The winner of the International Architectural Contest for Expo 2017 was announced as the Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill Architecture Company. To remind you, the total area of the designed object is 173.4 ha, out of which 25 ha corresponds to the actual exhibition center, while the territory of 148 ha will accommodate housing projects, socio-cultural, education and health-care facilities, shopping centers, parks and boulevards. The approximate area of the exhibition pavilions will be 118 620 m2, service area -- 95 400 m2, and housing -- 686 465 m2. Construction work is scheduled to begin in the 2014. The developer of the "EXPO-2017 construction site will be NC "JSC "Astana EXPO-2017". The advantages of the project is that all of the objects after the exhibition can be changed, disassembled or converted, that is, the demolition of the buildings is not required.. Overall, the general layout and buildings were designed using the principles of environmentally, economically and socially sustainable design. According to the project designed by the winners of the architectural competition all the energy consumed by the visitors of the EXPO exhibition will be generated from renewable sources. And all the buildings present themselves as power plants that use solar and wind energy. The Exhibition zone includes the following main pavilions: Kazakhstan Pavilion, located at the heart of the EXPO city it will become the symbol of the EXPO-2017 exhibition, its area -- 24 000 m2; Theme Pavilions "World Energy", "Energy for life", "Energy for all", " My future energy", approximately 4 000 m2 each, with the whole quadrature being 16 000 m2; The share of international pavilions, has 95 000 m2, more than 100 participating countries will present their pavilions at the EXPO-2017 exhibition; Performance Arts Center will be located on the territory of на 14 000 m2. Centre for the Arts -- it's a specifically designed space for the cultural and entertainment programs Corporate Pavilions -- they are commercial pavilions for the sponsors and partners of the exhibition the area of which will be 9 000 m2; Energy Best Practices Area - which will showcase the best examples of the use of alternative energy will take 3 500 m2; Congress center consisting of 42 000 m2 -- a zone dedicated for meetings, conferences and forums. Adjacent to the exhibition area will house Parks at the EXPO site (72 000 m2), Parks in EXPO City( 313 000 m2), Green buffer (175 000 m2) Parking area is designed for 10 thousand cars.

• published: 03 Nov 2013
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