New images revealed of Milan Expo pavilion

New images and a design walkthrough have been revealed by the UKTI of the UK’s Milan Expo pavilion.

Bringing together 147 countries and an anticipated 20 million visitors, the Milan Expo 2015 focuses on the urgent challenge of how to feed the world as the global population increases to nine billion in 2050. Under the theme Grown in Britain, the UK will be a part of it with an immersive pavilion designed by Wolfgang Buttress with architectural, landscape, lighting and environmental engineering design by BDP. 

The 1,910 square metre pavilion will be developed around the concept of the beehive, the role of the honeybee and how new research and technology are helping to address food security and biodiversity. The humble bee plays a unique role in our ecosystem and strong parallels can be drawn between the culture and interactions in a bee colony and those in human societies.  

The new visuals show the pavilion’s five main areas for visitors to experience: the orchard, the meadow, the terrace, the hive and the architectural programme - a flexible auditorium space.