Osaka Expo '70 was held in Osaka, Japan from March 15 to September 13, 1970. It broke records with over 64 million visitors. The main theme was capturing how the future will be. Notable pavilions included the US pavilion, which was inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing, and Hong Kong's pavilion shaped like a Chinese junk. The Tower of the Sun, designed by Kenzo Tange, stood as the central landmark. Expo '70 succeeded in presenting an exciting vision of technological progress and international cooperation.

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Osaka
Expo ‘70
Amna Al Dhaheri
200812433
Mariam Al Dhaheri
201110178
Fatema Al Tenaiji
200708149
Laila Mohammed
200905001
Aysha Al Kaabi
200908931

2.  Overall Survey
 Social, cultural and historical circumstances
 Level of Technology and building
 Most Important Pavilions
 Case Study: US Pavilion
 Reasons for selection
 Most important architectural feature
 Significance of structure
 Extra Information
 Logo meaning
 The Tower of the Sun
 Interesting events
 Conclusion
Outline

3. Location : Osaka City, Japan

4. Overall Survey
 Expo Location: Osaka City in Japan, the third
largest cities and the second important city
economically across Japan.
 Organizer: The Japan Association for the 1970
World Exposition
 President: Taizo Ishizaka

5.  History: From March 15 until September 13, 1970.
 Value: First expo in Japan also the first in Asia! It broke
the world expos record for visitor by having 64,218,770
visitors.
 The central structure of Expo 70 was the Festival Plaza,
where musical performances and electronic presentations
were held. From the Tower of the Sun.

6. Level of technology and
building
 The main idea of the expo design was to
concentrate people’s attention of technological
advancement, which was suitable to Japan
image of an advanced and highly developed
country.
 There were around 32 Japanese buildings and
84 foreign pavilions.
 The main theme was capturing of how the
future will be.

7.  Lost and Found Centers used "TV-telephones", enabling
you to browse lost articles held at the center from a
faraway location.
 Parking lots were set up with underground loop coils to
detect traffic and help guide motorists to available
parking lots.
 Computers were not only used in informational systems,
but also in lighting, human traffic, and the water and
sewage systems.

8.  The Furukawa Pavilion presented a world of cashless shopping
using customer voice prints.
 Covered and air-conditioned the escalators and moving side
walk.
 Wireless telephones
(dream telephones) and
electric vehicles (ultrasonic bath
/ Human Washing Machine).
 ‚lost child‛ badge system.

10. US Pavilion:
• by NASA's Apollo 11 first visit to the moon
• They used vinyl-coated fiberglass fabric and steel cables for the roof surface.
• reinforced concrete ring girder resting on an earth berm.
Most Important Pavilions

11. Hong Kong Pavilion:
• give a complete picture of China's history, culture and economic progress .
• And was located on an artificial lake to symbolize
• The building resembled a traditional Chinese junk using authentically
trimmed sails and a cluster of masts

12. Netherland Pavilion:
• In Osaka, the Dutch government presented itself with a pavilion
designed as a ‚viewing machine‛.

13. Switzerland Pavilion:
• It is covered with aluminum foil and has 35,000 illumination
lamps, reminding visitors of a snow-covered Alpine trees in
Switzerland.

14. Bulgaria Pavilion:
• The stob pyramids are famous geological phenomena in Bulgaria.
They are rocks shaped as pyramids.

15. Case Study: US Pavilion
 The expo’s title is "Progress and
Harmony for Mankind" which is
presented in US glorious moment of
landing on the moon.
 has technical and architectural
innovation as it was built in low budget
and during a very tight time range
 the simplicity of design and the white
color added a sense of elegance to the
building

16.  the roof and its presentation of space
age inflated like a giant balloon
 built from fiberglass fabric on a grid of
steel cables and supported by
reinforced concrete ring.
 The Apollo 11 spaceflight the carried
man to the moon for the first time was
the inspiration of the building design
 Artifacts were displayed inside the
pavilions like Apollo 11 capsule and a
piece of moon rock
Most important architectural
features

17.  presenting not just the US remarkable
achievement but the whole human
kind’s
 based on the Apollo 11 mission in 1969
that formed the future of America in
industry and technology
Significance of structure

18.  introduced by Takeshi Ohtaka
 An abstract cherry blossom flower
 presents harmony among the 5 petals as the
five continents of the world revolving around
Japan as meeting point
Logo Meaning

19.  Matsushita Electric Industrial Co donated a
time capsule
 to be open 5000 years later exactly during the
year 6970!
Interesting
Event

20.  Designed by the Japanese architect Kenzo
Tange
 symbol of the Commemorative Park in Expo
’70
 It was designed to have 3 faces: the sun, black
sun & the golden mask. The top face, which is
the golden mask, represents the bright future
ahead
 It is 70 meters height and 20 meters diameter
of base steel frame covered with reinforced
concrete.
The Tower
of the Sun

21.  Expo ’70 was one of the most amazing expos of
all time and the number of visitors proves it.
 the success of the expo related to sincere focus
of vision on the concept of future
 looked like the place came out of a comic book
 amazing mixture of colorful bizarre structures,
many of them daring in their designs and
concepts.
Conclusion