Botany Pavilion of the Beijing Expo 2019 Vividly Prsents “The Incredible Wisdom of Plants”

In the morning of January 10, 2018,the Botany Pavilion of the International Horticultural Exhibition2019 Beijing Chinawith the theme of“The Incredible Wisdom of Plants”officially announced its opening in the Lecture Hall of the Art Museum of China Central Academy of Fine Arts. As one of the four main Pavilions in the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing China, the Botany Pavilion is jointly invest by the China Vanke Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Vanke Group”),the International Horticultural Exhibition Investment Development Co., Ltd.in the construction.

Experience the Wisdom of Plants

Thelaunch ceremony of the Botany Pavilion of the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing China was jointly initiated by Xia Zhanyi, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Beijing Municipal Government, and deputy director of the executive commission of the Expo 2019, Zhou Jianping, the standing deputy director of Bureau of the Expo 2019 Beijing, Li Zhijun, secretary of the Yanqing District Party Committee, Zhang Yinchao, vice secretary of China Flower Association, Zhou Jianxiu, director of Expo Office of Trade and Investment Promotion Department of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), Wang Shi,Honorary Chairman of Vanke GroupBoard of Directors, and Ding Changfeng, senior vice President of Vanke Group and Curator ofthe Botany Pavilion, pushing the atmosphere to a climax. In the ceremony, Mr. Ding Changfeng expatiated on the theme and the overall situation of the the Botany Pavilion, Wang Hui, founding partner of URBANUS and chief architect of the Botany Pavilion, and Zhao Shiwei, chief engineer of the Beijing Institute of Landscape Architecture and chief designer of Greenhouse in the Botany Pavilion respectively introduced the pavilion construction plan and greenhouse plan.

The Botany Pavilioncovers an area of about 10,000 square meters, with the design concept of the “Rising Horizon”. Inspired by the plant roots, the outlook of building appears like huge vertical roots system spreading downward, presenting the powerful vitality originally hidden underground to visitors, which not only poses a strong visual impact, but also takes viewers on a wonderful journey starting from feeling the power of plant roots.

The Botany Pavilion is divided into three storeys. The tropical greenhouse lies in the fist storey, covering an area of about 3,000 square meters and housing more than 600 precious plants. The mangrove forest, tropical rain forest, palm,pulpy plants, ferns, insectivorous plants, moss and others on display in 12 scenic spots of 5 exhibition sections show the diversity of the vegetable kingdom, and the wisdom of the plants to survive and adapt to the environment. The artificial mangrove forest reappears the vivipation, pillar root, salt excretion and other characteristics of the mangrove forest evolving in adapting to the rising and falling of the sea tide, and shows the ecological function of the “Coast Guard”; Tropical rain forests show the competitive and cooperative relationship between plants and plants, plants and animals, such as the Hanging Gardens, One Tree Forest, Caulifory, Drip Tip, Giant Leaf Phenomenon, Strangulation, etc; Palm trees and ferns display their remarkable wisdom of propagation; pulpy plants develop the ability to adapt to the arid environment through the metamorphosis of the stems and leaves; Insectivorous plants rely on meat for nourishment; Moss, the dwarf of the plant kingdom, finds its niche. Through a series of high-tech creative techniques, the pavilion showcased the “wisdom of plants” to visitors, calling for protecting plants and caring for the earth and the future of mankind.

The green multi-functional lecture hall is on the second floor, and exhibitions will be held in succession on the theme of mangrove forest, plant science, etc. On the way from the first floor to the second and third floor via the vertical path in the east of the exhibition hall, you can enjoy the spectacular view of the crown of mangrove plants from above.

In addition, the roof design is another major heighlight, featuring roof observation platform equipped with CITIC plant-themed coffee bookstore and souvenir shops, from which you can overlook the Guishui River, Haituo Mount, Tiantian Mount and other sceneric spots in Beijing Expo 2019.

Focus on Mangrove Ecosystem

The display ofmangrove ecosystemis one of the features of the Botany Pavilion. The theme exhibition hall on the first floor will present virtual mangrove forests through the high-tech digital imaging device, and reproduce the authentic mangrove phytocommunity grown in the main entrance area of the greenhouse, showing the wisdom of the mangrove plants in the form of virtuality and reality combination.

Sun Lili, secretary-general of the Mangrove Foundation introduced the mangrove’s unique wisdom of survival: as the only woody plant community in coastal area, mangrove can adapt to difficult and special living environment such as oxygen-deficient soil inintertidal zone, high salt content, and the tide washing, has evolved a variety of mechanisms in roots, stems, leaves and seeds to adapt to the environment, and grow into forest on the beaches other plants can hardly survive. At the same time, the mangrove plants give back to the environment that shapes its growth, making the intertidal zone an ideal environment for more plants.

Adhering to the concept of Green Development

“Speeding up the Reform of Ecological Civilization Structual Reform and Building a Beautiful China” put forward in the 19^thNational Congress advocates that we must respect nature, conform to nature and protect nature. It has become one of the basic strategies for socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era that man and nature are the community of life, we shoud build a beautiful China and adhere to the harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

TheBotany Pavilionof the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing China, with another name of “Kaleidoscope”, adhere to the design concept of Green Development.VankeGroup, one of the investors and the leading enterprise of green building, boasts a strong sense of social responsibility and historic mission, continue to focus on the environmental issues such as global climate change, wetland status and biodiversity in the long-term business development. On November 16, 2015, Vanke Group and the International Horticultural Exhibition Investment Development Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly create the Botany Pavilion. According to the reporter on spot, to reduce energy consumption, in the process of design and construction, Vanke Group has realized the passive and active two-way energy saving through making environmental planning and promoting intelligent building in advance, always adhere to the principle of low carbon, low water and low emission, and improve the planting standards of landscape plants in transnormal way of cultivation.

Launchthe Botany Pavilion Partnership Program

On the day of the event,the Botany Pavilion Partnership Program was officially launched. On April 24, 2017, Vanke became one of the first group of the Expo’s global partners. Guided by the experience of “Milan Expo 2015 Vanke Pavilion Partnership Program” and taking theBeijing Expo 2019as a new opportunity, the Botany Pavilion has launced the “International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing China·Botany Pavilion Partnership Program”.Vanke Group’s long-term strategic partners such as Opple, YuHong, Nader, Hitachi Elevator, etc will provide strong support for the Botany Pavilion in terms of facilities, equipment and construction materials. In the ceremony, the pavilion work group formally signed strategic cooperation agreement respectively with the above companies as well as Citic Publishing, Shanghai Linso, Green Leaf, Marco Maci and other well-known enterprises at home and abroad. The Botany Pavilion Partnership Committee has been established, and the committee members will promote the high-profile event with Vanke Group. On the same day, Vanke Public Welfare Foundation, on behalf of the Botany Pavilion, jointly launched the public environmental protection cooperation with WWF for Nature, and Mangroves Foundation. The three parties will carry out in-depth cooperation in terms of issues such as promoting environment positioning standards, and protecting plant diversity, and create a “Green” pavilion hand in hand.

Vanke had been fully involved in the 2010 Shanghai World Expoand the 2015 Milan Expo. As for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, it is the first time for Vanke Group to build pavilion independently in world-class expo, with the theme of “2049: Possibility of Respect”. The building materials mainly of wheat straw board fully explained the respect for nature, receiving widespread praise from all walks of life. In Milan Expo 2015, Vanke Group, as the first independent pavilion exhibitor overseas in the world expo of 164 years of history, with the theme of “food to build community”, publicized traditional Chinese dining culture to the peoples of the world. The Vanke Pavilion, which adopts the leading environment-friendly building materials, has become one of the most popular pavilions in Milan and won the “Milan Expo 2015 Sustainability Award”.