EXPO Milan 2015 – Index

By FEDERICA LUSIARDI - 2015-04-25

General view of EXPO 2015 from the roof of the USA pavilion

EXPO Milan 2015 “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life” – Index article

Introduction and theme

“Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life” is the title of the EXPO Milan 2015 and the main theme that will be unfolded through international meetings and events hosted both inside and outside the national pavilions from May 1 to 31 October 2015.

The objective is to express new visions on one of the most urgent key points for human development: providing safe and sufficient food for all while respecting nature and its delicate equilibrium, as well as avoiding social injustice.
EXPO 2015 claims to be a platform where sharing ideas and practical solutions related to nutrition, but also to sustainability, energy efficiency, water conservation, and waste minimization, and at the same time, aimed to stimulate innovative proposals by intellectuals, designers, scientists, and business companies.

General view of EXPO 2015 from the roof of the USA pavilion

The know-how achieved at the EXPO will be shared among the 145 countries, the public organizations, and the corporations participating in the event with the objective to meet a fundamental challenge for a world that is more and more experiencing growing contradictions. If, on one side, many still suffer from hunger (around 870 million people in the 2010-2012 period), on the other there are those who die because an unhealthy and excessive food consumption (about 2,8 million die every year from diseases related to obesity or overweight).

The EXPO Center designed by Michele de Lucchi

The KIP International School pavilion

The site of EXPO Milan 2015

On an area of around one million square meters, located in the north-west part of Milan, the exhibition site is organized along two orthogonal axes, the Cardo and the Decumanus, and includes plazas, restaurants, and spaces for events; a town within the city where shows, concerts, workshops, educational programs, conferences, and exhibitions will follow one another.

The “clusters” of Chocolate and Coffee

Traditionally, the participating countries express their presence also by means of architecture; the national pavilions embody the theme chosen by each country and act as a powerful means of content dissemination. At the same time, a temporary pavilion represents an interesting occasion for designers – often selected through architectural competitions – since the ephemeral nature of the buildings makes it possible to adopt experimental building techniques, cutting-edge formal proposals, and innovative concepts, that are unlikely to be adopted for permanent buildings.

Our full-res map of the EXPO Milano 2015 with all national pavilions; click on the image to download

How to reach the EXPO? Download the underground map from the official EXPO 2015 website (external link, pdf format, click on the image to download)

The pavilion of Uruguay

The pavilion of Vietnam, designed by Vo Trong Nghia

The pavilion of Mexico, designed by Francisco López Guerra Almada

The pavilion of Slovenia, designed by SoNo Arhitekti

The Dutch pavilion is an articulated space with a greenhouse-restaurant, open-air catering areas, a concert space, and a Ferris wheel

The pavilion of Ireland

The Copagri pavilions designed by EMBT, Miralles-Tagliabue

The pavilion designed by Daniel Libeskind for Vanke, a leading Chinese real estate company

Below, you can find various articles related to the EXPO 2015 that we will add along the entire duration of the World Exposition: articles describing the national pavilions, in-depth reports, photographic coverage as well as pages dedicated to the events and exhibitions running in Milan and in Lombardy on the occasion of the EXPO.