Fave Chile

 Since a few days ago I started a sentimental trip to last year's Shanghai Expo via the UK pavilion, and since I have a lot of extra time due to doctor's orders not to leave the house, I've decided to post photos of one of my favorite pavilions from Expo 2010.  My family went together on the second to the last day of the event.  As such, we went through the pavilions chosen for us by the Philippine Embassy, which we were so grateful for since it saved us hours and hours of excruciating lining up.  On the last day, my mom wanted to go elsewhere and I opted to go back to the Expo to visit buildings I wanted to see because of the architecture.  I went with my baby and conveniently, there was a cool lime green stroller that you could borrow for free.  It turned out I couldn't get into the pavilions I wanted to examine and gawk at because of the impossible lines, so I had to find at least one building I admired that I could easily get in.  Chile was it and boy, was it a design wonder to behold! Tactile. Sensual. Light and spatially dynamic. The pictures speak for themselves:  

          

Check out the architect of the Chile Pavilion:

http://sabbagharquitectos.com/_eng/0000_FONDOS.html

My son's the perfect model to show off the building's features.  Hehe.  Biased Mom.

OMG Heatherwick

TED Talks is one of my ultra-favorite websites and what a wonderful way to start the morning with this inspiring video:

http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_heatherwick.html

Intrigued, I googled Heatherwick:

http://www.heatherwick.com/

My mom, hubby, brother, son and I made it to the last two days of the Shanghai Expo last year and I so so so much wanted to go in the UK pavilion and witness the seed cathedral from the awesome inside.  The horrific lines made that impossible coupled with the fact that I had no invitation and was lugging a stroller which was lent to us by the Expo for free and which wasn't allowed inside this particular pavilion (duh!).  So I had to make do with a few pictures taken from outside and researching about the structure on the net.

See how much younger and rounder Joshua is in this picture:

If I can't see the interior of a Heatherwick in China, elsewhere in the world, I wish I can see one of his creations some day.  That is definitely in my bucket list.

There was a Shakespearean play going on in the big public area around the pavilion.  This generously sized space looked like a giant piece of crumpled paper which unfolded itself to reveal the little treasure of a spiky, organic, quirky, inventive building.

The wonderfully crazy wild wacky architect also created this.  I believe I am in love with him.