Women’s Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier – Osaka, Japan
Title
Women’s Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier – Osaka, Japan
Designed by
Yuko Nagayama & Associates
Image Credit
© Nobutada Omote
Project Description
Project description provided by Yuko Nagayama & Associates - Women’s Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier is a pavilion themed around the promotion of women's empowerment. The project incorporates two key elements that carry forward the themes of Expo 2020 Dubai into Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai.
The first element is the continuation of the Women’s Pavilion concept itself, which was launched at Expo 2020 Dubai, and made to highlight women’s contributions to society. While maintaining the name and spirit of the original Women’s Pavilion, this new iteration is a joint initiative between Cartier, the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, the Cabinet Office, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
The second element is the repurposing of the façade from the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, originally designed by Yuko Nagayama. This marks potentially one of the first instances in Expo history where components from one pavilion have been reused in a subsequent Expo. This repurposing was not initially included in the Expo budget, and transferring materials from government to private hands involved significant logistical and regulatory challenges. The process began with identifying partners for disassembly, transport, and storage. Obayashi Corporation successfully acquired the government-owned materials through auction and carefully dismantled them. Transport and storage from Dubai to Osaka were managed by Sankyu Inc. Cartier then endorsed the concept of reusing these components for the Women’s Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai.
