Challenge
The brief
Fabricate and install precision sculptural work inside a completed pavilion, to a curatorial brief, on an Expo site with fixed access windows and no tolerance for a missed date.
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Italy Pavilion — Atomic Clock
The Atomic Clock exhibit inside the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2020 — a 654 m² installation of brass armillary instruments and suspended forms, built into a pavilion designed by others.
EventExpo 2020
LocationDubai, UAE
Year2021
Area654 m²
SectorScience, Technology & Culture
Design response
The concept
Brass armillary spheres on polished floor plates and suspended aerodynamic forms were produced to fine tolerances and installed under the pavilion's existing structure, coordinated around the building's own trades.
Result
The outcome
A country pavilion's centrepiece exhibit delivered as a contractor inside someone else's architecture — the discipline of a fit-out rather than a stand build.
Project film
Experience the opening moment.
Watch the completed environment move from architecture into audience experience.
Technical delivery
Fabrication and installation scope.
- 01Exhibit fabrication
- 02Metalwork
- 03Suspended installation
- 04Site coordination
- 05Installation
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