Dubai – Mubasher: The Expo 2020 Pavilions Premiere was launched on Saturday, 16 January 2021, offering visitors an opportunity to be among the first to experience Terra, the Sustainability Pavilion, when it is open to the public from 22 January until 10 April 2021, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
The Pavilions Premiere is a limited-time opportunity for visitors to preview Expo 2020’s Thematic Pavilions, providing a glimpse of what is to come when Expo 2020 Dubai welcomes the world from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022.
Designed by the world-renowned Grimshaw Architects, the iconic pavilion is built to be net-zero for both energy and water. It features 1,055 photovoltaic panels arranged on a 130-metre-wide roof canopy and atop a series of ‘Energy Trees’. The pavilion, moreover, uses cutting-edge water-reduction strategies, water recycling, and alternative water sources.
World Expos are platforms for collaboration, innovation and inspiration. Expo 2020 Dubai is the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region. It is set to welcome more than 200 participants and millions of visitors.
In a separate statement, CEO of Real Estate Development at Expo 2020 Dubai, Ahmed Al Khateeb, said the Sustainability Pavilion has cost AED 1 billion.
