Netherlands Pavilion @ Expo Osaka 2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
Osaka, Kansai, Japan
13 April 2025 - 13 Oct 2025
Osaka, Kansai, Japan
13 April 2025 - 13 Oct 2025
Introduction
Guests are invited to experience a new dawn on clean energy sources, fueled by brand new innovations and the Dutch mentality of Common Ground - when we come together on a problem, anything is possible. The building, designed by RAU architects, symbolises a rising sun on a future powered by sustainable and regenerative resources.Using technology like infrared sensing, projection, lighting, and analog effects, we created a magical end-to-end experience that frames the challeges of climate change while creating a hopeful feeling for the future.
Clients
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands and Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
Consortium
Architecture: RAU Architects
Experience design: Tellart
Engineering: DGMR
Construction: Asanuma
Media
Media design: Tellart Productions
Sound design: Resonate
AI film: Return to Earth Studio
Graphic design: Kessels Kramer
Renders: Plomp
Fit-out and AV hardware supplier: BeWunder
Cultural consultancy: Studio the Future
Photography: Tellart & Zhu Yumeng
Video: Tellart
Suppliers / Sponsors
Fixed furniture: Cooloo (sponsor)
Loose furniture: Het Anker (sponsor)
Curtain designer: Studio Mae Engelgeer
Traditional Japanese paper lanterns: Kojima Shoten Inc
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