UNITED STATES PAVILION

The United States has made the world question its attitude on boarders. More importantly, the construction and or deconstruction of a feeling of belonging and being accepted.

Boundaries are necessary to having a governed body. Though, sometimes overlooked, the feeling of exclusion can be more significant than a physical boundary! How do implicit boundaries manipulate one’s perception of belonging? No exterior boundaries define the extent of the United States Pavilion. Though, an extended roof line implies one, similar to the lack of physical structure typically dividing political boundaries. The space of the Worlds Fair will pass deformed translucent ball structures that house different genres of culture; art, culinary, and performance. These pods will be filled by people from around the world, like America. The ball-like form continues to deconstruct the idea of defined space.

To play on the idea of tourism, one of the countries best attractions, our national parks are tastefully reconstructed upside-down on the roof. The park reconstruction intends to make one feel at once belonging to the USA while walking through the pavilion, yet feel under the tension of elusion by never actually entering the pavilion.

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