Between April 13 to October 13 2025 Osaka will come alive for World Expo 2025. Australia’s pavilion will be a sensory experience designed to express a modern, diverse Australia rooted in the sustainable essence of Country.

The result of many months of conversations, workshops and design iteration between Buchan and Indigenous cultural advisor Karrda, the Australian pavilion and the overall exhibition design is at once an innovative architectural structure and an immersive, sensory journey. Inspired by the narrative theme of ‘chasing the sun’, the vibrant colours and multi-cultural dynamic of Australia, the flow of song lines and the eucalyptus tree, the pavilion is so much more than a physical structure representing the richness of Australia on the world stage.

Read the full story here: Taking Country to the world — Buchan’s sensory design for the Australia Pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka – Australian Design Review

📷 Barbara Bynder