GS Caltex Pavilion EXPO Yeosu

Yeosu, South Korea

Photo © Nils Clauss

Photo © Michel Casertano

Photo © Nils Clauss

Exhibition Halls + Showrooms

Architects: ATELIER BRÜCKNER

Location: Yeosu, South Korea
Year: 2012
Sound Main Show: BLUWI, Hamburg
Grundfläche: 1960 qm
Planungsaufgaben: Generalplanung, Architektur und Szenografie, Main Show
Tragwerksplanung: Knippers Helbig, Stuttgart
Medienplanung: medienprojekt p2 GmbH, Stuttgart
Produktion Main Show: TAMSCHICK MEDIA+SPACE, Berlin
Sound Main Show: BLUWI, Hamburg

Symbol of energy: At the Expo Korea the corporate pavilion of GS Caltex, a Korean oil corporation, illustrates the company's mission and its visions for the future. The pavilion architecture is presented as a dynamic ensemble which, at first glance, is reminiscent of an outsized rice field. Eighteen metres high, so-called blades sway like grass in the wind. Touching activates individual sensitive blades and illuminates them. A centrally located star-shaped, mirrored pavilion building is optically withdrawn in its entirety. Via raised corners of the star, the visitor can gain access to the also mirrored entrance area on the ground floor. The centre of the pavilion is on the upper floor; a seven-metre-high round room with panoramic projection. Poetic images in a reduced black-and-white aesthetic convey the company's readiness to assume responsibility with regard to sustainable energy concepts.