Czech pavilion at 2025 Expo will be tallest wooden building in Japan

The first containers carrying building materials for the Czech National Pavilion at EXPO 2025 in Osaka were shipped to Japan from Veřovice in the Moravian-Silesian Region on Monday. The Czech pavilion at the 2025 Expo will be the tallest wooden building of its kind in Japan, and will be built almost entirely from wood and glass. The pavilion is circular with a spiralling exterior, which will take the form of a ramp winding up around a skylit atrium. It was designed by Apropos Architects.

In Japan there are strict standards and height restrictions for timber buildings due to the threat of earthquakes and  Czech designers had to convince the Japanese authorities that the spiral-shaped building could withstand possible natural disasters.