Roof Structure Of The Japanese Pavilion At Expo 2000

But due to stringent building laws in germany the roof had to be reinforced with a substructure.

Roof structure of the japanese pavilion at expo 2000.

In this rhino tutorial i will show you how you can model the 2000 japan pavilion by shigeru ban with rhino. The project is located in hannover hanover region hannover lower saxony niedersachsen germany. Japanese pavilion expo 2000 is an exhibition hall gridshell and wooden timber structure that was completed in 2000. The 72 metre long gridshell structure was made with paper tubes.

Ban created the japanese pavilion building at expo 2000 in hanover germany in collaboration with the architect frei otto and structural engineers buro happold. 440 cardboard roll measuring 12 centimeters in diameter. The goal was either to recycle or reuse almost all of the materials that went into the building. The end walls are in a cable tensioned cardboard honeycomb construction while the roof skin consists of a five layer fire and waterproof paper membrane.

First we will make a parametric surface with. The japanese pavilion for expo 2000 held in hannover germany was a grid structure made of recyclable paper tubes resulting in a building with honeycomb. Initially some 40 million people were expected to attend the exhibition over the course of months however eventually with less than half of this number the expo was a flop. It was located on the hanover fairground messegelände hannover which is the largest exhibition ground in the world.

Expo 2000 was a world expo held in hanover germany from thursday 1 june to tuesday 31 october 2000. Fireproof water resistant paper membrane roof.