{"id":357,"date":"2025-06-04T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/?p=357"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:27:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:27:43","slug":"the-worlds-largest-wooden-architectural-structure-explore-sou-fujimotos-grand-ring-at-expo-2025-osaka-through-the-lens-of-stephane-aboudaram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/the-worlds-largest-wooden-architectural-structure-explore-sou-fujimotos-grand-ring-at-expo-2025-osaka-through-the-lens-of-stephane-aboudaram\/","title":{"rendered":"The World\u2019s Largest Wooden Architectural Structure: Explore Sou Fujimoto\u2019s Grand Ring at Expo 2025 Osaka Through the Lens of Stephane Aboudaram"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Expo 2025<\/a> officially opened its doors on April 13, 2025<\/a>, on Yumeshima, a reclaimed island<\/a> in Osaka<\/a> Bay. Held under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” the event brings together over 150 countries and international organizations to address pressing global challenges through architecture, technology, and design. At the center of the Expo grounds stands the Grand Ring<\/a>, a monumental circular structure designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto<\/a>. Spanning approximately 2 kilometers in circumference and rising to 20 meters in height, the timber structure encircles the main exhibition area and was recognised by Guinness World Records<\/a> as “The largest wooden architectural structure<\/a>“. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Titled “The People of the Ring,” this photo series by St\u00e9phane Aboudaram<\/a> documents the Grand Ring at Expo 2025 Osaka<\/a> from a user’s perspective, capturing both the structure and the visitors engaging with it.<\/p>\n

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The Grand Ring of Expo Osaka. Image \u00a9 Stephane ABOUDARAM – WE ARE CONTENT(S) Expo 2025 officially opened its doors on April 13, 2025, on Yumeshima, a reclaimed island in Osaka Bay. Held under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” the event brings together over 150 countries and international organizations to address pressing global challenges through architecture, technology, and design. At the center of the Expo grounds stands the Grand Ring, a monumental circular structure designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. Spanning approximately 2 kilometers in circumference and rising to 20 meters in height, the timber structure encircles the main exhibition area and was recognised by Guinness World Records as “The largest wooden architectural structure“. Titled “The People of the Ring,” this photo series by St\u00e9phane Aboudaram documents the Grand Ring at Expo 2025 Osaka from a user’s perspective, capturing both the structure and the visitors engaging with it. Read more \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360,"href":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.halamdrid.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}