through

balancity. Shell-type structures reaching up to the ceiling are filled with lamous

inventions and design products - articies that enhance the quality 01 lile in

the city. Here, we present the diversity 01 German design and technology

developments. The visitors then enter a state-ol-the-art production hall: the

Factory.

Factory

This is a room that is in constant motion. Visitors are led by moving walkways

through the lactory where conveyors beils cross each other at d illerent levels

above them. These are carrying the innovations, the products, the processes

c reated by German companies and institutions. At interactive scanner

stations, visitors can find out more about the objects' lunctions. Technical

inlormation is available as weil. A lurther area 01 the lactory presents luturistic

material developments Irom Germany, where visitors are invited to touch, leel.

smell and directly experience these materials.

Park

In clear contrast to the Factory, the urban space that lollows radiates peace

and serenity: w ith daylight a tmosphere, a Iresh breeze, the scent 01 flowers

and birds c hirping. "Viewing beils" offering 3600 panoramic perspectives are

suspended Irom above, opening the way lor visitors to experience public

green spaces in German cities.

Behind the Scenes

The journey through the city leads visitors away Irom the daylight towards an

environment w ith stage lighting. The visitors enter a room lull 01 lile behind the

stage. A variety 01 cabinets open up views onto cultural projects, where visitors

can experience the significance 01 culture to urban li le.

Opera

In the German pavilion, the Opera is presented as a location where

encounters take p lace, where culture, art and tradition are preserved and

evolved. At the entrance to this area, the visitors c ross a theatre curtain, and

they hear applause. Surprised, they realise they are standing in the middle 01

a stage w ith an orchestra pit and a small tribune. They are actually part 01 the

staging in a modern opera perlormance.

City Centre

Once the visitors leave the Opera, a large room opens up in Iront 01 them.

They are now at the centre 01 balancity, in a large square which also serves

as a waiting room. This area stretc hes over many levels. An enormous window,

w ith a semi-transparent membrane, opens up onto a view 01 the sky and the

German pavilion's Iront square.

The exterior walls show a multitude 01 images, depicting the personal lives 01

city dwellers, beginning with ciose-ups 01 German living rooms, to views onto

buildings and streets, a ll the way through to public spaces at large events.

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They communicate the energy, the vitality that arises Irom the d iversity and

coexistence 01 many cultures in Germany - showing the centre 0 1 German

cities as a meeting point lor community, positive leelings and vitali ty.

This is where visitors wait lor admission to the show in the Energy Source. The

Energy Source is positioned in the co ne which mysteriously pulsates in deep

red tones at the end 01 the space. From the inside 01 the cone, you can hear

various sounds and calls, as anticipation and suspense mount.

Energy Source

The Energy Source is where the energy a city needs to live originates. It is the

heart 0 1 balancity and the ultima te highlight 01 the German pavilion.

Here, the locus is on the visitors . They can control what takes place, thus

becoming active players. Through an impressive community experience, they

find out that much can be achieved when they move together.

The visitor enters an awesome, impressive room filled w ith an exciting light

choreography. Spectators on the galleries look out onto the room's local

point: a huge sphere. The sphere has a diameter 01 three metres and its

surlace is covered with thousands 01 LEDs, with images, colours, shapes. The

sphere acts as an activator 01 impulses Irom Germany lor EXPO 2010 - ideas

that Germany contributes to the Expo's central "Better City, Better Lile" theme.

The sphere's movements and at the same time, impulses, are activated by

the visitors, guided by Yanyan and Jens, who virtually accompanied visitors on

their journey through balancity and who now appear in "reallile".

The visitors are split into two groups. Both groups quickly realise that they

can activate the sphere with their movements and loud calls. It beg ins to

swing back and lorth. The greater the sw inging motion, the more intense the

colours become. The sphere's energy is reflected throughout the complete

amphitheatre - on its balustrades, walls, ceiling and floor. The motion the

visitors have activated takes on speed and intensity. The sphere begins to

oscillate. A multitude 01 images Irom Germany and Irom balancity flash by the

visitors' eyes. Then, the sphere becomes still. The room g leams in a green light

and a natural. very pleasant atmosphere - inciud ing a blue sky - takes over.

A globe translorms into a seed, the seed into a blossom. New lile emerges.

With positive leelings in their hearts, our visitors leave the German pavilion,

filled with a common energy - and taking new, attractive and unlorgettable

images Irom Germany lor their journey ahead. lI:Il

Credlts: -----------------------Title of the German Pavilion: "balancity"

Size of Pavilion Plot: approx. 6,000m'

Pavilion Size: approx. 5.750 m'

Exhibi tion Size: approx. 3,600 m'

Pavilion Height: 20 m

Stoff: approx. 500

Visitor Capacity: max. 45,000 per day

Total Expected Visitors: max. 8.6 million

Shared of Total Number of Expo Visitors: 10 - 12%

Duration of Pavilion Visit: 15 - 45 minutes

Duration of Pavilion Show: 7 minutes

Show Frequency: max. 78 per day

max. 13,500 throughout the duration of EXPO

Overoll Responsibility:

German Federol Ministry of Economics and Technology

Organization and Operation:

Koelnmesse International GmbH

Design, Planning and Realisation of the German Pavilion:

Consortium German Pavilion Shanghai GbR, comprising:

Architecture: Schmidhuber + Kaindl GmbH, Munich

Exhibition: Milla und Partner GmbH, Stuttgart

Construc tion: Nüssli (Deutschland) GmbH, Roth

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