Majlis + Sameem Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE Pavilion Building Photos, AGi architects structures, Architecture Design Photos
Majlis + Sameem for Expo 2020 Dubai pavilion, UAE
31 March 2022
Design: AGi architects
Location: Dubai, UAE

Photos by Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre
Majlis and the Sameem pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai
Project Description
Majlis for Expo 2020 Dubai by AGi architects are a set of urban living rooms conceived as human scale places. Given the immensity of the Expo site, in its relationship with users they aim to show hospitality as a symbol of the UAE character. More than 80 colored playful structures have formed a public network of socialization spaces throughout the exhibition area, ensuring the cohesion of the public space as a place for visitors to Expo 2020.
Based on this same concept design, a pavilion prototype called Sameem has also been developed. In it, visitors can discover the essence of the three different cultures present in the Emirates for millennia in their settlements on the coast, the mountains and the desert.

Majlis as an example of circular economy
Majlis represent Arab hospitality towards the rest of the world, but also their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and economic efficiency. They have been conceived as useful elements, easily transformable and transportable. They are designed so that, once Expo 2020 is over, Majlis serve as ambassadors of national values in other places, being an example of the circular economy concepts th...