ROME, August 14, 2023 /ANSA=KYODO JBN

‘Our pavilion will be an exceptional instrument for the diplomacy of growth’ – Tajani.

The contract to design and build the Italian Pavilion at Expo Osaka 2025 has been awarded: the winner is the project presented by the architect Mario Cucinella, a highly respect professional and the winner of many international awards.

The Italy Pavilion will represent a modern version of The Ideal City, an image that is a symbol of the Italian Renaissance.  

Bearing in mind the Expo Osaka theme– Designing Future Societies for Our Lives – the commission sought to reward the project that reflects the Italian identity in the most effective way, with a contemporary approach of great impact, expressing the values at the foundation of our culture: an Italian vision of social space based on integration, inclusivity, and on a culture of “doing” based on real relations and interactions, which is well represented by the deeply rooted concepts of our tradition of “piazza”, “theatre” and “garden”.

The project’s characteristics of flexibility and adaptability will also make it possible to have an exceptional partnership because – for the first time at a universal exposition – the Italian Pavilion will host the presence of the Holy See: a large, easily recognisable space that will make it possible to be the venue for cultural events and important art shows in collaboration with the Dicastery for Evangelization, which is in charge of the organization.  

Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said: “the Italian Pavilion will be an effective instrument of the diplomacy of growth, a strategy that I launched at the start of my term together with the whole government team that also aims to promote tourism and our regions, support the internationalization of our sectors of production and attract investments, and valorize our technologies and Italian know-how.

“The collaboration with the Vatican is an achievement that I am particularly proud of,” added Tajani.

“The unique pavilion will ensure that visitors have a high-quality experience, with particularly significant contents, inspired by culture and shared values.

“We want to reinforce and structure our strategic partnership with Japan, which was launched in January by our prime ministers, in particular in the industrial and scientific sectors where it can grow even more,” continued Tajani.  

“Italy wants to make its presence even more visible in Asia and the Indo-Pacific regions, which are of growing geopolitical and economic importance, focusing on an approach based on inclusivity and cooperation”.

Source: General Commissioner’s Office of Italy for Expo 2025 Osaka