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Place of
ideas
A big fish has been brought ashore: Milan’s EXPO
2015 site – also known as the “big fish” – close
to the city’s trade fair grounds is getting ready
for its six-month stint as the world fair venue.
Expo Milano 2015 will see representatives of
145 countries converge on the city from 1 May
until 31 October to showcase their take on the
central theme of “Feeding the Planet, Energy for
Life”. What solutions can they offer mankind in
the fields of nutrition, energy and sustainability,
among others?
Bereits im Vorfeld der EXPO
künden Maispflanzen am
EXPO-Tor vom thematischen
Ansatz der großen Schau:
nachhaltige Ernährung und
Energie.
Ahead of the EXPO opening,
corn plants at EXPO Gate
indicate the theme of this
vast exhibition: sustainable
nutrition and energy.
here are no defining monuments of the likes of
the Eiffel Tower (Paris, 1889) or the Atomium
(Brussels, 1958) at EXPO 2015. In the 21st century,
the careful use of resources and energy efficiency
far outweigh statements of national greatness.
But that doesn’t mean that this year’s event isn’t just as
splendid in its own way: the inner values of Milan’s world
fair demonstrate greatness aplenty. Expo Milano 2015
is the second major international event (after the 2012
Olympic Games in London) to be awarded a certificate
for sustainability pursuant to ISO standard 20121.
Germany is one of the countries that has splashed out
on its own EXPO pavilion. Messe Frankfurt has taken
charge of the German offering in Milan on behalf of
the Federal Ministry of Economics. Christened “Fields
of Ideas”, the pavilion promises to provide plenty of
suggestions as to how to feed a growing global population.
Germany is focussing largely on its landscape,
agriculture and lifestyle at EXPO 2015. The design of
the country’s pavilion is inspired by its farmlands and
flowering meadows: the building is light, expansive
and features gentle gradients. Visitors approaching
the pavilion from the Decumanus, as the main EXPO
Infos zur EXPO 2015
Information on EXPO 2015
www.expo2015.org
www.expo2015-germany.de
www.milano24ore.de
www.milanexpotours.com
Anfahrt:
airberlin fliegt den Flughafen Mailand-Linate an.
Die Buslinie 73/ X73 verbindet Flughafen und
Innenstadt. Zur Messe: Metro Linie 1
Tickets und Öffnungszeiten:
Tagesticket (Normalpreis) 39 Euro
geöffnet täglich von 10 bis 23 Uhr
thoroughfare is known, ascend a broad ramp on the
outside of the building that leads up to the most beautiful
picnic and restaurant deck the world fair has to offer.
Plant-like structures known as “saplings of ideas“ sprout
from the inside of the pavilion to form a canopy over the
entire area.
Inside, visitors walk along paths between areas
representing land, water, climate, biodiversity and food.
It quickly becomes clear that the Germans’ expertise
in the fields of engineering and research matches
their love of the land. Questions about the food supply,
water protection, soil erosion and genetic diversity
are addressed by means of illustrative projects in the
fields of science and technology. Six “ambassadors” are
showcasing their work as examples of the concrete
feasibility of ideas: Benjamin Adrion from “Viva con
Agua”, organic farmer Josef Braun, Felix Finkbeiner from
“Plant for the Planet”, apple grower Eckart Brandt, city
beekeeper Erika Mayr and Michael Schieferstein from
“FoodFighters”.
Not every country wants or can afford to have a
self-built presence at the world fair, however, which is
why EXPO 2015 also offers space inside one of nine
How to get there
airberlin flies to Milan-Linate airport.
Buses 73/ X73 transport passengers from the airport
to the city centre. Metro Line 1 stops near the exhibition site.
Tickets and opening hours
Day ticket standard price €39
Open daily from 10 am until 11 pm
Photos: istockphoto.com/boschettophotography, SCHMIDHUBER/Milla & Partner, mauritius images/Alamy, Getty Images/Pawel Toczynski