German Pavilion

German Pavilion Expo 2025

Museum // Exhibition

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At Expo 2025 Osaka, the German Pavilion explored how materials and resources can stay in use. Its exhibition brought that idea into rooms, media installations and activities visitors could take part in.

Composing for a circular economy.

Our compositions and sound design accompany this journey through an immersive spatial sound experience, with distinct moments and highlights throughout the exhibition.

Visitors gathered around an exhibit beneath blue projections
Inside the German Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka.

Distinct compositions.
A recognisable musical world.

The compositions share a carefully shaped aesthetic that connects the exhibition areas. Each piece belongs to a recognisable musical world, giving visitors a sense of familiarity as they move through the pavilion.

Visitors surrounded by projected architectural scenes
An immersive media room within the exhibition.
Visitors seated beneath a curved panoramic projection
A seated audience beneath the panoramic projection.
The exterior architecture of the German Pavilion
The pavilion’s architecture, designed by LAVA.

Mixing the room as well as the music.

Each of the three rooms has its own multichannel system. We mixed the compositions in the pavilion, adapting their balance to the acoustics and playback system of each space.

Project Scope

Connecting the pavilion’s visions of a circular future through a recognisable musical world.

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Function of Sound

A shared musical character.

We gave the pavilion’s different environments a shared musical aesthetic. Each can develop its own atmosphere while keeping a recognisable character along the visitor route.

Sound & Space

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rooms, individually mixed.

Each room has its own multichannel system. We made the final mixes in Osaka, adapting the music’s balance to the acoustics and playback conditions of each space.

Sound Experience

Changing atmospheres.

Spatial sound draws visitors into the pavilion’s media environments. Changes in musical character and moments of emphasis give the route distinct atmospheres and points of focus.

Studio Contribution

Composed. Mixed in place.

We carried the music from composition and sound design through to the on-site mix. Our work joined the creation of the musical material with its final balance in the pavilion’s rooms.

Credits

  • Organised byKoelnmesse GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
  • Year / location2025 · Osaka, Japan
  • Concept, planning & realisationGerman Pavilion Consortium: facts and fiction GmbH and GL events
  • Architecture & spatial designLAVA
  • Exhibition content & mediafacts and fiction with partners including flora&faunavisions
  • Photo creditsGerman Pavilion, Alexandre Olivieri
  • CompositionKLING KLANG KLONG

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