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Expo 2012: Golden Rice Expo Pavilion
Expo 2012: Golden Rice Expo Pavilion
Expo 2012: Golden Rice Expo Pavilion
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1 2 3 4 5 6 Welcome Center Restrooms Golden Rice Introduction Cafe/Gift Shop Mechanical Space Film Screening 7 8 9 10 11 Artists Gallery Golden Rice Laboratory Exhibit White Rice Paddies Golden Rice Paddies Golden Rice Field
Expo 2012
Expo 2012 is designed around a new technology and its effects on architectural discourse. The expo, located on an abandoned air field, includes a 144 x 144 x 72 box that contains artist exhibition pavilions. This expo pavilion is designed around the emerging technology of genetically engineered Golden Rice. Golden rice tastes the same as white rice yet provides the body with Vitamin A. This vitamin is desperately needed in Asia to prevent millions of malnutrition related deaths. Upon arriving at the site, visitors are unable to see the full landscape until they have first entered the main building, been given an overview of Golden Rice, and then elevated over a Golden Rice paddy. Visitors can taste Golden Rice at the cafe and proceed through the expo to the artists gallery or observe the scientists at work.