What is the meaning and the importance of a World Exhibition in the 21st century? With the opening of the Expo Milan 2015 this question is raised again. World Exhibitions date back to the 19th century and since have been, before everything, dedicated to the monumental architectural self-representation of nations with their pavilions.
Jacques Herzog, who with Stefano Boeri, Ricky Burdett and William Mc Donough developed the conceptual masterplan for the Expo Milan 2015, has launched a wide-spread, critical debate on the sense and non-sense of “old-style” World Expos today.