Continuing our look at some of the best pavilions at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, we tip our hats to Canada, for producing one of the most entertaining.
Who’d have thought the normally conservative Canadians would hand over the design of their pavilion to a circus?
World famous Cirque Du Soleil, the acrobatic theater troupe, designed this giant letter ‘C’ over three floors to convey the Canadian values of ‘inclusivity, sustainability, and creativity’.
Multimedia plays a key role in this pavilion with a dazzling array of interactive screens and projections bringing the place to life during the day and, particularly, at night. Comprised of 4000 m2 of Canadian red cedar, it’s one of the biggest pavilions on show.
Throw in more 165 dancers, musicians, artists and actors and five special performances by Cirque du Soleil and you have one of the best party pavilions in Shanghai.
Feel free to compare it to the dull and ugly US pavilion.
See more shots below.
Tags: architecture, circus, design, Shanghai, show