The British Pavilion for Expo 2017 Astana: Interactive Yurt and 360-Degree Projection

The British Pavilion for Expo 2017 Astana assembles visitors inside a precisely designed, interactive yurt, which is surrounded by a computer generated landscape panorama. The installation has been designed by British Architect Asif Khan. iart has been a fundamental partner in developing and realising the central yurt and the panorama.

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Consisting of twenty-two connected projections, the panorama shows a landscape surrounded by changing weather. The yurt is constructed of two hundred radially arranged spokes of nearly transparent acrylic glass, reaching a height of four metres. A soft touch on the inside of the spokes suffices to illuminate them: In a split second, light is emitted upwards and illuminates the spokes to the top. After a few moments, the light fades.