The ambitious architectural concept of the Austrian pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai will represent a comprehensive picture of modern Austria and showcase its rich history of innovation, according to an Austrian official, Kaleejtimes reports.
With their tag “Austria makes sense”, the pavilion supports Expo 2020’s vision of organising one of the most sustainable world expos of all time. Participants from Austria built a pavilion that needs 70 % less energy than a conventionally air-conditioned building in the UAE, and by only incorporating companies with spectacular vision for a better future.
“The sustainable, responsible use of resources has a long tradition in Austria. Expo 2020 Dubai will be the biggest event in the world this year and will thus provide a global podium for the key questions of our time. We want to use this forum to showcase prototypical future scenarios for climate and resource-efficient buildings of tomorrow,” said the pavilion’s Commissioner General Beatrix Karl.
Located in the Opportunity District, the pavilion combines environmental protection and technology to an optimum and thus sets a strong signal for climate protection. The Austria Pavilion also focuses firstly on the creative use of digitalization. This is thankfully to the inclusion of Austrian high-tech companies.
“Currently, Austrian companies are making lasting impressions at the Expo 2020 Dubai site with their strength and creativity while highlighting the possibilities of sustainable construction with their future-oriented creations. In fact, a list of different Austrian companies have already left their mark at the Expo 2020 site including Unger Stahlbau, who are among the team to construct the four entrance gates at the Expo. They are one of Austria’s most successful steel construction companies on the world market,” the pavilion’s Commissioner said.
The Austrian based Raintime, a company that focuses on fogging technology, is also part of the Expo grounds. Their innovations will protect the Austria Pavilion and its audience from heat. The same fogging technology company also will use in the Singapore Pavilion to provide cooling.
Three Austrian companies offer timber construction at Expo 2020, including Rubner Holzbau, a leader in the field of sophisticated timber-frame buildings, Stora Enso, a supplier of Cross Laminated Timber, and Tilly, which supplies joinery and three-layer boards made of natural wood.
Austrian artist Thomas Medicus, who creates his pieces out of glass, built a sculpture that will be placed in the newly established underground station near the Expo main entrance. In order to make a hidden Expo 2020 logo appears every 90 degrees when the artwork is rotated, he had to create almost 1000 hand-painted and hand-cut glass fragments that were spread over 100 blank glass strips.
The Austrian construction company PORR has had a strong presence in the UAE for numerous years. They’ve accomplished the “Deep Tunnel Storm Water System” project for Dubai Municipality together with Belhasa Six Construct. That tunnel will be used to channel groundwater and rainwater towards a pumping station by the sea. 40% of Dubai’s urban area will be drained by means of the tunnel. UAE media report that this project will permanently change life in Dubai.
With new and unique digital services, Doka is focusing on the construction methods of tomorrow. As one of the world’s leading companies for innovative formwork, solutions and services in all areas of construction, Doka is also a global provider of scaffolding solutions for a wide range of applications.
Finally, Helioz, an Austrian social enterprise working in the field of water disinfection and climate project development, relies on environmentally friendly solutions for water disinfection. It plans to help supply thousands of families in India, Africa and Southeast Asia with clean drinking water.
