A World-Class World Expo by Katarina Premfors

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Emirati Traditional Umm Deema musicians and dancers perform at the Opening Ceremony of the portals at EXPO 2020 Dubai. Designed by Asif Khan, a London-based architect and designer, these towering entry portals are constructed of ultra-lightweight carbon fibre and span 70 feet tall and 100 feet in length. Futuristic, yet traditional, they’re thin translucent structures with a woven pattern and each sit at the start of the districts for Sustainability, Mobility and Opportunity. Visitors walk through them to experience the event inside. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12 , 2021: Opti, one of the Expo 2020 mascots at Terra- Sustainability Pavilion Canopy in the Sustainability District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12 , 2021: Exhibition showcasing Emirati culture and achievements at the UAE Pavilion. UAE’s own, designed by world renowned design showman Santiago Calatrava. Inspired by the shape of a falcon’s wing), it’s multiple carbon fiber wings pivot and open up to create a grand reveal and symbolize the country’s opening to the world. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Terra- Sustainability Pavilion Canopy in the Sustainability District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. The 4,912 solar panels on Terra – the Sustainability Pavilion’s 130-metre wide canopy and 18 Energy Trees – help generate 4GWh of alternative energy per year, enough electricity to charge more than 900,000 mobile phones.CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: The Pavilion of Azerbaijan in the Sustainability District at EXPO 2020 nspired by nature & dedicated to the future of humanity Dubai CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12 , 2021: UAE pavilion visible behind Al Wasl Plaza which is the Expo’s centerpiece is a dome-covered central gathering space, designed by Chicago architects Adrian Smith+ Gordon Gill Architecture, called Al Wasl Plaza. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Emirati dancers perform a dance called called Al Noban and welcomes vistors to Sustainability District at EXPO 2020 Dubai. Terra- Sustainability Pavilion Canopy in the Sustainability District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. The 4,912 solar panels on Terra – the Sustainability Pavilion’s 130-metre wide canopy and 18 Energy Trees – help generate 4GWh of alternative energy per year, enough electricity to charge more than 900,000 mobile phones.CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12 , 2021: Expo’s centerpiece is a dome-covered central gathering space, designed by Chicago architects Adrian Smith+ Gordon Gill Architecture, called Al Wasl Plaza. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12, 2021: Public spaces designed by Asif Khan, a London-based architect and designer marked by black and white striped paths that mimic Emirati weaving patterns. There are 50 calligraphic benches designed in collaboration with calligrapher Lara Captan, which capture Arabic words selected by a group of Emirati thinkers, scientists and poets. Asif Khan also created different lanes on the same path so people can take their time, walk briskly or run. People move at different speeds and in different ways, so when you’re here, you can find your own pace along the avenues that are lined by local Ghaf trees. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12 , 2021: Visitors at Brazil’s Pavilion in the Sustainability District in EXPO 2020 Dubai. Brazil’s sustainability pavilion, designed in a collaboration with three architecture firms, JPQ.ARQ, MMBB and Ben-Avi, aims to immerse Expo attendees in the Amazon: the more than 43,000 square foot biophilic installation includes giant images of its forests, rivers, food and culture from 125 projectors, speakers that boom with the sounds of the some of the animals who live there and a pool filled with reused water that represents the region’s Rio Negro river- visitors can even wade in to cool their feet. On a broader scale, the pavilion uses images and videos to relay a sense of place of the entire country, from its cities to its ecosystems. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12, 2021: Public spaces designed by Asif Khan, a London-based architect and designer marked by black and white striped paths that mimic Emirati weaving patterns. There are 50 calligraphic benches designed in collaboration with calligrapher Lara Captan, which capture Arabic words selected by a group of Emirati thinkers, scientists and poets. Asif Khan also created different lanes on the same path so people can take their time, walk briskly or run. People move at different speeds and in different ways, so when you’re here, you can find your own pace along the avenues that are lined by local Ghaf trees. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12 , 2021: UAE’s own, designed by world renowned design showman Santiago Calatrava. Inspired by the shape of a falcon’s wing), it’s multiple carbon fiber wings pivot and open up to create a grand reveal and symbolize the country’s opening to the world. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12, 2021: Public spaces designed by Asif Khan, a London-based architect and designer marked by black and white striped paths that mimic Emirati weaving patterns. There are 50 calligraphic benches designed in collaboration with calligrapher Lara Captan, which capture Arabic words selected by a group of Emirati thinkers, scientists and poets. Asif Khan also created different lanes on the same path so people can take their time, walk briskly or run. People move at different speeds and in different ways, so when you’re here, you can find your own pace along the avenues that are lined by local Ghaf trees. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ October 11, 2021: Mission Possible- Opportunity Pavilion in the Opportunity District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. Mission Possible. Mission Possible – The Opportunity Pavilion was designed by AGi Architects. It encapsulates the concept of ‘Opportunity’: the idea that any action we take can create an impact; that anything is possible with a small step. The pavilion is a public space that allows every visitor from every corner of the planet and every walk of life to connect across age, language and culture, working together to achieve meaningful, positive change for our planet and its people. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ October 11, 2021: Mission Possible- Opportunity Pavilion in the Opportunity District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ October 11, 2021: Mission Possible- Opportunity Pavilion in the Opportunity District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. Mission Possible. Mission Possible – The Opportunity Pavilion was designed by AGi Architects. It encapsulates the concept of ‘Opportunity’: the idea that any action we take can create an impact; that anything is possible with a small step. The pavilion is a public space that allows every visitor from every corner of the planet and every walk of life to connect across age, language and culture, working together to achieve meaningful, positive change for our planet and its people. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ October 11, 2021: Mission Possible- Opportunity Pavilion in the Opportunity District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: LATVIA – SOIL FOR INNOVATION The Opportunity District at EXPO 2020 Dubai. The exposition Latvia - Soil (for innovation) is designed as a symbiosis of ancient and futuristic. The Latvian genetic code has been chosen as its basic material - peat, which is used as a canvas on which to tell the stories of Latvia's potential and future development. Prehistoric material contains unique information about the history of Latvia, ancient plants, trees, people, while modern technologies allow you to look to the future and tell about the vision of Latvia's future image. 4th dimension: Latvia - Soil for discovery If in the first three rooms the visitors were observers of the exposition, then in the fourth room they become the main content of the exposition. Space acquires its character when a person enters it. The fourth room puts the person at its center and breaks down existing boundaries. It also has a symbolic meaning at national level. At some point we are observers, at some point we become creators. Mirrors placed radially around the perimeter of the room and the visitor sees himself in them most fully when standing in the centre of the room. A sound installation is located around the perimeter of the room. In the room there is a wide-angle camera, which allows visitors to take a photos with themselves. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Emirati dancers perform a dance called called Al Noban and welcomes vistors to Sustainability District at EXPO 2020 Dubai. Terra- Sustainability Pavilion Canopy in the Sustainability District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. The 4,912 solar panels on Terra – the Sustainability Pavilion’s 130-metre wide canopy and 18 Energy Trees – help generate 4GWh of alternative energy per year, enough electricity to charge more than 900,000 mobile phones.CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Titled “Nature. Nurture. Future,” Singapore’s nearly 16,000 square foot pavilion was designed by the Singapore-based architectural firm WOHA and recreates a lush tropical setting. It features three cones covered in vertical greenery with 45,000 pots of plants; the inside is connected by a canopy walk that showcases various scenes of Singapore: a rainforest, the city and a flower garden. The pavilion uses solar energy to desalinate the groundwater that is used to water the plants and power 51 dry mist fans to cool the pavilion. The dry mist fans, combined with the shade and greenery, lowers the perceived temperature by 40 to 50 degrees, compared to the outside temperature, making it comfortable for visitors even without energy-intensive air-conditioning. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Larry Ng, the pavilion’s commissioner-general, who is also the registrar of the board of architects for the country in the Singapore Pavilion. Titled “Nature. Nurture. Future,” Singapore’s nearly 16,000 square foot pavilion was designed by the Singapore-based architectural firm WOHA and recreates a lush tropical setting. It features three cones covered in vertical greenery with 45,000 pots of plants; the inside is connected by a canopy walk that showcases various scenes of Singapore: a rainforest, the city and a flower garden. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Designed by Asif Khan, a London-based architect and designer, these towering entry portals are constructed of ultra-lightweight carbon fibre and span 70 feet tall and 100 feet in length. Futuristic, yet traditional, they’re thin translucent structures with a woven pattern and each sit at the start of the districts for Sustainability, Mobility and Opportunity. Visitors walk through them to experience the event inside. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Singapore Pavilion overlooks Terra- Sustainability Pavilion Canopy in the Sustainability District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. Titled “Nature. Nurture. Future,” Singapore’s nearly 16,000 square foot pavilion was designed by the Singapore-based architectural firm WOHA and recreates a lush tropical setting. It features three cones covered in vertical greenery with 45,000 pots of plants; the inside is connected by a canopy walk that showcases various scenes of Singapore: a rainforest, the city and a flower garden. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Titled “Nature. Nurture. Future,” Singapore’s nearly 16,000 square foot pavilion was designed by the Singapore-based architectural firm WOHA and recreates a lush tropical setting. It features three cones covered in vertical greenery with 45,000 pots of plants; the inside is connected by a canopy walk that showcases various scenes of Singapore: a rainforest, the city and a flower garden. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Titled “Nature. Nurture. Future,” Singapore’s nearly 16,000 square foot pavilion was designed by the Singapore-based architectural firm WOHA and recreates a lush tropical setting. It features three cones covered in vertical greenery with 45,000 pots of plants; the inside is connected by a canopy walk that showcases various scenes of Singapore: a rainforest, the city and a flower garden. The pavilion has three prototype climbing robots which were developed in a collaboration between landscape architect, Salad Dressing, and a Singapore-based startup called Oceania Robotics. The robots traverse the green walls and are equipped with cameras and sensors that monitor the health of the plants and collect data such as humidity and oxygen levels. With the information they gather, it can calibrate the amount of water needed for irrigation or adjust the amount of grow lights needed for the plants to thrive. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Titled “Nature. Nurture. Future,” Singapore’s nearly 16,000 square foot pavilion was designed by the Singapore-based architectural firm WOHA and recreates a lush tropical setting. It features three cones covered in vertical greenery with 45,000 pots of plants; the inside is connected by a canopy walk that showcases various scenes of Singapore: a rainforest, the city and a flower garden. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Emirati dancers perform a dance called called Al Noban and welcomes vistors to Sustainability District at EXPO 2020 Dubai. Terra- Sustainability Pavilion Canopy in the Sustainability District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. The 4,912 solar panels on Terra – the Sustainability Pavilion’s 130-metre wide canopy and 18 Energy Trees – help generate 4GWh of alternative energy per year, enough electricity to charge more than 900,000 mobile phones.CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12, 2021: Public spaces designed by Asif Khan, a London-based architect and designer marked by black and white striped paths that mimic Emirati weaving patterns. There are 50 calligraphic benches designed in collaboration with calligrapher Lara Captan, which capture Arabic words selected by a group of Emirati thinkers, scientists and poets. Asif Khan also created different lanes on the same path so people can take their time, walk briskly or run. People move at different speeds and in different ways, so when you’re here, you can find your own pace along the avenues that are lined by local Ghaf trees. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12 , 2021: UAE’s own, designed by world renowned design showman Santiago Calatrava. Inspired by the shape of a falcon’s wing), it’s multiple carbon fiber wings pivot and open up to create a grand reveal and symbolize the country’s opening to the world. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Robot with Covid messaging at EXPO 2020 Dubai. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Terra- Sustainability Pavilion Canopy in the Sustainability District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. The 4,912 solar panels on Terra – the Sustainability Pavilion’s 130-metre wide canopy and 18 Energy Trees – help generate 4GWh of alternative energy per year, enough electricity to charge more than 900,000 mobile phones.CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ October 11, 2021: Terra- Sustainability Pavilion in the Sustainability District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. The exhibition is about discovering innovative global projects providing real life solutions to help preserve our planet for future generations. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ October 11, 2021: The Mobility Pavilion, designed by the award-winning Foster + Partners, features the world’s largest passenger lift, which will transport 160+ people at a time. The pavilion also stars a partly underground, partly open-air 330-metre track for you to see cutting-edge mobility devices in action. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Titled “Nature. Nurture. Future,” Singapore’s nearly 16,000 square foot pavilion was designed by the Singapore-based architectural firm WOHA and recreates a lush tropical setting. It features three cones covered in vertical greenery with 45,000 pots of plants; the inside is connected by a canopy walk that showcases various scenes of Singapore: a rainforest, the city and a flower garden. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Titled “Nature. Nurture. Future,” Singapore’s nearly 16,000 square foot pavilion was designed by the Singapore-based architectural firm WOHA and recreates a lush tropical setting. It features three cones covered in vertical greenery with 45,000 pots of plants; the inside is connected by a canopy walk that showcases various scenes of Singapore: a rainforest, the city and a flower garden. The pavilion uses solar energy to desalinate the groundwater that is used to water the plants and power 51 dry mist fans to cool the pavilion. The dry mist fans, combined with the shade and greenery, lowers the perceived temperature by 40 to 50 degrees, compared to the outside temperature, making it comfortable for visitors even without energy-intensive air-conditioning. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Titled “Nature. Nurture. Future,” Singapore’s nearly 16,000 square foot pavilion was designed by the Singapore-based architectural firm WOHA and recreates a lush tropical setting. It features three cones covered in vertical greenery with 45,000 pots of plants; the inside is connected by a canopy walk that showcases various scenes of Singapore: a rainforest, the city and a flower garden. The pavilion has three prototype climbing robots which were developed in a collaboration between landscape architect, Salad Dressing, and a Singapore-based startup called Oceania Robotics. The robots traverse the green walls and are equipped with cameras and sensors that monitor the health of the plants and collect data such as humidity and oxygen levels. With the information they gather, it can calibrate the amount of water needed for irrigation or adjust the amount of grow lights needed for the plants to thrive. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Titled “Nature. Nurture. Future,” Singapore’s nearly 16,000 square foot pavilion was designed by the Singapore-based architectural firm WOHA and recreates a lush tropical setting. It features three cones covered in vertical greenery with 45,000 pots of plants; the inside is connected by a canopy walk that showcases various scenes of Singapore: a rainforest, the city and a flower garden. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Terra- Sustainability Pavilion Canopy in the Sustainability District at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. The 4,912 solar panels on Terra – the Sustainability Pavilion’s 130-metre wide canopy and 18 Energy Trees – help generate 4GWh of alternative energy per year, enough electricity to charge more than 900,000 mobile phones.CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Designed by Asif Khan, a London-based architect and designer, these towering entry portals are constructed of ultra-lightweight carbon fibre and span 70 feet tall and 100 feet in length. Futuristic, yet traditional, they’re thin translucent structures with a woven pattern and each sit at the start of the districts for Sustainability, Mobility and Opportunity. Visitors walk through them to experience the event inside. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: . Opening the portals every morning is a ceremonial process with a different person invited to open the gates each day. Designed by Asif Khan, a London-based architect and designer, these towering entry portals are constructed of ultra-lightweight carbon fibre and span 70 feet tall and 100 feet in length. Futuristic, yet traditional, they’re thin translucent structures with a woven pattern and each sit at the start of the districts for Sustainability, Mobility and Opportunity. Visitors walk through them to experience the event inside. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Emirati Traditional Umm Deema musicians and dancers perform at the Opening Ceremony of the portals at EXPO 2020 Dubai. Designed by Asif Khan, a London-based architect and designer, these towering entry portals are constructed of ultra-lightweight carbon fibre and span 70 feet tall and 100 feet in length. Futuristic, yet traditional, they’re thin translucent structures with a woven pattern and each sit at the start of the districts for Sustainability, Mobility and Opportunity. Visitors walk through them to experience the event inside. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12, 2021: Public spaces designed by Asif Khan, a London-based architect and designer marked by black and white striped paths that mimic Emirati weaving patterns. There are 50 calligraphic benches designed in collaboration with calligrapher Lara Captan, which capture Arabic words selected by a group of Emirati thinkers, scientists and poets. Asif Khan also created different lanes on the same path so people can take their time, walk briskly or run. People move at different speeds and in different ways, so when you’re here, you can find your own pace along the avenues that are lined by local Ghaf trees. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Covid messaging at EXPO 2020 Dubai. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11 2021: Daily National Parades at EXPO 2020 Dubai. Here Kingdom of Eswatini is celebrated. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12, 2021: UK Pavilion located in Opportunity District at EXPO 2020. The cone-shaped UK Pavilion is made of cross-laminated timber and displaying a series of AI-generated poems. Inspired by one of Stephen Hawking’s final projects, 'Breakthrough Message', the UK Pavilion invites you to consider what message we would communicate to express ourselves as a planet should we one day encounter other advanced civilisations in space. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: . Designed by Asif Khan, a London-based architect the 180-foot-tall observation tower, called Garden in the Sky, has a moving platform full of ficus and hibiscus trees and offers 360 degrees views of the show’s site. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12 , 2021: Visitors at Brazil’s Pavilion in the Sustainability District in EXPO 2020 Dubai. Brazil’s sustainability pavilion, designed in a collaboration with three architecture firms, JPQ.ARQ, MMBB and Ben-Avi, aims to immerse Expo attendees in the Amazon: the more than 43,000 square foot biophilic installation includes giant images of its forests, rivers, food and culture from 125 projectors, speakers that boom with the sounds of the some of the animals who live there and a pool filled with reused water that represents the region’s Rio Negro river- visitors can even wade in to cool their feet. On a broader scale, the pavilion uses images and videos to relay a sense of place of the entire country, from its cities to its ecosystems. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 11, 2021: Robot with Covid messaging at EXPO 2020 Dubai. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ OCTOBER 12, 2021: UK Pavilion located in Opportunity District at EXPO 2020. The cone-shaped UK Pavilion is made of cross-laminated timber and displaying a series of AI-generated poems. Inspired by one of Stephen Hawking’s final projects, 'Breakthrough Message', the UK Pavilion invites you to consider what message we would communicate to express ourselves as a planet should we one day encounter other advanced civilisations in space. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ MAY 25,, 2021: Alif-The Mobility Pavilion, Mobility District at EXPO 2020 Dubai. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -‐ October 11, 2021: Alif-The Mobility Pavilion, designed by the award-winning Foster + Partners, features the world’s largest passenger lift, which will transport 160+ people at a time. The pavilion also stars a partly underground, partly open-air 330-metre track for you to see cutting-edge mobility devices in action. CREDIT: Katarina Premfors for The New York Times