The UK pavilion will be a visual demonstration of the UK as a creative and innovative nation. The pavilion will be one of the largest occupying 6000 square meters of space. The centerpiece of the UK pavilion is a six storey high object formed from some 60,000 slender transparent rods, which extend from the structure and quiver in the breeze. During the day, each of the 7.5m long rods act like fibre-optic filaments, drawing on daylight to illuminate the interior, thereby creating a contemplative awe-inspiring space. At night, light sources at the interior end of each rod allow the whole structure to glow. The pavilion sits on a landscape looking like paper that once wrapped the building and that now lies unfolded on the site. The whole structure will look like an unwrapped gift, meant as a show of goodwill to the Chinese people and the Shanghai Expo. Britain will also embed more than 60,000 seeds into the structure of its pavilion to urge people to protect natural species from extinction. The seeds demonstrate the concept of sustainability, the diversity of nature and urge people to protect the environment for future generations.
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