Kuwait: An Ambitious Gateway To The Future

SPECIAL EXPO2020 DUBAI

KUWAIT: AN AMBITIOUS GATEWAY TO THE FUTURE

by travel-expert :José Berrocoso

Kuwait is committed to sustainable development to deliver a secure and prosperous future for its economy, environment, cities and people. At the Kuwait pavilion, the past meets present to shape a far-reaching vision for the country’s future. It will be a future created by a resilient, innovative country for the well-being of everyone.

The 5,600-square-meter pavilion highlights Kuwait’s sustainability efforts. Under the theme ‘New Kuwait, New Opportunities for Sustainability’, the pavilion details Kuwait’s past, present and future plans for ‘New Kuwait 2035’. The pavilion was designed by Italian architect Marco Pestalozza and resembles a sand dune and the country’s famed water towers at the pavilion, which historically represent Kuwait’s vast deserts and seaports.

Echoing its sustainability theme, even within the core of its construction, the building has been designed in a modular manner. This will ensure that the Kuwait Pavilion can be easily dismantled and that the construction materials will be recycled when the six-month Expo2020 Dubai event concludes on March 2022.

The Kuwait Pavilion further extols its sustainability theme in its outer appearance, with an architectural design inspired by the nation’s vision for sustainability. The pavilion’s exterior structure comprises a golden facade surrounded by luminous gold prisms, which are characteristic of the nation’s desert landscapes.