Expo Osaka 2025 Concludes After Six Months of Discussions on Saving, Empowering, and Connecting Lives

"World Expos, officially known as International Registered Exhibitions, are international gatherings of nations and institutions addressing contemporary challenges from a global perspective. Since the first World Expo, the Great Exhibition held in London in 1851, the event has served as an opportunity for nations and institutions to demonstrate power and progress through built infrastructure, from the Crystal Palace and the Eiffel Tower onwards."

"With most editions held in Europe and some in the United States, this latest edition marks the 36th World Expo and the third one hosted in Japan, 55 years after the previous Expo in Osaka in 1970. This year, the event sought to transform Yumeshima artificial island into a hub of international collaboration and experimental architecture, with Sou Fujimoto's master plan and circular wooden structure emphasizing "Unity in Diversity.""

Expo Osaka 2025 concluded on October 13, attracting representatives from 165 countries and international organizations and around 28 million visitors to Yumeshima, a reclaimed island in Osaka Bay. The site featured a masterplan and a Guinness World Record–breaking wooden circular structure designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Over 184 days, attendees experienced self-built, modular, and shared pavilions, national exhibitions, and public activities under the theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives." The event focused on three subthemes: Saving Lives, Empowering Lives, and Connecting Lives. The 36th World Expo marked the third Expo in Japan and aimed to position Yumeshima as a hub for international collaboration and experimental architecture.

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