iart developed the media for the Swiss Pavilion at the World’s Fair Expo 2005 in Aichi, which the group “Panorama 2000” designed as a mountain.

“Panorama 2000”, of which Valentin Spiess was a member, filled the Swiss Pavilion with a mountain that, on the surface, confirmed all the clichés about Switzerland but that in fact, through exhibits from various Swiss institutions, enabled visitors to immerse themselves more deeply in Swiss cultural history, environmental research and technological development.
A special feature was the audio guide in the shape of a used Swiss military torch equipped with the latest electronics, which provided visitors with sounds or information about the exhibits lit up by the torch. The descent through the valley accompanied by sounds from Switzerland’s mountain world harmonised with the three-dimensional image of the mountain. iart was also responsible for the pavilion’s technical management.

Expo 2005 Aichi
Swiss Pavilion, the World’s Fair Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan
Temporary exhibition, duration: 25 March – 25 September 2005

Project duration
1,5 years

Customer
Präsenz Schweiz, Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

Services iart
Concept and planning of the multimedia installations and the guide system (custom design).
Technical management of the pavilion

Media used
1000 audio guides tegoro c100 (custom design)
atmospherical sound installations
video installations
projections

Project team iart
Petra Trefzger – Project Management
Valentin Spiess – Concept, supervising and controlling
Daniel Bitterling – Media concept and planning
Roman Bleichenbacher – Media concept and planning
Steffen Blunk – Media planning
Stefan Keller – Media planning and technical management in Aichi, Japan
Christian Kohne – Media planning, product design and installation
Volker Böhm – Software developement of Multichannel Audio Player
Markus Bühler – Software developement of Multichannel Audio Player
Andres Erni – Developement of Audio Torch
Marco Stocco – Development Software SIP Server
Daniel Kauert – Development IPX
Christian Rohner – Project controlling and quality management
Daniel Reichmuth – Electrical installation
Fränzi Madörin – Audio production for audio guide
Nicole Boillat – Graphical design of preshow
Jan Voellmy – Graphical design of preshow

Partners
Gruppe Panorama 2000: Ursula Freiburghaus, Claudia Müller, Julia Müller, Andreas Reuter, Dominique Salathé, Valentin Spiess, Juri Steiner, Monica Studer, Christoph van den Berg, Volker Trommersdorff, Pius Tschumi, Emanuel Tschumi
tegoro solutions ag

Exhibition space
1300 m2

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A Swiss scenery with sounds of the mountains.

The mountain being installed.

An original Swiss military torch served as an audio guide and activated the exhibition light, which was locally connected to groups of exhibits.

Inside the mountain ca 100 exhibits from various Swiss institutions were displayed.