MILAN EXPO 2015

RUSSIAN-NESS
RUSSIA TIMBER PAVILION
ARCHITECTS: SPEECH
Russia has released designs for their participation at Milan Expo 2015.
Taking in consideration Russia’s most successful world EXPO pavilions, of which the
country has been producing since 1851, and the importance of “green technologies”,
SPEECH has designed an expansive.
4000 – square-meter timber structure with a pronounced roof line that features a
mirrored canopy extending 30 – meters over the pavilion’s main entrance.
“The principal challenge in the development of the design was to create a remarkable
building that resonates with contemporary architectural trends,” says Sergei Tchoban ,
the pavilions chief architect. “Our basic starting point was to combine a simple yet
memorable architectural structure with a facade formed from sustainable, ecologically-
sound materials. But an equally important task in our architectural development was to
inject the essence of Russia into the design. “Russia is a country of vast expanses, of
endless vistas, of huge tracts of forest. Therefore, as we have embodied “Russianness’
in our design by framing it an apparent infinite rhythm of wooden elements /there are
obvious references to the typology of Russian landscape, with its rich forest cover ‘ and
its gently sloping elevations, and to the traditions of wooden architecture of Russia, all
coming together to create a modest, yet daring architectural statement.