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DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM OF LIFE

Design and development of the exhibition for Expo 2025 Signature Pavilion
Takram designed and developed the exhibition for the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai Signature Pavilion "DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM OF LIFE," produced by FUKUOKA Shin-Ichi. The project took two and a half years to complete and encompassed circuit board design to create delicate and ephemeral lights, self-supporting structures with complex overlapping elements, including system development, computer graphics, and music. Using 320,000 LEDs, this 360-degree circular theater, viewable from any angle, expresses "life existing within an ever-changing flow" that has been continuously woven for 3.8 billion years.
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Photography by Junpei Kato

Information

Project Team

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Hisato Ogata
Design Engineer
Project Director
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Taro Yumiba
Designer
Project Director
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Minoru Ito
Design Engineer
Project Director
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Ryo Kobayashi
Visual Designer
Motion Designer
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Zijun Zhao
Designer
Project Director
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Rena Komatsu
CG Designer
Visual Designer
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Yuki Takai
Project Designer
Draft Designer
Project Director
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Keisuke Oyama
Sound Designer
Design Engineer
Project Director
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Tatsuya Narita
Prototyping Engineer
Designer
Project Director
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Satoru Osawa
Design Engineer
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Mitsuru Muramatsu
Design Engineer
Researcher
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Daiki Nakamori
Industrial Designer
Project Director

Collaborators

  • Exhibition Construction:
    Tanseisha Co., Ltd.
  • Clathra Development Support, PCB Design & Assembly:
    KPD Co., Ltd.
  • Clathra Frame Production:
    ochiai-seisakusho Co.,Ltd.
  • Clathra Frame Structural Design Supervision:
    Jun Sato Structural Engineers / Jun Sato Lab
    The University of Tokyo
  • CG Production Cooperation:
    TANGE FILMS
    Takuma Miyamoto
    Ayumu Nagamatsu
  • Acoustic Design:
    Acoustic Field
  • Strings Arrangement:
    Atsuko Hatano
  • Strings:
    Atsuko Hatano (1st Violin)
    Eyuko Suzuki (2nd Violin)
    Naoko Kakutani (Viola)
    Yumiko Iwao (Cello)
    Marty Holoubek (Contrabass)
    Ayaka Toki (Sound Engineer)
  • Epilogue Video Filming & Projection Mapping:
    BackStage Inc. (Japan Material Group)
  • Haptic Experience (Accessibility Zone) Technical Support:
    NTT DOCOMO (FEEL TECH)
  • Barrier-Free Subtitles and Audio Guide Support:
    Palabra
    Miyuki Tanaka
  • English Translation Supervision:
    Terrance Lejeté
  • Facility Signage Design:
    Takashi Nakahara

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