The Pavilion Of the Future

Photos by YU XIANGJUN

The Pavilion Of the Future

Photos by YU XIANGJUN

What will cities be like in the future? The Pavilion of Future at the World Expo in Shanghai has the answer. Through movies, books and sculptures, the exhibition reviews what people used to imagine cities would be like, and depicts what people today envision cities will be like in the future.

The pavilion was converted from the old building of the Nanshi Power Plant. The plant used to be a symbol of Shanghai’s industrialization. Today, it has been turned into a green building to showcase urban progress and the future of cities.

LANDMARK OF CHANGE: The gigantic thermometer-shaped tower shows the temperature at the World Expo in Shanghai. The tower used to be a 165-meter chimney of Nanshi Power Plant

URBAN AGRICULTURE: Advanced agricultural technologies likely to be applied in future cities

GREEN TRANSFORMATION: The Pavilion of Future is China’s first three-star green building converted from an old factory

CITIES IN BOOKS: Books describe city life in possible futures