Expo 2020 Dubai is an international exposition that will be held for the first time in the Middle East. This expo which is the third-largest event in world after Olympics and World Cup, will be open on October 20, 2020 for visitors in theme of “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”.
Iran (IMNA) - Expo 2020 Dubai is an international expo that will be hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in 2020. World Expos have been held in different countries so far and the first World Expo was London’s Great Exhibition of 1851. In fact, Expo 2020 Dubai is a mega expo in different terms such as scale, size and visitor numbers. In such a massive expo, people from all over the world come together in order to connect with each other and exchange new approaches and innovations in a scientific and cultural atmosphere.
From different perspectives Expo 2020 Dubai will be an impressive event in history of international exhibitions. Historically, Dubai was called “Al Wasl” which means “connection” in English. In this respect, at the heart of Expo 2020 site, there will be a plaza that is called Al Wasl Plaza. Actually, this plaza is the focal point of Exo 2020 for connection between people from 192 countries. In this innovative Plaza people will share their novel ideas with each other over the six months. Moreover, it would be the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa (MEASA region).
Connecting Minds, Creating Future: Theme of Expo 2020
Every Expo has particular theme and Expo 2020 Dubai revolves around its own theme that is ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’. Furthermore, there will be three subthemes of opportunity, mobility and sustainability in Expo 2020. So, according to these subthemes, there will be three districts which are anchored based on the subthemes by a thematic pavilion.
Opportunity is unlocking the potential for individuals and communities to shape the future.
Mobility is to create smarter and more productive movement of people, goods and ideas, both physically and virtually.
Sustainability is respecting and living in balance with the world we inhabit.
Purpose of such a great Expo is to improve visitor’s knowledge in different fields of art, culture, science and technology. In this regard, one of the most creative pavilions in Expo 2020 is UK pavilion which is designed by Es Devlin, a British female designer. This pavilion which is called Poem Pavilion, made up numerous Al-generated poems made up of rows of protruding slats extend outwards from one central point to form a circular façade.
The Poem Pavilion will apply machine learning technology in order to produce space- related words and phrases. As Devlin stated, this concept was inspired by Stephen Hawking’s final project that is called Breakthrough Message. As a global competition, this project invited people to represent humanity through creation digital messages.
In Poem Pavilion, poems are designed in Arabic, French, Chinese and as well as English. Devlin hopes that this pavilion gives visitors from all over the world with different cultures and languages a sense of unification.
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