Riyadh – Asdaf News:
The Royal Commission for Riyadh City hosted an official ceremony in Paris, on Monday, June 19, when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced the blueprint for Riyadh Expo 2030 in front of representatives from 179 BIE member nations.
Together for a Foresighted Tomorrow is the fundamental subject of the exhibition, and the plan intends to embody this idea while reflecting the significance of Riyadh Expo 2030 and its beneficial impact.
The King Salman International Airport, which is still under construction, will be close to the location of the Riyadh Expo 2030, making it simple for guests to get to. Using the “Riyadh Metro” network, which connects to one of the three exhibition entrances and the contemporary road network, they may go to the exposition site in a matter of minutes. This network covers all areas of Riyadh city.
An equator line ran across the estimated 226 show pavilions, giving them a spherical form. This artistic strategy supports the exhibition’s mission and guarantees fair treatment for all participants.
The exhibition’s design pays homage to Riyadh’s historic urban design, culture, and natural setting. It also demonstrates the Kingdom’s desire to envision a bright future and its concern for the climate, which it shares with the rest of the world.
Flexibly chosen pavilion locations for participating nations at the show will be based on their longitudes. Such a design will unite nations from the north and the south of the world side by side, signifying the Kingdom’s significant contribution to promoting international cooperation.
This will make travel easier for guests and provide seamless, flexible mobility between pavilions, public squares, cultural and innovative facilities, food services, rest places, and waiting areas while travelling relatively short distances.
Visitors to the show will also appreciate wandering through passageways that are completely shaded and include designs drawn from Riyadh’s architectural past.
The Wadi As-Sulai tributary that runs through the exhibition site contains a contemporary green oasis where visitors can take a walk. This indicates the Kingdom’s and Riyadh’s dedication to protecting and developing the natural world responsibly.
The main proposal for the Riyadh Expo 2030 will include a major landmark that would symbolise “Responsibility for Protecting the Planet” in the same context. The 195 columns will indicate the number of nations taking part in the show. Three pavilions reflecting the exhibition’s sub-themes of “Prosperity for All,” “Climate Action,” and “A Different Tomorrow” will surround this landmark.
The Collaborative Change Corner (C3), a section of the exhibition that will foster innovation and creativity over the course of the seven-year period leading up to and following the Riyadh Expo 2030, will also be on display. The C3 intends to demonstrate how cooperation amongst the most brilliant minds in intellectual, social, and scientific advances may hasten the transformations that will determine our future.
A member of the blueprint team for the Riyadh Expo 2030, Lamia Bint Abdulaziz, told BIE members, “The blueprint will work on developing a version of the Expo that is the most flexible when it comes to visitors’ movement the site; and the most interactive, collaborative, and sustainable ever, and we will make sure to provide an exceptional experience for visitors to the exhibition. We will also work on enabling full and balanced participation, and with added value for all participating countries, and we will provide unprecedented experience of high quality for more than 40 million visitors.”
“The Riyadh Expo 2030 is inspired by the natural and traditional features, as it was designed around a valley surrounded by a group of pavilions for each country, and provides all participating countries with unlimited opportunities, as the exhibition plan offers a wide range of pavilions of different sizes and types with a commitment to allocate a pavilion for each country,” she said.
“All participants will be able to achieve their priorities and develop pavilions in harmony with the main theme of the Expo and its sub-themes, as the opportunities for exploration will be limitless so that visitors can live the experience of moving to any country in the world and enjoy the accompanying diverse cultural and entertainment events. The exhibition will include international restaurants from around the world and live music performances,” she said.
She also said that the exhibition will include rich technical opportunities for cultural and professional development, adding, “We are planning to launch a participating laboratory in Osaka Expo 2025 and it will continue to help countries deal with recurring challenges in the preparatory period for Riyadh Expo 2030.”
For her part, Expo blueprint team member Eng. Nouf Bint Majid Al-Muneef said, “Our goal in the Kingdom is to organize the first environmentally friendly exhibition that achieves a zero level of carbon emissions. The Riyadh Expo 2030 site will be powered by clean resources that rely on solar energy, and we are developing high standards for resource efficiencies and detailed strategies to enhance biodiversity, eliminate food waste, and ensure green waste management and recycling.”
“We will enable and help finance and build various partnerships that enhance the development phase and the objectives of the exhibition, based on the collaborative angle of change that we call the tripartite vision, as we will finance and incubate it in order to build international projects starting from 2025,” she added.
In line with its climate commitments to achieve carbon neutrality, the Kingdom has stated that it wants to make the Riyadh Expo 2030 the most sustainable and significant Expo ever. This goal is evident in the master plan for the exhibition, which is linked to international standards of sustainability, including urban afforestation, the use of treated water, and the provision of new energy sources.
In order to create an innovative urban model that ensures sustainability and fosters innovation and creativity, the plan for the exhibition also considers the site’s potential for reuse.
