Japan
Kengo Kuma & Associates
Fernando Guerra
Portugal and Japan share a maritime soul, shaped by the ocean and connected since the Age of Discoveries, when Portuguese navigators first reached Tanegashima. At Expo Osaka 2025, this shared heritage becomes architecture, not by representing the sea, but by making it felt. On an island in the Seto Inland Sea, the Portugal Pavilion questions how water, so fluid and intangible, can take form. The answer is a sensory space, where ropes once used in navigation are transformed into living mesh, animated by wind and light in constant, rhythmic motion.
This vertical sea redefines architecture as something that breathes and moves. Free from rigid volumes, the pavilion unfolds as a light and fluid structure. It exchanges weight for presence, creating an experience suspended between breeze, rhythm, and light. More than a building, it is a meeting point: between tradition and future, Portugal and Japan, the earth and the horizon.
Parque Industrial de Laúndos, Lote 40
4570-311 Laúndos
Póvoa Varzim, Portugal
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Uw Ug = 1,0 (38mm)
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ISO EN 12208 + ISO EN 1027
(4 classes above 9A) 1
ISO EN 12207 + ISO EN 1026
(600 Pa or 119 Km/h) 1 2
ISO EN 12210 + ISO EN 12211
(in 6 possible classes) 2
ISO EN 12600 + ISO EN 1630
(2000 Pa or 200 Km/h)
ISO EN 10140 + ISO EN 717
ISO EN 1628 + ISO EN 1629 + ISO EN 1630
3
Uw Ug = 1,0 (38mm)
Uw Ug = 0.5 (54mm)
Uw Ug = 0.47 (62mm)
ISO EN 12208 + ISO EN 1027
(7 classes above 9A) 1
ISO EN 12207 + ISO en 1026
(600 Pa or 110 Km/h) 1
ISO EN 12210 + ISO EN 12211
(2000 Pa or 200 Km/h) 1
ISO EN 12600 + ISO EN 1630
1C1 | 2B2 | 1B1 2 (62mm)
ISO EN 10140 + ISO EN 717
Rw: 44 db (up to) (62mm)
ISO EN 1628 + ISO EN 1629 + ISO EN 1630
3
Uw Ug = 1.0 (38mm)
Uw Ug = 0.5 (54mm)
ISO EN 12208 + ISO EN 1027
(7 Clases superior a 9A) 1
ISO EN 12207 + ISO EN 1026
(600 Pa or 110 Km/h) 1
ISO EN 12210 + ISO EN 12211
(2000 Pa or 200 Km/h) 1
ISO EN 12600 + ISO EN 1630
ISO EN 10140 + ISO EN 717
ISO EN 1628 + ISO EN 1629 + ISO EN 1630
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Uw Ug = 0.7 (38mm)
Uw Ug = 0.7 (54mm)
ISO EN 12208 + ISO EN 1027
(450 Pa or 95 km/h)
ISO EN 12207 + ISO en 1026
(600 Pa or 110 Km/h)
ISO EN 12210 + ISO EN 12211
(2000 Pa or 200 Km/h)
ISO EN 12600 + ISO EN 1630
(in 6 possible classes)
ISO EN 10140 + ISO EN 717
RC2: (WK2) 2
