UK pavilion construction enters final stage
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May 14th, 2010
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UK Pavilion takes shape.
The prototypal transparent acrylic rod was hoisted and speculate into ensconce on the Seed Cathedral, the centerpiece of the UK Pavilion, yesterday, marking the enter of the pavilion s final aspect of construction.
Carma Elliot, British consul common in Shanghai, thanked the organizer, the UK Expo team and the construction workers who keep toiling on the site.
The 20-meter-high cube-like Seed Cathedral will be covered by 60,000 slim, transparent acrylic rods, which will tremble in the breeze.
Each 7-meter-long rod contains a definite type of seed, a send for from the UK to shield natural category and the future of mankind.
Carma Elliot, British consul common in Shanghai, attends the ceremony.
The area round the church is designed to appearance like a wrapping paper, signifying a present of friendship to China.
The seeds come from entirely over the world, with many varieties from China. They are collected from a seed bank in Kunming, Yunnan Province, which is the Hakka bough of the UK Millennium Seed Bank Project.
These seeds will be reused for unspecified charity and cultural exchange programs behind the Expo.
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