Dismantable buildings form the core of Zaha Hadid Architecture's proposed masterplan for Odesa's world expo bid, which would offer participating nations a kit of parts to build their own pavilions.
Zaha Hadid Architects' masterplan for Ukraine's World Expo 2030 bid is focused on four large central pavilions, which would provide 80,000 square meters of exhibition space for the event.
Top image: Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled a masterplan for Odesa Expo 2030. Image is by JK Lab. Above: it would feature four central pavilions. Image is by Norviska
Once the expo is over, these would be used to hold trade fairs and events alongside a new conference centre on the site of the expo ? the Khadzhibey estuary, located 20 minutes away from Odesa's historic old town. Zaha Hadid Architects' design for the site would see the studio create modular national pavilions made from a choice of kit-of-parts, which the studio said would allow each country to "individually reinterpret the over-arching theme of Expo 2030 via their country's unique cultural expression".
Large pavilions will be at the centre of the plan. Image is by JK Lab
Each of the modular components would make up around 25 per cent of a pavilion's standard 1,600 square-metre site and could be combined with various other modular elements. Countries would be able to choose the modules and design their pavilions using a digital configurator tool.
Facades would be designed from a variety of options with "the lowest ...