BEIJING, June 23 -- The real UK Pavilion -
"A Pavilion of Ideas" ¨C will look like a huge "light box" with 60,000 spines
tipped with tiny, colored lights to display images.
Trees will shade the pavilion and shelter waiting
queues. Gardens and lawns will offer comfortable places for visitors to rest.
They can sit in a typical British garden, sip a cup of English tea and chat with
friends, just like a relaxing sunny afternoon in a traditional country garden.
UK will embed more than 60,000 seeds, which can be
planted after the World Expo 2010, into the structure of its pavilion to urge
people to protect natural species from extinction, said Carma Elliot, British
consul general in Shanghai.
The seeds demonstrate the concept of sustainability,
the diversity of nature and urge people to protect the environment for future
generations, Elliot said.
The UK team is choosing seeds for the pavilion from a
seed bank in Kunming, Yunnan Province, which is the Chinese branch of the
project, Elliot said, adding they are still considering how to use the seeds
after the Expo ends.
The 6,000-square-meter structure is one of the
largest pavilions at the Expo.
The six-story structure is a huge gift box from the
UK to China, said Ian McCartney, the country's commissioner general for the
Expo.
Inside the pavilion there will be an exhibition about
"bringing nature back into the city."
Construction on the pavilion began in March.
(Source: en.expo2010.cn)
