Great Building. Expo Boulevard, Shanghai. Membrane roof and free-form staff structure
 
   
The roof will be held from 19 indoor and 31 outdoor poles and six  funnel-shaped bar made of steel and glass grid shell with a height of  45 m and 80 m of a free cantilever. These glass bowls hyperbolidförmigen  direct daylight into the lower floors and are therefore called Sun  Valley. The building is one of five buildings that are preserved by the  World's Fair and in the longer term the center of a new district of  Shanghai. 
 Symbol of Expo Shanghai 2010 is the central boulevard, a 1,000 m long  and 100 m wide axle, run by the visitors to the theme and country  pavilions. He is a central entrance and floor space to 350,000 m2 of  numerous service organizations. Covered is the axis of the world's  largest roof membrane with an area of 65,000 m2 and a span of 100 m. 
Expo Boulevard
Shanghai
2010
Arch: SBA Ltd. Shanghai / Stuttgart
Ing: Knippers Helbig
Shanghai
2010
Arch: SBA Ltd. Shanghai / Stuttgart
Ing: Knippers Helbig

 
 





