Expo 2020 Dubai: Monet-inspired French pavilion set to catch the eye

Expo 2020 Dubai: Monet-inspired French pavilion set to catch the eye

Construction work on the French pavilion at the Expo 2020 Dubai site will be completed in April.

Thousands of solar tiles are being fitted to blanket the roof and façade with each panel drawing from the palette of Monet's famous Water Lilies oil painting.

Light will be a major element with plans for visitors to walk under a canopy that doubles as an artificial sky out of which waves of light burst and retreat.

“The France Pavilion construction is nearing completion and we are on track for delivery in April,” Erik Linquier, commissioner general for France at Expo 2020 Dubai, told The National.

“We