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The simple principle is to minimize the landfill waste, designing the structures for deconstruction
and dismantling without demolition. It’s essential the choosing of a resistant and durable material, once chosen the structures must be designed in some way they can be easily disassembled
and moved away.

Research methodology
Research was carried out collecting all data available for each of the 40 pavilions listed in table 1.
These pavilions are not all the structures of the exhibition, but they represent 75% of participating
nations and the area they occupy is 71% of exhibition total area.
Data about structures, claddings, area assigned and area built for each nation is available on the
information papers of the exposition, on the site of the event and on the sites of every pavilion.
In a second moment with sections and project plan it has been possible to estimate the quantity
of each material used in structures and cladding, in order to compare the utilization of natural
material, sustainable resources or, at least, reusable and renewable solutions.
Therefore first part of the paper deals with the holistic conception of architecture and the review
of the technological solutions adopted during the construction phase of Expo 2015, while the
second part is the analysis of the quantities as a mean to establish the impact of the pavilions and
how much sustainability guidelines have been followed.

3D map Expo 2015

The pavilions of Expo 2015 in Milan

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