{"id":11298,"date":"2025-06-04T18:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T11:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/a-closer-look-at-the-making-of-sanaas-ethereal-better-co-being-pavilion-at-expo-2025-osaka\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T18:33:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T11:33:22","slug":"a-closer-look-at-the-making-of-sanaas-ethereal-better-co-being-pavilion-at-expo-2025-osaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/a-closer-look-at-the-making-of-sanaas-ethereal-better-co-being-pavilion-at-expo-2025-osaka\/","title":{"rendered":"a closer look at the making of SANAA\u2019s ethereal \u2018better co-being pavilion\u2019 at expo 2025 osaka"},"content":{"rendered":"

william mulvihill reveals \u2018better co-being\u2019 under construction<\/h2>\n

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Within the Forest of Tranquility at Expo 2025 Osaka<\/strong><\/a>, SANAA\u2019s Better Co-being <\/strong><\/a>Pavilion appears as a delicate field of white columns and overlapping roof plates that hover just above the landscape. Designed by the Japanese<\/strong><\/a> Pritzker Prize\u2013winning duo Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, the pavilion<\/strong><\/a> is composed of slender steel<\/strong><\/a> supports topped by a constellation of thin, translucent canopies, some circular, others irregular, recalling clouds or tree branches.<\/p>\n

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The columns are positioned in a seemingly organic arrangement, creating soft porous pathways, gathering points, and transitional moments within the wooded clearing. This unenclosed architecture, defined by natural rhythms, porosity, and light, echoes its organic context. New photographs by William Mulvihill<\/strong><\/a> document its early stages of assembly, capturing how SANAA\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> architectural language of lightness and ambiguity is resolved through precise material detailing and structural calibration.<\/p>\n

all images by William Mulvihill unless stated otherwise<\/p>\n

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sanaa\u2019s expo osaka pavilion appears as a field of white canopies<\/h2>\n

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Curated by art critic and curator Yuko Hasegawa, and produced by Hiroaki Miyata, a professor and lead researcher for the thematic project Resonance of Lives, the pavilion is one of several projects at Expo 2025 Osaka exploring how architecture can facilitate new forms of coexistence. Miyata\u2019s framework centers around the idea that we are entering a global turning point, spanning economics, health, education, human rights, and environmental practice. SANAA conceives<\/strong><\/a> this to act like a social interface in this context, a place where people can gather, interact, and imagine alternative models for living together.<\/p>\n

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This ethos is embedded in the physical language of the project. Better Co-being embraces the idea of ambiguity and openness. The architects have selected materials that are almost diagrammatic in their simplicity \u2014 from lightweight steel columns to translucent roof panels \u2014 somewhat recalling data networks or cellular structures. Without any harsh boundaries, the pavilion then allows the landscape to almost entirely flow through it. Light filters down through the layered roof elements in constantly shifting patterns, changing with the weather and time of day. Photographed during construction, William Mulvihill\u2019s photo series<\/strong><\/a> emphasizes this transitional quality, framing the pavilion from different perspectives as it appears mid-formation with geometries only partly resolved.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

SANAA\u2019s Better Co-being Pavilion<\/p>\n

on view at Expo 2025 Osaka\u2019s Forest of Tranquility<\/p>\n

appearing as a delicate field of white columns and overlapping roof plates that hover just above the landscape<\/p>\n

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the organic arrangement creates soft porous pathways, gathering points, and transitional moments<\/p>\n

the series captures how SANAA\u2019s language of lightness is resolved through precise material detailing<\/p>\n

without any harsh boundaries, the pavilion then allows the landscape to almost entirely flow through it<\/p>\n

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project info:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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name:\u00a0<\/strong>Better Co-being<\/p>\n

architect:<\/strong> SANAA<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0@sanaa_jimusho<\/a><\/p>\n

photographer:\u00a0<\/strong>William Mulvihill<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0@williamulvihill<\/a><\/p>\n

location:<\/strong>\u00a0Osaka, Japan<\/p>\n

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event:<\/strong>\u00a0Expo 2025 Osaka<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0@expo2025japan<\/a><\/p>\n

dates:<\/strong>\u00a0April 13th \u2014 October 13th, 2025<\/p>\n

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