Expo 2020 Dubai welcomes to the world to the UAE this weekend, and we’ve finally been given all the spectacular details about Alif The Mobility Pavilion.
Welcoming visitors from every corner of the globe on October 1 through to March 31, with the purpose of ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’, organisers estimate that 25 million visits will be made to the biggest cultural gathering on earth during Expo 2020 Dubai’s six-month run.
So, with comfy shoes on – there’s some serious ground to cover – we’re ready to explore. And Alif The Mobility Pavilion looks a fine pick for the first pit stop.
Making up a trio of thematic pavilions for Expo 2020 Dubai – alongside Terra the Sustainability Pavilion and Mission Possible The Opportunity Pavilion – you’re going to need some serious time to make your way around the incredible Alif The Mobility Pavilion.
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It’s a creatively educational experience in which visitors will be shown the incredible progress the UAE has enjoyed the past 50 years in an innovative way.
Taking centre stage is the country’s advancements in mobility-related fields such as airlines, logistics and smart cities, extending into the far reaches of the solar system through the UAE’s space programme and the Hope Mission to Mars.
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Its ribbed and curved shape was devised to evoke movement, with its highly polished stainless-steel cladding inspired by chrome fenders and aircraft wings, reflecting movement from the surrounding areas.
It also features the world’s largest passenger lift which can transport 160 people at once.
The pavilion and its grounds feature a partly underground, partly open-air 330-metre track that allows visitors to see cutting-edge mobility devices in action, alongside an amphitheatre and second stage, and a plaza around the building that will host mobility-related performances, events, symposiums and demonstrations.
Marjan Faraidooni, Chief Experience Officer, Expo 2020 Dubai, said: “Representing our desire to explore and progress, Alif The Mobility Pavilion will take visitors on a journey of discovery, exploring new horizons and discovering how making connections, together with developing new technologies, is the basis for human progress.
“We are proud that this must-see pavilion celebrates the Arab world as a leading light in mobility across the ages, changing perceptions of what this region has achieved.
“We hope that visitors, especially young Arabs, will leave this experience inspired, realising that anything is possible, motivated to make a difference in our world and looking with optimism to a future when we connect and work together on a global scale.”
When are you making your move?
Dhs95 (one day), Dhs195 (30 days), Dhs495 (6 months). Oct 1 2021- Mar 31 2022. Dubai Exhibition Centre, expo2020dubai.com.
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