Nordic Pavilion, EXPO 2025 Osaka
Osaka, Japan
The contract of designing and implementing the exhibition at the Nordic Pavilion for the EXPO 2025 Osaka was awarded to Team Exponex, with Exponex, Wintenex, Habegger, Kvorning, Rintala Eggertsson Architects and Gagarin onboard. The pavilion will represent the unity of the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
The pan-Nordic team of designers has created an intriguing story of life in the North, of values and the ever-present relationship with nature. The exhibition will take the visitor on a journey through the Nordic societies where trust and collaboration have always been binding ingredients. Important industrial solutions on a global scale will be incorporated into the experience.
Photos: Daici Ano / Franisek Bilek
Architecture photos: AMDL CIRLCLE
Kvorning, Rintala Eggertsson Architects and Gagarin are amongst the most experienced exhibition designers in the Nordic countries, and they have delivered numerous exhibitions and museum designs over the last decade. Osaka Japan Expo 2025 Press Release
The exhibition will be produced under the supervision of Exponex from Czech Republic and Wintenex and Habegger from Switzerland. Their wide experience from international exhibition venues and World Expos in particular, will be a of high value for the client – a partnership between the Trade Promotion Organizations in the Nordic countries.
The Nordic Pavilion will serve as a platform to showcase the Nordic countries' commitment to sustainability, innovation, and cooperation. The pavilion's concept is aligned with the Nordic Cooperation's "Vision 2030," aiming to make the Nordic region the most sustainable and integrated region in the world by 2030.
Inspired by the traditional Japanese Enso circle, representing limitless potential, our exhibition will fill the pavilion with Nordic-inspired images, videos, and stories. Drawing from nature’s forms—galaxies, plants, bird murmurations, and fish schools—these synchronized and graceful movements invite us to reflect on the unseen communication at play.
It's a significant honour and recognition for Gagarin to be part of the design team for the exhibition pavilion, which serves as a promotional platform for all the Nordic countries and marks the company's first exhibition project in Asia. Kristin Eva Olafsdottir, CEO Gagarín
The QR experience "The tasting menu of the Nordics" takes visitors to different locations in the Nordics which they can experience through moving their phone, as if it were a window into that location.
Installation in Osaka, one week before opening. 700 floating sheets of paper are suspended in a spiral-like structure to create an unusual projection surface.
Rendering of the concept.
Its visuals will shift from subtle to vibrant, inviting visitors to journey into the story of Nordic life, sustainability, and forward-thinking design. Team Exponex
Nordic Pavilion, designed by AMDL CIRCLE and developed in its engineering aspects by Rimond, represents the model of sustainability and innovation of the Nordic countries on the occasion of Expo 2025 Osaka. The 1,200-square-metre, 17-metres-high space hosts a large exhibition area, a panoramic terrace with restaurant, spaces for meetings and a business centre. The Sugi wood pavilion has the form of a large barn, an expression of functional simplicity and harmony with nature, ready to welcome ideas and solutions for the future with advanced, interactive technologies.
The Gagarin design team journeyed to Zurich to test a projection designed for the Nordic Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka with other partners from the design team. The curated art installation captures the poetic shifts of seasons and the powerful natural phenomena that define the Nordic landscape.
About EXPO 2025 Osaka
EXPO 2025 Osaka will bring together countries from around the world to explore the theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives." This global event will showcase innovative solutions, promote international cooperation, and inspire conversations on shaping a sustainable and inclusive future.
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland have joined forces and participate with a joint Nordic pavilion at EXPO 2025 Osaka, Japan, with the aim of strengthening relations with Japan and Japanese companies. Built by Rimond (I), the Nordic Pavilion is a 1,200 m2, 17 m high wooden structure that illustrates a timeless and sustainable mindset. The pavilion houses a joint Nordic exhibition, a shop, a roof terrace with a café as well as a conference room and meeting facilities.
Press Contacts
Nao Okamura
Brand&Marketing Manager, Nordic Pavilion
Nao.okamura@business-sweden.se
Tel: +46-76-539-3463