- Immersive exhibition invites visitors to discover the country’s past, present and future
- NUSSLI, LAVA, and insglück collaborate for ambitious project
TOKYO, JAPAN – Newsaktuell – 5 March 2024 – The architecture and exhibition of the Kuwait Pavilion at the upcoming World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan were unveiled to the public today at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan. Attended by distinguished guests from politics, business, media and society, the State of Kuwait and the partner companies involved in the project provided an in-depth view of the ambitious undertaking.
Concept and Implementation
NUSSLI Group is the total contractor responsible for the construction of the Kuwait Pavilion. LAVA designed the architecture. insglück is responsible for the content concept and exhibition design. The team was supported by schlaich bergermann partner with the structural design, and the Japanese architect of record Tokuoka Sekkei as well as the Japanese construction company Mugishima Construction.
About NUSSLI
As a leading provider of event infrastructures and construction services, NUSSLI helps to ensure that emotions can be experienced first-hand in sports, cultural and business projects. NUSSLI is at the forefront of international project management and the structural implementation of complex infrastructure for events and facilities that need to be realized under tight deadlines. With the invention of a wedge connection, the founder Heini Nüssli revolutionized event construction. Like the historic wedge connection, NUSSLI has been creating the connections that make unforgettable events possible ever since. In and with the projects, NUSSLI connects service providers and clients, the organizers with the audience, countries and cultures, expectations, and emotions. Connections – since 1941. For more information, please visit www.nussli.com.
About LAVA
What if research, science, and architecture merged? The belief in the overarching relevance of these fields and their interdisciplinary, science-driven, and forward-looking implementation in architecture has characterized LAVA’s work since its founding. LAVA, a Laboratory for Visionary Architecture, was founded by Chris Bosse, Alexander Rieck and Tobias Wallisser in 2007 as an international network practice with offices in Berlin, Stuttgart and Sydney. The Lab reimagines architecture in the digital age, exploring new technological avenues to advance the field. Combining digital workflow, nature’s structural principles, and the latest digital fabrication technologies, LAVA strives to achieve ‘more with less’ – more architecture with less material, energy, time or cost. An international team of 100 architects across 4 locations envisions a future where architecture becomes a human-centric discipline creating spaces for well-being, meaningful interaction and inspiration while balancing human needs with environmental concerns, leveraging technology as a supporting tool. For further details please visit www.l-a-v-a.com.
About insglück
insglück has been working successfully in the field of live marketing and communication in space since the turn of the millennium. The creative agency was already involved in the conception and implementation of the German Pavilion at Expo 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan and the Kazakh Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Most recently, it was responsible for the content design of the German Garden at Floriade Expo 2022 in Almere, Netherlands. For more information, please visit www.insglueck.com.
Further partners
schlaich bergermann partner are structural consulting engineers / www.sbp.de
Architect of record Tokuoka Sekkei Ltd. / www.tokuoka-ao.co.jp
Construction company Mugishima Construction Co. Ltd. / www.mugishima.com
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