Milan Expo 2015: X-TU Designs Latticed “Fertile Market” for French Pavilion

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Paris-based X-TU has envisioned a more cohesive, sustainable market where food is not only grown and harvested, but sold and consumed on the spot. Serving as the French pavilion for the 2015 Milan Expo, X-TU’s competition-winning scheme will celebrate the country’s “rich genetic heritage” and future in innovative food production with a timber “fertile market” that supports the growth of the produce it sells.

Within the vaulted halls of the market, herbs, vegetable and hops will take over the wooden lattice structure. On the ground floor, visitors will walk through a living exhibition of France’s food production, before heading upstairs to a terraced restaurant that serves  the pavilion’s fresh produce.

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• Competition

  French Pavilion for Milan Expo 2015

• Award

  First Prize

• Architects

  X-TU

• Location

  Milan, Italy

• Project Leader

  Mathias Lukacs

• Collaborating Architect

  Atelien Architecture

• Companies

  C.M.C di Ravenna, Simonin

• Client

  FranceAgriMer

• Scenographer

  STUDIO ADELINE RISPAL

• Multimedia

  Innovision

• Lighting Designer

  LICHT KUNST LICHT

• Research Office

  OASIIS, Grontmij

• Landscape Gardener

  Base

• Acoustic Specialist

  Viasonora

• Kitchen Designer

  BECP

• Graphic Designer

  Chevalvert

• Cultural Engineering

  Lordculture

• Production

  Les Films d’Ici

• Cost

  14 m€

• Area

  3286.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  X-TU

• Competition

  French Pavilion for Milan Expo 2015

• Award

  First Prize

• Location

  Milan, Italy

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  X-TU

• Area

  3286.0 m2