Expo 2000

The Expo 2000 was the first recognized by the Bureau International des Expositions World Fair in Germany. She had about 18 million visitors. It took place from 1 June 2000 to October 31, 2000 rather than on an area of ​​160 hectares at the fairgrounds and an adjacent outdoor area Kronsberg in Hannover. The exhibition was held under the motto "Man, nature and technology - A new world is created ."

• 6.1 participants
• 6.2 Visitors
• 6.3 events

• 9.1 Photos of pavilions on the former Expo site
• 9.2 Photos of nachgenutzten pavilions at other sites
• 9.3 problem cases

Applicants Hannover

The Bureau International des Expositions ( BIE) in Paris gave Hanover on 14 June 1990, just one vote - including the voice of the at that time still existing GDR - before competitors Toronto the contract for the World Expo 2000.

Prehistory

In the left scene of Hanover there was after the Expo award to the city of Hanover in 1990, significant protests against the proposed World's Fair. They ranged well into the City Council and the Government of Lower Saxony of the Red-Green Alliance. Because of the protests, the City Council decided to a citizen survey among the adult population. Initially, it was the result of the vote declared as binding on the Board if the world will exhibit aligned. The result at 12 June 1992 was 51.5 to 48.5 percent of the vote was very concise for hosting the Expo.

Due to the concerns expressed by opponents fears that saw an intensification of housing shortage and massive impairment of life and environmental quality, efforts were made in the following years by a social and environmental development of the Expo. Among other things, was built very quickly Kronsberg a price-controlled and associated with numerous environmental projects Allotment ( Expo - settlement ) with some 3,000 apartments. However, it put after the Expo to a drastic apartment oversupply.

Shortly before the Expo 2000 was foreseeable that the originally expected onslaught will not be forthcoming to the Expo. Therefore, 5000 within a few days according to the contract ( a week before ) were 6000 pupils and students, who had been recruited by staffing company Adecco as an employee for the Expo, canceled again.

Concept

In the application of Hanover was identified as a goal, to create a world exhibition new type. It should be presented visions for the future and models for the balance between man, nature and technology are given. In addition, solutions for the coexistence of more than six billion people should be illustrated.

The conceptual content of the World's Fair was visualized by the ever-changing logo of Expo 2000. In 1994, emerged from a corporate design competition appearance was from the office QWER from Cologne (Iris Utikal / Michael Gais ) designed and supervised for six years and developed. Called The logo of Expo 2000, also called " impulse ", pushed worldwide, especially in professional circles, with great interest, as it is in its shape and color constantly changed and thus describes a dynamic process ( to the World's Fair ).

The master plan was created by the architectural firm Arnaboldi / Cavadini of Locarno ( CH).

To perform a comprehensive environmental management and to the motto of the exhibition to meet only 30 percent of the Expo site was reclaimed and cultivated. The pavilion after the Expo should find a new use, degraded and either recycled or rebuilt elsewhere.

A theme park built in the in experience Landscapes ( Future of Work, Basic Needs, The 21st century, energy, food, health, communication, man, mobility, Planet of Visions, Environment, - For Expo 2000 - the first time new at World Expo knowledge ) were mediated impressions of the future. The individual countries introduced themselves to nations in their days and individually decorated pavilions.

Also new was the idea to let the world exhibition held with the worldwide projects not only in Hanover but in fact all over the world. In a total of 123 countries 487 pioneering, transferable and sustainable acting project ideas were recorded on all topics as the official Expo 2000 projects and in Germany alone 280 projects from independent expert bodies could be recognized as models and solutions to the burning issues of the future of neubeginnenden 21st century. Even after the World's Fair there with the Network WorldWide Projects a further work on these issues for the future.

As a so-called " intellectual backbone" of the Expo 2000, the Global Dialogues took up the themes of the theme parks. At three days met in ten Global Dialogues up to 500 renowned representatives from politics, business, academia and civil society. Guests included Carl Djerassi, one of the inventors of the birth control pill, the Queen of Sweden, Queen of Bhutan, the then UNHCR High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers and Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Muta Maathai. The special feature of the event was the networking of different participants on the most pressing issues of our time.

A main attraction was the gondola with the characteristic eight persons which is yellow gondolas, which was built for the purpose of visitors from a height of 30 meters to gain an overview of the entire world exhibition. Another great attraction for visitors was the bamboo pavilion after The Blue Economy principles, developed in collaboration between the Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives and Simon Velez.

Commissioner General of Expo 2000 was Birgit Breuel, which has also coordinated with the subsequent use of the pavilions and grounds.

Daily frequented the beginning of the Expo 120 additional trains of Deutsche Bahn under the genus Expo -Express ( EXE) and Expo - train (EX) to station Hannover Messe / Laatzen. In addition, all held regular long-distance trains at the exhibition station. For the first time in the scheduled operation came in the Expo traffic of the new ICE 3

Logo and brand

The logo of the World's Fair was due to a corporate design competition and was presented on 9 November 1994. At the beginning of the competition nine designers from Germany were addressed, which should nominate young designers and design teams for participation. The winning logo designed the Cologne Iris Utikal and Michael Gais from the design office QWER. The logo of Expo 2000, also called pulse was designated as particularly dynamic and colorful. The shape of the logo stood for the process of the World's Fair and visualized according to the ideas of the jury, the dynamics of the event and initiated projects.

The official Expo mascot was Twipsy, a colorful, drop-like figure, which was designed by Spanish designer Javier Mariscal.

Stamps

At the Expo 2000 in Hanover were issued in the years 1998 to 2000 by the Ministry of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany a silver coin to 10 DM and a total of eleven stamps.

EXPO2000HANNOVER DieWeltausstellung, published on 27 April 1999

For the youth: Twipsy, published on 10 June 1999

Stamp issued on August 14, 2000

Worldwide Projects

In addition to the introduction of a compulsory for all participants guiding theme " Humankind - Nature - Technology" included the concept of the World projects to the innovations of the Expo. These projects led to the World Exhibition took place not only on the central exhibition area, but also throughout the host country as well as on all five continents. A total of 767 practical and exemplary solutions were selected from 3,000 applications worldwide. Of these, approximately 280 projects in Germany and which were settled 67 in Lower Saxony.

Children and Youth Projects

The Pavilion of Hope (English: Pavilion of Hope, also Expowal or Expo Whale called ), which was administered by the YMCA, World Vision Germany and the German Evangelical Alliance, was the official youth pavilion at the Expo and was of readers and viewers Bunte magazine of the ZDF and named by TED on 17 May 2000 to the EXPO landmark.

The children and youth platform EXPO 2000 was the merger of large youth organizations in Germany that the Big Tipi operational at the Expo 2000.

In December 1996, organizations of children and young people joined together in Germany for children and youth platform. The aim was to make a contribution from the perspective of children and young people at the World Expo.

The platform was under the auspices of the German Federal Youth Council and had the following members:

• German Federal Youth Council (DBJR )
• German Sports Youth ( dsj )
• German Youth Hostel Association ( DJH )

Resonance

The Expo was opened with a balloon mass ascent ( Balloon Release). 65,000 helium-filled balloons rose into the sky. The balloons were screen printed with the slogan: "The future is open " printed. The response was so great as to any World's Fair before. The cultural and event program of the entire Expo comprised about 15,000 performances and events.

Participant

At the Expo was attended by 155 nations and 27 international organizations. The U.S. said their participation in April 2000 from, officially due to lack of sponsorship.

Visitor

Prior to the event, the Expo company had expected 40 million visitors who should bring DM 1.8 billion in gate receipts. Because of the generally perceived as high admission prices, tickets are sold first ran but only very slowly. A day pass for one person cost 69 DM (which would now be adjusted for inflation 43,53 € ), a student group map 29 DM ( 18.29 euros ). In addition, there was also for visitors who had traveled with Deutsche Bahn, a special train ticket, which also served to visit the World's Fair at the same time. On the site demanded food stalls sometimes very high prices. The pricing policy has been widely criticized. Because of the still unsatisfactory visits the Expo society began to issue special tickets to a few weeks. They cost first DM 10 and DM 15 later, were only valid from 18 clock and resulted in significantly higher numbers of visitors. Some days were at peak times several hours waiting to be accepted.

Some 18 million visitors were finally who visited the Expo during the five months. This left the number of visitors far below that predicted by the organizer.

Events

The German hard rock band Scorpions was on June 22, together with the Berlin Philharmonic concert in the TUI Arena. In the time-delayed televised event, among others, the piece Moment of Glory, a more or less official Expo 2000 song was performed live. The recognized before the start of the Expo 2000 as an "official title track" song called Expo 2000, the band Kraftwerk found little favor with the masses due to its minimalist electronica character. In the Expo 2000 commercials also was a rock version of the 1930s - hit song "That There's only one " to hear, which was not officially commercially available, but spread within a short time over file-sharing sharing networks on the Internet.

Cost balance

The cost of the Expo amounted to 3.5 billion DM in the financing of the federal government, the state of Lower Saxony, the county and the town of Hanover as well as the holding company of German industry were involved. The revenues of the Expo totaled DM 2.4 billion, thus remained a direct loss of organization of DM 1.1 billion, according to a study by the Munich-based consulting firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants were this deficit of DM 1.1 billion in tax revenues of at least 2.7 billion DM over. However, Roland Berger had also pointed out risks.

A portion of the investment in infrastructure ( transport links, commercial land and modernization of the fairgrounds ) benefited after the Expo Hannover Region.

Furthermore, there were twelve official " world partner " who could imagine at the Expo with their own pavilion and were allowed to advertise in advance with the World's Fair. These were Baan, Bertelsmann, DaimlerChrysler, Der Grüne Punkt, German Car, German Post AG, German Telekom, Lufthansa, Preussag, Siemens, the Savings Banks Finance Group and Volkswagen AG.

Photos of Pavilion during the Expo

Pavilion of Venezuela

Canadian Pavilion

Croatian Pavilion

German Pavilion

Pavilion Estonia

Dutch pavilion

Nepalese pavilion

The well- known " largest mail box in the world" by the Deutsche Post AG, also Postbox

Reuse

Overall, the operating company moved in 2004 a positive balance. Thus, 85 percent of the area and pavilions of the East- land continue to be used. This subsequent utilization is the largest worldwide exhibitions. On the site there is now, for example, the Media Park, a collection of IT and communication companies, as well as the World Trade Center in Hanover. The western pavilion area was overbuilt with new halls or used as a parking lot. Here you will find among other things a year, the largest computer show in the world, CeBIT, instead.

• Today the former Expo East area is home to the Expo Park Hannover, an IT and media location.
• The first nachgenutzte pavilion was very popular among the visitors Finnish pavilion at the Expo East area in which the office Finbox center was opened.
• The largest self-supporting, based on silver fir wood roof of the world is preserved for further fairs as a landmark of the Expo 2000.
• The Icelandic Pavilion ( Blue Cube ) is now at Danfoss Universe in Nordborg, Denmark. In the cube-shaped building is located among other things a glacier and lightning simulator as well as a central element of an artificial geyser.
• The Christ Pavilion was translocated after Volkenroda and used as part of a church. The cross of the pavilion got the Ecumenical Church Centre Muhlenberg.
• The Pavilion of the Holy See was established in 2002 as St. Meinard Church in Liepaja (Latvia ) again.
• The German pavilion is still on the premises and is used by IT and media companies.
• The Mexican pavilion was built in Braunschweig as a library of the Academy of Fine Arts again.
• The Colombian pavilion was built in 2005 at the Wolfsburg Allerpark for gastronomic purposes again.
• The Swiss pavilion of architect Peter Zumthor has been sold to 60 percent as timber and installed on a club grounds on the edge of Banteln. The remainder was used on the national exhibition Expo 02 in Switzerland.
• The Irish Pavilion is now the entrance building of the University of Dublin.
• The Expo Whale ( Pavilion of Hope) was rented gGmbH World Vision Germany to the LIM WAL and now also sold to these, which operates the building as an event center, as part of a lease to a catering company and church. Since 2004, the pavilion of hope for the Expowal - worship under the title " Expowal - An incredible church " used by Heino Masemann on behalf of the National Association for Home Missions.
• The cabins of the gondola float today in Fieberbrunn by the Kitzbühel Alps or the Ballon cable car to the Ballon in the Black Forest.
• The Belgian pavilion serves under the name Peppermint Pavilion today as an event venue, music studio and location of the record company of music producer Mousse T.
• The pavilion of Nepal is constructed in Wiesentfels near Regensburg again.
• The Exponale continues as a pedestrian bridge.
• The Global House is from the Faculty III - used media, information and design the Fachhochschule Hannover.
• The Big Tipi, designed by the architectural firm Dortmund Schröder Schulte- Ladbeck, is now at the Dortmunder Fredenbaumpark.
• The pavilion of Venezuela was established in late 2007 in Barquisimeto in Venezuela again, and the hydraulically operated roof elements were put back into operation.
• The Portuguese pavilion will be used in the Central Portuguese city of Coimbra as a concert hall.
• The pavilion of France was first used for some years by the sporting goods company Decathlon as a branch, after more than unsatisfactory sales completed this and the pavilion stood empty for a time. In January 2007, the BMW branch in Hanover opened its branch at Hannover Expo Park in the pavilion. The postbox adjacent also referred BMW.
• The Hungarian pavilion was sold to Abu Dhabi and dismantled in April 2008.
• The extraordinary national pavilion of the Republic of Yemen was originally intended as a backdrop for an oriental soap opera. He stood up to its demolition in 2009, on the road of the nations and his "wedding cake architecture" seemed especially at night. The construction seemed anachronistic, but fit into the picture by its location at the "Gardens in Transition" by landscape architect Luafi. After the Expo, the pavilion of the " Brunch.TV film" was marketed as an event location. With the demolition of the building, originally a flagship project of the EXPO reuse, began on 15 January 2009, in November 2009, he was finished.
• "The Living Planet " is a project that was realized for the WWF. Stefan Szczesny designed the ceramic walls and André Heller the pavilion and the great figure from plants. Both have been built in the park of Villeroy & Boch in Mettlach again and can be publicly viewed.
• The Swedish pavilion has acquired a sound company.
• In the Danish pavilion be 3D Science Center has housed since 2011 ScanBull.

Photos of pavilions on the former Expo site

Pavilion of Hope ( " Expo Whale " )

Unused Pavilion of Lithuania

Danish pavilion

Finland Pavilion

Polish Pavilion

Czech Pavilion

Pavilion of Turkey

Former Postbox, today BMW branch

Pavilion of the United Kingdom

Belgian Pavilion, Pavilion Peppermint today

Pavilion of China

Pavilion of Sweden

Unused Pavilion of Spain

Pavilion of France with side wall with a striking illustration from the time of Expo 2000

Planet M Bertelsmann

Photos of nachgenutzten pavilions at other sites

Icelandic Pavilion ( Blue Cube ) in Danfoss Universe

Pavilion of Venezuela in Barquisimeto

Colombian pavilion as a restaurant in the Allerpark in Wolfsburg

The Mexican pavilion as a library of HBK in Braunschweig

The Nepal Himalaya Pavilion, rebuilt in Wiesentfels

Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN made ​​from the wood of the Swiss Pavilion

Problem cases

Difficulties in replication, there have been, among others, the following pavilions:

• The Pavilion of Latvia should actually be used by a trading company for amber as Germany - seat, but stood empty through bankruptcy and became the ecological training farm or machine room in Badbergen.
• Spain wanted to use its pavilion as a cultural center, but had no support among the concepts. The pavilion plummets and will probably demolished.
• The Chinese pavilion was to be re-used for as naturopathy center, but negotiations to fizzled and long tried a real estate office to sell the unadorned concrete building. Until June 2012, it was used as a model sports arena. In July 2012, it was sold and used as car care station with integrated paint shop.
• The pavilion of the Media Partners Bertelsmann with its futuristic exterior should be used only by Bertelsmann itself, after change there, this idea was rejected on the board and a demolition was imminent. Since January 2011, is located in this building, the university administration of the University of Hannover, the next door is already using some of the buildings.
• The Pavilion of Great Britain is still empty, but is maintained. Further use unknown.
• Turkey wanted to set up a cultural and commercial center in its pavilion, the pavilion was bought to the Turkish state. In December 2012, it was announced that the automaker Maserati will open a branch there.
• The pavilion of Poland since the Expo home of the " nine - dragon - parks ", a compilation of various parts of the Asian Hall, which was located on the site of the West. Use, among others, by restaurants and cultural associations. Since a mysterious fire in September 2005, only rarely opened and partially collapsed.
• The pavilion of the Netherlands was for years in a run and marked by vandalism condition. Reuse is difficult because of the open design. In January 2011 it was announced that an investor is planning a conversion to a convention center.
• The contemporary-styled yellow pavilion Lithuania has remained untouched since the end of the Expo.

Others

Made the headlines Prince Ernst August of Hanover when he urinated on June 15 against the Turkish pavilion. Soon after betting the Expo site from the entertainment show, dass. broadcast. The proposal for the hall bet to find five Turks, who urinate on the German pavilion, joined host Thomas Gottschalk right out.

For general caused a stir bratwurst price to have (5.99 euros after today's purchasing power ) located in the opening days, partly at DM 9.50. This message remained stubbornly weeks in reporting, although the price had already settled two days after opening at 4-5 DM ( 2.52 to 3.15 euros ).

There is an official promotional game of Expo 2000 with the name Menateus, which was released by Siemens - Nixdorf.

For the EXPO 2000 in Hannover Chaos days were again announced, but did not reach the proportions of 1995. Karl Nagel had created an extensive parody site that woke completely unrealistic expectations. Nevertheless, many young people were at the time of the Expo in the city and there were hundreds of arrests by the police. In addition, there was a stop in advance of Autonomous on the railway line Hannover- Hamburg, which referred to the Expo in Hanover.

For its tenth anniversary was originally held a large event with nations days as well as art and music programs from 1 to 13 June 2010. However, after the original organizer was jumped, but instead a small anniversary event at the EXPO - Plaza was carried out on 12 and 13 June, which numbered 2,500 people.

Expo Museum

In 2001, former Expo Leaders founded the Museum EXPOSEEUM which has its seat at the former exhibition grounds. The aim of the museum is the memory of the first and only World Expo in Germany. On 500 m² of exhibition space photos, movies, models of the terrain as well as individual favors the 153 participating nations are presented. The fund comprises about 1000 favors and approximately 3,000 films that has left the Museum on loan from the Expo society. The sponsoring organization of the museum include claims to be about 350 members, including former Federal President Christian Wulff, at. The association is not publicly funded and several times went into financial difficulties.