Erbil, Kurdistan Region · 2023
At the heart of Invest Expo, the 101+E Pavilion presents the 101 Complex and ENKIDU as one experience. The structure is wrapped in a veil of orange fabric curtains translucent, layered, and deliberately unresolved. From outside, visitors see only silhouettes and light. The ambiguity is intentional, it draws people intention before it explains…
At the heart of Invest Expo, the 101+E Pavilion presents the 101 Complex and ENKIDU as one experience.
The structure is wrapped in a veil of orange fabric curtains translucent, layered, and deliberately unresolved. From outside, visitors see only silhouettes and light. The ambiguity is intentional, it draws people intention before it explains itself.
Inside, the pavilion unfolds in sequence. An entrance leads into the 101 Complex zone, where the project is presented through touch screens and models. A VR zone lets visitors step inside the design itself. A lounge offers a place to pause, and the ENKIDU zone closes the experience, grounding the pavilion's identity in the group behind it.
Every material choice reinforces the concept. Steel top profiles hold the curtains taut across a light structural frame. Red rubber flooring and tread-plate steel mark the transitions between zones. The ENKIDU and 101 Complex…
Every material choice reinforces the concept. Steel top profiles hold the curtains taut across a light structural frame. Red rubber flooring and tread-plate steel mark the transitions between zones. The ENKIDU and 101 Complex marks appear directly on the fabric, visible from both sides — subtle by day, striking once illuminated.
The result is a pavilion that behaves like architecture rather than a stand: spatial, sequenced, and built to hold attention
