2020 Expo Dubai Entry Canopy Building, Architect, UAE Design Project Images
2020 Expo Dubai Entry Canopy Design
29 September 2021
Design: Woods Bagot UAE

Dubai Expo Entry Canopy : WonderCool
This is a beautiful installation among a host of amazing exhibits at one of the world?s best displays of the future of architecture and design.
Kaynemaile?s ?WonderCool? greets visitors at Dubai World Expo 2020
Canopy shields visitors from desert heat while providing calming sensory experience
NEW YORK SEPTEMBER, 2021. The first spectacle of architectural design to be encountered by the expected 25 million visitors to Dubai World Expo is the soaring kinetic shade canopy over the visitor arrivals hall.

The result of a collaborative design with Woods Bagot Architecture and Kaynemaile, the creators of architectural composite mesh systems, this 130,000 ft2 shade canopy acts as a passive heat management system for visitors waiting in 100-degree heat for security checks. By day, the Kaynemaile canopy offers a cooling 70% shade protection for the visitors queuing to enter the World Expo, coupled with a calming sensory experience generated by the fluid movement of the 55 overhead screens running the length of the 60m long arrival hall.
This kinetic movement triggers not only air passage throughout the space, but also creates an interplay of shadow and light both on the ground and throughout the mesh layers overhead. Kaynemaile call this ?the WonderCool Effect,? bringing life and movement to s...