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Children will enjoy moving back and forth between the Real Area and the Virtual Area, and they experience the importance of making a good balance between wild nature and the world created by human beings through the visit to those areas. The story of the journey changes according to the choices that each child makes, therefore a set story hasn’t been prepared. This will lead participating children experience the importance of making their own decision. The sea, the earth and the sky are all connected by the VOID space in three dimensions. The exhibition space has the worlds of Real and Virtual where children can freely move around and explore. Participants will experience the fact that their choices have a significant impact not only on their own lives, but also on others, nature, and even the future of the planet.

The relation between nature and humans is a universal theme that has been tackled by people since very early times. Since the Expo in Brussels in 1897, people have been trying to understand this relation between humans and the earth through architectural space. We also believe that we need to recognize that we are a part of nature in order to find the shape of our hearts.

In expectation of visitors to experience and understand themselves to be a part of nature, we prepared three playgrounds of the sea, the earth and the sky symbolizing nature. The entire building is used as a field. Our aim is to create a pavilion architecture as a playground where visitors can choose their own path and have an adventure using VR/AR technology innovated for the pavilion. Through their adventures in the pavilion, children will change the way they see things and discover their true nature.

On the green hill around the VOID that leads to the sky, there are people gathering; some are going to begin their journey and some have already completed. The open space where everyone enjoy relaxing time during the day transforms into an event space with light and sound at night. At the entrance, there is a waterfront that shows the beating of the earth in accordance with the ebb and flow of the ocean, with a waterfall and a bridge. You can feel the excitement of starting the journey and also afterglow of completing in the area.

Travelers with different experiences meet on the rooftop field. This is a place where they can take a break, share the events and experiences of their journey, and reflect on the meaning of life. Travelers learn about diverse values of each other and realize the importance of flexible thinking. There is also an urban farm where children can touch the soil and plants and think about the relation between nature's bounty and lives. This is a place where all travelers stop their steps, put their belongings on the ground, and ponder the meaning of lives.