The Luxembourg Pavilion and its sweeping round shape is reminiscent of a piece of art, with its clean, white design representing openness, dynamism, and reliability. Inspired by an endless, twisted, and folded Möbius strip, the top and bottom (as well as inside and out) connect in the pavilion’s architecture. Anyone entering the three-story building moves between the inner and outer protective shells and simultaneously feels inside, but also outside.
As the Mobius strip has no start and no end — and thus represents infinity — it is meant to depict both diversity and the circular economy. It is also a symbol for Luxembourg, which is a country that brings together human, natural, technical, industrial, and financial resources. The extraordinary façade comprises steel tubes and nearly 1,000 junction points, each with its own angular configuration. The scenography and architecture compliment each other and allow the audience and exhibition to merge. It subtly underscores the country’s ambition to develop solutions for future challenges together with other nations and combined resources.
Visitors embark on a 360-degree tour of the pavilion and become part of the scenography themselves. The architecture, exhibits, projections, and shows are coordinated with each other and allow guests to experience the country and people of Luxembourg in a didactic, interactive, and intuitive manner. On their journey through the pavilion, visitors experience how the space is constantly changing, whether done through height and depth that create different perspectives or atmospheres creating unique moods in different areas. The entire pavilion is like the country of Luxembourg: small and ambitious, fascinating and calming, and — above all else — generous and open.
