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Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015

Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly

MOROCCAN PAVILION MILAN EXPO 2015

Oualalou+choi

ARCHITECT
Oualalou+choi

CATEGORY
Pavillion

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
​Tarik Oualalou, Linna Choi

AREA
1300.0 sqm

PROJECT YEAR
2015

PHOTOGRAPHS
Luc boegly

ASSOCIATES
Tarik Oualalou, Linna Choi

CLIENT
Le Commissariat Général du Maroc - Expo Milan 2015

PROJECT MANAGER
Cristina devizzi

ENGINEERS
Wip, aia

LANDSCAPE
MB paysages

COMMISSIONER FOR MOROCCO
Fatim zahra ammor

SCENOGRAPHY
GL events

Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly

Text description provided by architect.

Responding to the Expo’s theme, « Feeding the Planet, » Morocco‘s pavilion for the world exposition focuses on the notion of rurality and the diversity and richness of its territories.

Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly

Stretching the entire length of its site from north to south, the pavilion leads the visitor on a metaphorical journey through the country from the Mediterranean to the Sahara, highlighting the agriculture and traditions specific to each region.

Referring to the materiality and sensuality of rural construction in Morocco, the Pavilion of Morocco presents a contemporary reinterpretation of traditional earthen structures.

Adobe is placed within enormous pre-fabricated wooden panels which are then mounted onto a steel frame.

Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly

This method adapts the use of traditional materials to industrialized construction methods.

At the end of Expo Milan, the panels will be dismantled and re-used.

Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly


Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
© ​Luc Boegly


Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
Ground Floor Plan
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
1st Floor Plan
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
Site Plan
Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
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Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
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Moroccan Pavilion Milan Expo 2015
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