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Kuwait held a groundbreaking ceremony for its pavilion at World Expo 2025 in Osaka on Thursday, a major step in its participation in the upcoming event.

Under the theme of “Visionary Lighthouse”, the Kuwait pavilion, opening in April 2025, will display Kuwait’s history and culture. Watyan noted that visitors can experience a journey through the past, present and future in four exhibition rooms that combine tradition and cutting-edge technology. – KUNA

Source: https://kuwaittimes.com/article/11848/world/asia/kuwait-breaks-ground-on-osaka-expo-pavilion/

The Kuwait Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka

The pavilion's audacious architecture was designed by architectural firm LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture). It picks up on Kuwait's characteristic landscape and tradition and uses them as recurring elements throughout the pavilion. The open and inviting architecture with its opening wings symbolizes a welcoming gesture and stands for the country's famous hospitality.

The pavilion is bright, and its façade illuminated at night, underlining the theme of the "Visionary Lighthouse". The heart of the two-story pavilion with its grand roof is intended to inspire reflection on Kuwait's future. Designed as a central dome, this main space is inspired by the idea of resting in the desert at night under the starry sky. The courtyard at the back of the pavilion is modeled on traditional Islamic architecture and features a beautiful garden with typical Kuwaiti planting.

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As part of the preparations for Indonesia's participation in World Expo 2025, the Unveiling Design & Site Handover Ceremony for the Indonesia Pavilion Expo 2025 took place at the Imperial Hotel Osaka, Japan (28/2).

In this five-year agenda, the Indonesian Pavilion adopts the theme "Thriving in Harmony: Nature, Culture, Future," with a primary focus on Indonesia's commitment to sustainable development, including the implementation of green and blue economies for SDGs. The Indonesia Pavilion features a boat design, representing sustainable development and symbolising the exploration of future potential, in line with the National Long-Term Development Plan 2025-2045 "Sovereign, Advanced, and Sustainable" to realise Indonesia's Vision for 2045.

Source: https://kemlu.go.id/portal/en/read/5783/view/indonesia-advocates-for-sustainable-development-at-world-expo-2025-osaka#!

Rendering of Korean Hall at Osaka Expo
Ko Joo-won, a professor at Seoul Institute of the Arts and display general director of the Korean Hall at the Osaka Expo 2025, gives a briefing on a rendering of the Korean Hall at the international event at the South Korean Embassy in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2024.

Source: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/PYH20240227179600315

The organizer of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka has pushed back the construction deadline for pavilions from mid-July to mid-October this year.
About 50 countries have opted to build their own pavilions. But their plans have largely been upended by soaring material costs, a shortage of labor, and difficult negotiations with construction companies.
Only 36 of those countries have secured a contractor. And construction is actually underway for just five pavilions.

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240217_02/

New Orleans architecture studio Trahan Architects has designed the USA pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka, which will include a suspended cube surrounded by LED screens showing American landscapes.

Source: https://www.dezeen.com/2024/01/31/expo-2025-osaka-usa-pavilion-trahan-architects/

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) plans to issue about five types of coins commemorating Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, in three installments before the opening of the Expo. For the second issue, MOF has decided to issue a 1,000-yen silver coin as follows:

Source: https://www.mof.go.jp/english/policy/currency/coin/commemorative_coins/20240130_expo.html

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This is the design of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka

The pavilion’s exterior is inspired by spring-time ice formations, while the interior will be a “dynamic public presentation” space that will invite visitors to “follow a river’s journey across the country.” Following a bidding process, the federal government selected a team composed of Canadian artist Robert Lepage and Quebec architectural firms Rayside Labossière Architectes and Guillaume Pelletier Architecte to design the pavilion.

Source: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-pavilion-expo-2025-osaka