A few days on its opening to the public, next Friday, October 1, the Spanish Pavilion has been presented at the Universal Exhibition Dubai 2020 (organized under the theme "Connecting minds, building the future"), projected by the architecture studio by Amann-Cánovas-Maruri (Extremas Temperatures Architects), as an exceptional platform to present the image of Spain from different points of view: business, cultural, scientific and technological.

Expo Dubai 2020 (As with the Tokyo Olympic Games, the organization of the Expo maintains the year 2020 in the denomination) opens its doors one year later than planned, as a result of the pandemic caused by Covid-19 .

Expo Dubai 2020 will be held from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 and will be the first world exhibition to host an Arab country and the Middle East region. The Expo will bring together more than 200 participants and hopes to attract more than 25 million visitors, always conditioned by the evolution of the pandemic.
With the motto "Intelligence for life", the Spanish Pavilion has been located in the thematic area corresponding to Sustainability, close to what will be some of the main attractions of the venue, such as the Al Wasl Square or the Los Angeles Pavilion. UAE.

The architectural project of the Pavilion, carried out by Amann-Cánovas-Maruri (Extremas Temperatures Architects), has finally managed to surprise and find its own identity (far from a first visual coincidence with the Austrian pavilion), standing out for the iconic forcefulness of its image and for a surprising and interesting interior.

The Pavilion has an area of ​​about 5,800 m², giving prominence to a large square covered by a series of conical volumes, characterized by the atavistic memory of their colors to convey the character of Mediterranean culture and to link the theme of sustainability to a message of optimism. Part of its cladding has ultralight and flexible photovoltaic panels designed by the Spanish company The South Oracle (TSO).

The project is made up of three different areas:
 
- The Plaza: which offers several linked spaces, covered by cones and technological umbrellas to facilitate the waiting of visitors.
- The Atrium: which connects the square with the underground floor through a ramp, and houses a large artistic installation.
- The underground floor: which houses the Theater and the exhibition gallery. A surprising space with a certain structural display

An interior that has been joined by exceptional contributions of content developed and proposed by External Reference and Onionlab.

The contents include: The contribution of the always interesting Studio Daniel Canogar presenting in the Atrium on the way to the Theater, one of his most ambitious projects to date: Dinamo, an audiovisual work designed specifically for the Spanish Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020, and made in collaboration with the composer Francisco López.

Nacho Vigalondo's Luna de Agosto performs at the Theater. A surprising film, Spain's business card to the visitors of the Dubai Expo 2020 that shows us as a vitalistic and dynamic country, overflowing with talent and creativity, and committed to a sustainable and inclusive future.

The contents are much broader, taking tours that range from 30 minutes to two hours, including sustainability topics, chess teaching and competition, topics about technology and our cultural relationship with the Arab world.
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Design team
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Atxu Amann Alcocer, Andrés Cánovas Alcaraz, Nicolás Maruri González de Mendoza, Denis Calle Facal, Pablo Sigüenza Gómez, Joachim Kraft, Borja Aznar Montero, Almudena Sánchez-Buitrago Morales, David Jiménez Iniesta.
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Structures.- Engineering Mechanism. Installations.- eadAT Ingenieros. Museology: Jmasoc.- Quantity Surveyor.- Gerardo Cámara. Video.- Raquel Villa Monedero, Borja Aznar. Model.- Jesus Sanabria Márquez (ctrl-X), Almudena Sánchez Buitrago.
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UTE Empty - APD (ACCIONA Producciones y Diseño) is responsible for setting up the exhibition route; and The Others TV is responsible for the production of audiovisual content and illustrations and the Pavilion app.
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Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).
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From October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.
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Expo Dubai 2020 is located in Dubai South. The Spanish pavilion is located in the thematic area corresponding to Sustainability. It occupies a plot that allows several facades, close to Al Wasl Square or the UAE Pavilion, and close to those of Germany and New Zealand.
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Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).
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Amann, Cánovas, Maruri, architecture firm established by: Atxu Amann Alcocer, Andrés Cánovas Alcaraz and Nicolás Maruri Mendoza.

Atxu Amann Alcocer. Madrid 1961. Architect by the ETSA of Madrid. Doctorate from ETSAM with outstanding Cum Llaude, 2007. Urban Planning Technician from the Urban Studies Center of I.E.A.L. (M.A.P.) Scholar of the Technische Hoschule of Darmstadt (Germany) in CAAD. Director of the magazine Arquitectos. Director of the Postgraduate courses in Editorial Design for the European Social Fund. Professor in the postgraduate courses of Editorial Graphic Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Madrid. Professor of the Department of Architectural Graphic Ideation of ETSAM

Andrés Cánovas Alcaraz. Cartagena 1958. Architect by the School of Architecture of Madrid. Prometheus Scholarship at Tecniche Hoschule. Darmstatd. Germany. Director of the "Monographs of Architects" Collection. Director of the "Monographs of Buildings" Collection, Director of the "Crítica de Arquitectura" Collection, Director and editor of the magazine Arquitectos, 1987-2006, Professor of the CSDM of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University, European Design Institute, Coordinator of several postgraduate courses in Graphic Design Editorial in the Faculty of Fine Arts, the European Institute of Design and the European Social Fund. Faculty of Fine Arts, UCM, Professor of the Master of Aesthetics and Theory of Arts of the Autonomous University, Professor of Design Master of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Salamanca, Professor of the Master of Intervention in the Heritage of the ETSAM Professor of the Tourism Master of the UPC of Barcelona.

He has been secretary of the Final Project Project Tribunal at ESTAM. UPM. Deputy Director of the Spanish Architecture Biennial. Director of the Summer Course at the University of Almería. Visiting Professor at the Universities of Salamanca, San Sebastián, La Coruña, Seville, Navarra, Valencia, Polytechnic of Cartagena, SEK of Segovia, Alfonso X, Advanced Architecture Institute of Barcelona, ​​Polytechnic University of Catalonia, London AA, Montpellier, Rome Tre , Calgliari, Toulouse, Javeriana from Bogotá, Chicago IIT and Arizona CAPLA. He is a professor of Projects of the ETSAM Academic Coordinator of the MCH of the ETSAM. UPM and Director of the Projects area. Professor of the subject "Sociology of Housing".

Nicolás Maruri Mendoza. Madrid 1961. Architect by the School of Architecture of Madrid. Doctorate from ETSAM with outstanding Cum Llaude, 2007. Prometheus Scholarship at Tecniche Hoschule Darmstatd. Germany. Master's Degree in Building from Columbia University. NY. He is a professor in the Projects Department of ETSAM. He has been: Secretary of the Court of the ETSAM End-of-Degree Project and Visiting Professor at the University of Arizona. He has given conferences in London AA, San Sebastian, SEK of Segovia.

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