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Key data on the EXPO 2010 in Shanghai

Period:
Duration:
Expo motto:
Opening hours:
Size of the Expo site:

Registered participants:

Expected visitors altogether:
Expected international visitors:

May 1st to October 31st 2010
184 days
„Better City, Better Life“
9:00 – 22:30
3.28 km², 5.28 km² with river area
240 countries and international organizations
70 million
3.5 million

5 Chinese theme pavilion:

Urban Planet Pavilion
Urban Dwellers Pavilion
Urban Beings Pavilion
Urban Footprints Pavilion
Urban Dreams Pavilion

Key data on the Urban Planet pavilion

Triad Berlin Projektgesellschaft mbH:

Triad Urban Planet Team:

Construction management, concept, architecture, scenography, production of media content, media technology
ca. 60 employees (architects, designers, scenographers, cultural studies graduates, media designers, media technicians, etc.)

Bidding period:
Design period (concept, design, planning):
Construction period:

July 2007 - Nov 2007
Jan 2008 - July 2009
Sep 2009 - May 2010

Total floor space:
Height Pavilion hall:
Height Urban Planet:
Highest point accessible to visitors:
Ø Pavillon:
Ramp:
Height Blue Planet:
Ø Blue Planet:
Surface of the "Blue Planet" globe:

12.000 m²
22 m
14 m
12 m
100 m
8 m
5,5 m
30 m
900 m²

Urban Planet chapters:

"Urban Sprawl" (prolog)
"Children of the World"
"Road of Crisis":

Blue Planet – Heureka Moment
"Road of Solutions":

"We have only one world" (epilog)

"Water"
"Fire"
"Metal"
"Wood"
"Earth"

"Low Carbon"
"Urban Mining"
"Drop of Life"
"Green City"

Technical data

Lighting:
Duration of programming on site:
PC:

Partner:
Resolution of the pictures (Blue Planet):
Number of produced films:

32 spotlights
2 weeks
1 show control
13 playouts
1 server
Pixomondo
4096 x 4096 Pixel
2 production films + 1 Bosch partner film

"Blue Planet" Show:
Duration of Projection:
Number of projectors:
PCs:

Audio:

6:40 min
13
13 with Pandoras Box Player
1 with Pandoras Box Server
Pandoras Box – for optimal video presentation at the top of the dome
Multi-channel player, playing 7 audio channels simultaneously
12 loudspeakers in 6 arrays,
6 subwoofers and 15 loudspeakers supports nearfill and effects

"We have only one world" Show:
Duration of Projection:
Number of projectors:
PCs:

Audio:

4:00 min
13
13 with Pandoras Box Player
1 with Pandoras Box Server
Pandoras Box – for optimal video presentation at the top of the dome
Multi-channel player, playing seven audio channels simultaneously
9 loudspeakers supports 4 subwoofers

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Key data on the EXPO 2010 in Shanghai

Key data on the Urban Planet pavilion

Urban Planet chapters:

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