Sanyo Pavilion - Vancouver, BC
N 49° 16.012 W 123° 15.480
10U E 481230 N 5457154
The Asian Centre—constructed in 1981 in part from materials used for the Sanyo Pavilion at Expo ’70 in Osaka, Japan—houses the Asian Studies library and offers space for the Asia-related interests of various departments on campus.
Waymark Code: WM183NG
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 05/23/2023
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Shotaro Iida, Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at UBC, attended the Osaka Expo in 1970. There, the roof of the Sanyo Pavilion caught his eye. Iida met with Kazuhiko Nishi, the commissioner-general of the Sanyo Pavilion, where the two discussed Iida’s visions to use the roof for a potential building on UBC Vancouver campus. Familiar with the campus and Nitobe Garden, Nishi shared Iida’s vision and agreed to gift the roof and the supporting girders of the Pavilion for the establishment of the Asian Centre building. Construction began in 1974, three years after the Sanyo Pavilion roof and the steel girders arrived in Vancouver in March of 1971.
The Expo 70 in Osaka was one of the biggest and most attended Expos of all time.
Within the six months, the number of visitors reached 64,218,770, and it would take 40 years for this record to be surpassed by the Shanghai Expo in 2010. 77 countries participated in the event whose theme was
"PROGRESS AND HARMONY FOR MANKIND."
With many pavilions showcasing items or situations of the future, one of the companies that showed the most futuristic inventions was Sanyo, a Japanese electronics company.
Its pavilions theme was "Heart of Japan" and on an area of 3,350 m2, they tried to emphasize the harmony and elegance in Japanese architecture.
Original Name of Structure (during fair): Sanyo Pavilion
Current Name of Structure: The Asian Centre
Fair Name: The Japan World Exposition, Osaka
Location: Osaka, Japan
Year of Fair: 1970
Theme of Fair: Progress and Harmony for Mankind
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Website Reference: [Web Link]
Architect/Designer: Not listed
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