West Entrance, Triulza Side

The guide to Expo 2015 for design lovers. The Triulza Entrance is the other large access point to our temporary city. Those who come by train arrive here as well as those who come by Metro and miss the Fiorenza entrance. In front of you dozens and dozens of turnstiles, endless queues (if there were no queues, it would mean that the event was a flop, and so, long live the queues!). This is the entrance where you'll find the twenty-two giant statues by Dante Ferretti, [“The Guardians of Food”](http://www.expo2015.org/en/news/president-sergio-mattarella-inaugurates-the-works-of-dante-ferretti-at-expo-milano-2015), so appreciated by the huge population of Instagram. But before entering, we have a couple of places to stop off at... All the photos are by Beatrice Bianchetti and Anna Chiara Maggiolini.

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The Tensile Structure Over the Decumanus

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Fans of architecture will find in this city many places and many big names.Norman Foster, Jacques Herzog and Pierre De Meuron, Daniel Libeskind, Cameron Sinclair, Benedetta Tagliabue, Michele De Lucchi and many others. However, we have something to say. The most beautiful and intelligent work of architecture in the whole of Expo 2015 wasn't made by an architect. Yep, it's true. Here we have to thank an engineer from Bologna called Massimo Majowiecki. He it is who came up with the [tensile structure to cover all of the Decumanus](http://www.abitare.it/en/expo-en/exhibition-expo-en/2015/05/01/expo-canopy-decumanus/). Organizing the entire site around the concept of Cardo and Decumanus (as if we were in a city founded by the ancient Romans) was a great idea. Covering the whole Decumanus with a never-ending tensile structure was a stroke of genius. Apparently (i.e., actually), the tensile structure serves as shelter from the sun and rain. But its true function is something else: thanks to this element, all the pavilions acquire conceptual orderliness, become a city. Without this linking element, we would have an untidy series of pavilions. Some striking, some less so, each of them navel gazing. Instead, in this way, everything takes on a new meaning. Mr Majowiecki, thanks a million! P.S. Have a look at his website. In a world dominated by Parallax and, HTML5 isn't it just delightful?

The Tensile Structure Over the Decumanus
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The Tensile Structure Over the Decumanus
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The Tensile Structure Over the Decumanus
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The Tensile Structure Over the Decumanus
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The Tensile Structure Over the Decumanus
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Entrance Turnstiles

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