ULTRA MODERN DECOR

Polish Architects Winning Ultra-Modern Design at Expo 2010 in Shanghai

Polish architects Wojciech Kakowski, Natalia Paszkowska and Marcin Mostafa have won the bid to design the Polish Pavilion at Shanghai’s Expo 2010. Inspired by traditional Polish arts and crafts, the innovative facade is the soul of this avant-garde structure. “Given the nature of the exposition, the exhibition facility has to denote, by its esthetic distinctiveness, the country of origin, [and] has to constitute, by the strength of its stylistic connotations, an evocative, recognizable and memorable cultural ideogram,” according to the architects. “In our design, the cultural idiom is primarily conveyed through the theme, the motif of folk-art paper cut-out. Or, more precisely, through a rendering of the motif, a transcription of an elementary esthetic code into the contemporary language of architectural decor.” The result is an ultra-modern, architecturally interesting and intricate design by day, which transforms into an illuminated, multi-colored art installation by night. The building’s form boasts obtuse angles and slanting planes reminiscent of folded paper, complemented by the perforations. Polish Pavilion.

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