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- Osaka Kansai Expo Gas Pavilion Ghost Wonderland
Osaka Kansai Expo Gas Pavilion Ghost Wonderland
A learning and entertainment facility that combines the real and virtual worlds
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"Educational Entertainment Pavilion" where visitors can easily learn about environmental issues and energy (Basic Layout: Nikken Sekkei)
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Main Show | A large-scale XR space allowing 42 people to have a simultaneous interactive experience
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Post-show | A floating ghost Video theater explains the mechanisms of global warming and the future city gas "e-methane"
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Exhibition Area | Various tips for achieving a carbon-neutral society and initiatives from the city gas industry
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Entrance to the exhibition area | Ghost character balloons welcome you
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The exterior of the pavilion is lit up at night to represent a "carbon-neutral flame" (Basic Layout: Nikken Sekkei)
Photography: RINO KOJIMA (This is the Lights.)
About the Project
| Overview | The Japan Gas Association will be exhibiting a pavilion at the Osaka-Kansai Expo. The concept is "Transform into the future!" To realize a carbon-neutral society, the pavilion will teach the children who will be responsible for the future the importance of "changing our awareness and actions = transforming." It is an "educational entertainment facility" where visitors can learn about environmental issues and new energy sources in an easy-to-understand way. |
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| Issues/Themes | Creating content that conveys difficult environmental issues to children in an easy-to-understand way. In particular, ingenuity in conveying specialized information such as the relationship between invisible elements such as "gas" and "human consciousness" and the global environment, as well as "methanation," a CO₂ recycling technology. And providing a memorable and special experience that can only be found at the Expo. |
| Space Solution/Realization | Invisible carbon dioxide and human desires are symbolized by the character of a ghost and visualized with XR (cross reality) technology. Visitors wear XR goggles and "transform" into the ghost to experience a story world that fuses the real and virtual. The storyline includes learning elements about the environment and energy, allowing children to naturally deepen their knowledge while having fun. In addition, we have developed the largest-ever XR (MR/VR) system that allows 42 people to play interactively at the same time. This system enables visitors to enter a different world with their peers gathered at the venue, move their bodies, and speak out, creating a dynamic collective experience unique to the Expo. |
| Design for Environment | Universal Design: Compliant with the Universal Design Guidelines of the Expo Association, we aim to create a facility that can be enjoyed by all visitors to the Expo, regardless of age, language, or physical ability. |
Basic Information
| Client | Japan Gas Association |
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| Services Provided | Basic Layout: Nikken Sekkei Ltd. Total Produce and Exhibition Supervision: DENTSU INC. Live DENTSU INC. Display Planning, Display Design & Layout, Display Production & Construction, Video Production, XR content production: TANSEISHA Co., Ltd. XR Content Produce: Hashilus Inc. |
| Project Leads at Tanseisha | Design Direction: Masaki Ikeda Design, Layout: Kensuke Ando Display Planning: Higashinakagawa Hanako, Chiba Kanako, Kobayashi Isamu, Sato Takuto Production, Construction: Meki Ikuta Project Management: Hiroyasu Maruyama, Reimi Kishida |
| Location | Osaka, Japan |
| Opening Date | April 2025 |
| Website | https://www.gaspavilion.gas.or.jp |
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Design, Layout
Kensuke Ando
After joining the company in 2006, he began his career as a Commercial Spaces planner. In 2014, he switched to Business Spaces field, working on spatial proposals for Showrooms that support corporate branding and workplaces that increase productivity. He has also worked to support corporate exhibits at large-scale sporting events and international expositions. He contributes to maximizing the business results that spaces bring, by consistently overseeing everything from planning to implementation from the perspectives of both planner and designer.
*The shared information and details of the project is accurate as of the date they were posted. There may have been unannounced changes at a later date.
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