Grimshaw Architects’ much anticipated sustainability pavilion has opened to visitors at the pandemic-delayed Expo 2020 in Dubai.

The other-worldly attraction features a canopy with more than 6,000 sq m of ultraefficient monocrystalline photovoltaic cells embedded in glass panels.

They are a core part of the pavilion’s mission to demonstrate the potential for a building to be completely self-sufficient – generating its own power, cooling and water with an on-site water recycling and waste system – in the 50-degree heat of Dubai.

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