{"id":302968,"date":"2021-11-24T16:52:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T19:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=302968"},"modified":"2021-11-24T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T19:54:11","slug":"uae-pavilion-at-expo-the-shape-of-a-falcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/uae-pavilion-at-expo-the-shape-of-a-falcon\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE pavilion at Expo the shape of a falcon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United Arab Emirates at Expo 2020 is inspired by the shape of a falcon, the country\u2019s national animal<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 A white, oval-shaped building with 28 wings reminisces the shape of a falcon, the national animal of the United Arab Emirates. You cannot miss \u2013 despite the huge lines \u2013 the UAE pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in an area of over 15,000 squared meters with outdoor courtyards and gardens, this is one of the main attractions of the world exhibition, which has got over 3 million visitors.<\/p>\n

The wings of the falcon open and rotate according to the position of the sun as they contain solar panels that provide power to the pavilion. The built-up area features three levels that contain the history of the foundation of the country that is about to complete 50 years at the Golden Jubilee on December 2. The pavilion also brings the ambitious vision of the UAE founders, showing the world the country\u2019s developments, achievements, and goals for the next 50 years.<\/p>\n

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Desert of Dreams: A room with sands from the UAE desert<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An oasis offers a sensorial experience for visitors right at the entrance of the pavilion. In a dark room, tourists experience the Desert of Dreams, with real sand dunes in a large room with projections of camels and texts on sand and glass screens that tell a little bit about the history of the country. A phrase by UAE founder Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan says, \u201cUnity is the way to strength, honor and power.\u201d Another projected on the sands says, \u201cFifty years ago this was only a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Glass cubes with sand projecting images of Emiratis and their achievements<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In glass cubes with sand inside, the pavilion also stresses the Emirati people and the country\u2019s expats from over 200 countries, their knowledge, achievements, patriotism, excellence and leadership. There\u2019re projections and another room with videos telling the history of people and families living in the UAE and their achievements there.<\/p>\n

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A skylight upstairs looks like Expo 2020 logo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Upstairs, there are desert plants and samples of sands from the seven emirates, with different shades of brown and beige. A central skylight looks like the Expo 2020 Dubai logo, illuminating the pavilion that conveys the message that the Arab country is the best country to achieve your dreams.<\/p>\n

In the outside area, there\u2019s an exhibition of sculptures by Emirati artist. Every night sees music and cultural performances. The pavilion is located at the Al Forsan area of Expo and is open for visits every day from 10 am to 10 pm (GST).<\/p>\n

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AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rooms of the three-level and over 15,000-square-meter pavilion tell the history of the foundation of the United Arab Emirates and the dreams of founders in an immersive, sensorial experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2305,"featured_media":302969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[25906,3850,27331,9621,25903,23866,9688,4079,25904,25907,40911,25905,25908],"class_list":{"0":"post-302968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-al-forsan-expo-en","9":"tag-desert","10":"tag-deserto-en","11":"tag-dubai-en","12":"tag-dubai-uae-pavilion","13":"tag-expo-2020-en-2","14":"tag-expo-2020-en","15":"tag-expo-2020-dubai","16":"tag-expo-2020-uae-pavilion","17":"tag-shaikh-zayed-en","18":"tag-sheikh-zayed-en","19":"tag-uae-expo-2020-pavilion","20":"tag-uae-pavilion-en"},"wps_subtitle":"The rooms of the three-level and over 15,000-square-meter pavilion tell the history of the foundation of the United Arab Emirates and the dreams of founders in an immersive, sensorial experience.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}