Creators
- Brittany Brighouse
- Ania Molenda
Date published
- 2025-02-05T15:44:19Z
Citation
Brittany Brighouse, Ania Molenda. 2025. MVRDV - The Hannover Expo 2000. PURE3D. https://editions.pure3d.eu/project/5/edition/1/index.html
Rights
- License
- All rights reserved.
- Rights holder
MVRDV/Het Nieuwe Instituut
- Contact
info[at]nieuweinstituut.nl
Keywords
- born digital
- museum archives
- World Expo
- sustainable architecture
- urban planning
- Dutch design
Audience
- general public
- students (secondary)
- students (university)
Countries
- Germany (DE)
Place
Hannover, Germany
Period
- Contemporary
Temporal
2000
Subjects
- Architecture
Languages
- English
Sources
- Computer graphic reconstruction
Provenance
This edition was created for the PURE3D project as part of a suite of pilot projects that helped to develop the PURE3D infrastructure.
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One of the first official images MVRDV created for the pavilion became so powerful that it became defining for the way the building looked in the end. Despite the fact that many design changes were explored and proposed, all of the ones that changes the composition of the layers and the outer appearance of the building fell through.
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Mini Tour
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