The company’s technologies will be used to recreate a desert dune effect inside the pavilion and to cover the suspended gangway with coffee grains and orange peel powder, in line with the technical-aesthetic requests.

Sand, coffee, orange peels: Mapei, a Technical Partner of the Italian Commissioner’s Office for Expo 2020 Dubai, will bring innovative and sustainable solutions to the forthcoming edition of the Universal Exhibition, scheduled to start on 1st October 2021, to turn the Italy Pavilion into a technologically advanced facility.


Moreover, within the pavilion Mapei provided solutions for the resin and cement flooring, the laying of ceramic and marble, the wall finishes and also waterproofing solutions.
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