MILAN EXPO 2015

E FEED THE WORLD – ENERGY- FOR LIFE.
AUSTRIAN PAVILIONI BENCE PAP
 COMPETITION: AUSTRIAN PAVILION (MILAN EXPO 2015)
AWARD: FOURTH PLACE
ARCHITECTS: BENCE PAP, MARIO GASSER YEAR: 2015
This proposal by architects Bence Pap   and Mario Gasser of Studio Greg Lynn /
University of Applied Arts Vienna has been ranked fourth in an international
competition for the Austrian Pavilion at the 2015 Milan Expo. Inspired by the Expo’s
theme, “We feed the World – Energy for Life   the pavilion aims to highlight Austria’s
rich culture of craft and agriculture by offering a two-story experience   that exhibits
goods unique to the country From the architect   Our proposal is driven by a conceptual
approach of highlighting the local cultural and craft diversity within Austrian regions,
and how these expertise in conjunction with Austria’s diverse topography have produced
a broad variety within the cultivation of agricultural crops and goods. We understand the
architectural proposal   to this proposition as an ark, carrying a library of diverse
Austrian goods, locally produced with a sustainable philosophy The pavilion is
organized as a two story building executed with a steel frame construction. The massing
is articulated as a pair of elongated volumes, opening up in the front with a gesture of
invitation, and developing into an internalized fold of the ground within the building
granting visitors access to the main exhibition level at first floor, and leaving the ground
floor with amenities and admin functions with an articulated folded ceiling along the
main axis of circulation.
Client: EXPO-Agency of the Economic Ministry, Austria
Structural Engineer: Bollinger & Grohmann , Vienna
Landscape Architects: Roland Barthofer Landscape Architects
Curatorial Consultant: Edek   Bartz