Expo 2015

Expo 2015 will be held in Milan, Italy. William McDonough was a member of the EXPO 2015 Master Plan advisory committee and the firm participated with master plan advisors including Jacques Herzog of Herzog & DeMeuron, Stefano Boeri and Ricky Burdett. The theme of the expo is “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.” The team developed a compelling concept appropriate to the theme: 30 meter wide strips of land are proposed to be allocated to each participating country, each fronting a central boulevard. The plots will incorporate demonstrations related to food growing, production and preparation. Structures and pavilions are proposed to be demountable and constructed from safe materials that are designed to return to either biological or technical metabolisms.