Opportunity Pavilion, place for people to interconnect and create positive change

Opportunity Pavilion, place for people to interconnect and create positive change

DUBAI: Expo 2020 Dubai’s Opportunity Pavilion is one of the main exhibitions featured at the mega global event. Dubbed ‘Mission Possible’, the structure was designed by AGi Architects; an international design firm with head offices in Kuwait and Madrid. It resembles a large public plaza with a universal architectural identity since the feature has transcended generations, cultures and eras.

Opportunity is one of the three main themes of this year’s expo, alongside Sustainability and Mobility, which explore how people can “unlock the potential of individuals and communities, highlighting that each of us has a role to play in creating positive change”. The Opportunity Pavilion project revolves around the people, says Nasser Abulhasan, AGi Architects co-founder. “The whole idea is to provide a great platform for the people to begin to interconnect,” he told Kuwait Times.

A ceramic layer covers the ground and facades of the pavilion, making it seem as though the structure is wrapped with a terracotta carpet. “The main public plaza is designed in a way that allows people to be brought up from the main entrance through the light as they walk on the ‘carpet’, or the floor that has a brownish, earthy color,” Abulhasan explained. The design helps