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    WORLD’S EXPOSITION BRIDGE AND MASTERPLAN




    World’s Exposition 2023
    Bridge, Boulevard and Masterplan
    International Competition — First Prize

    Buenos Aires was selected to host Expo 2023, a planned international exhibition dedicated to Creative Industries in Digital Convergence. As part of this vision, the competition called for a new urban strategy capable of connecting infrastructure, landscape and public life.

    The proposal introduces a large pedestrian bridge and boulevard as a new metropolitan landmark, creating both a symbolic and physical connection between the City and the Province of Buenos Aires. Conceived as two interlocking C-shaped pieces, the project suggests a reciprocal displacement: the Province moving towards the City, and the City moving towards the Province.

    In its legacy stage, the proposal consolidates a large Biodiversity Park — a Campus of Creativity — conceived as a new metropolitan green lung. Each participating country would contribute a piece of landscape to the international exhibition, bringing elements of its own culture, ecology and tradition into a shared urban park.

    Client: Bureau International des Expositions — BIE, Paris, France
    Endorsed by: Sociedad Central de Arquitectos — SCA

    Program: Pedestrian bridge, masterplan, boulevard design and legacy metropolitan park for Expo 2023
    Year: 2019–2023
    Area: 2,000,000 sqm / 200 ha
    Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Authors: Karla Montauti, Rodrigo Grassi, Pablo Pschepiurca and María Hojman
    Advisors: Lucas Deniro, Alfredo Benassi and Fernando Saludas
    Assistance: Juan Bereilh, Alex Andino, Ismael Preti, Victoria Sabatini, Florencia Gatti and Julieta del Villar
    Hand drawings: Karla Montauti

    Press & Publications
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    2023-03-24_Entre Rayas No 140 Revista Impresa. Arquitectura con Sustancia Femenina. (Pags. 78-79). Caracas, Venezuela     2019-12-16_Arquitectos Argentinos. Ganadores Concurso de Dibujos Calendario SCA 2020. 2 Premios + Mención. Buenos Aires, Argentina
    2019-12-16_ArquiNoticias Revista No.543. Brindis Fin de Año en el Marq. Ganadores. 2 Premios + Mención. Buenos Aires, Argentina
    2019-12-16_Arqa. Ganadores Concurso de Dibujos para el Calendario SCA 2020. 2 Premios + Mención. Buenos Aires, Argentina
    2019-10-15_Clarín ARQ Printed Magazine. Harán un parque puente sobre la General Paz. (Pags.10-13). Argentina
    ​2019-10-04_Arch Daily. Conoce todos los ganadores del Concurso Público, Boulevard y Puente para la Expo 2023. Chile.
    2019-10-02 Introducing the winning projects for the six architecturall ideas contests for the Expo 2023 site. France
    2019-09-30_Arch Daily. Bridge+Boulevard Proposal for Buenos Aires Expo 2023 Wins International Competition. Worldwide.
    2019-09-30_Arch Daily. Proposta de ponte-bulevar vence concurso internacional para a Expo Buenos Aires 2023. Brasil.
    ​2019-09-30_Arch Daily. Conoce todos los ganadores del Concurso Público, Boulevard y Puente para la Expo 2023. México
    2019-09-26_Clarín ARQ Digital Magazine. Harán un parque puente sobre la General Paz. Argentina

    Regulating lagoon system connected to the site to reduce flood risk in the flat territory of the Pampa.
    Site location — boundary between the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the metropolitan outskirts.

    Satellite image showing the existing regulating lagoon and the motorway that separates the city from its surrounding metropolitan territory.
    Masterplan strategy — connecting parks through a green bridge-boulevard axis to create urban continuity.

    Nodes design strategy. This sketch was also awarded in a drawing competition by the Central Society of Architects.

    Illustrative masterplan for Buenos Aires World Expo 2023.

    Aerial perspective from the City of Buenos Aires.

    Programme pieces along the boulevard, designed to guarantee continuity towards the open-air amphitheatre at the end of the axis.

    Open sky Amphitheatre at the end of the boulevard Axis
    Legacy-stage design strategy after the event.

    A biodiversity park with species from every corner of the world as a living heritage of the Expo.







    Aerial perspective — giving a gift back to the city by extending borders beyond dividing lines.








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