Brazil's Expo 2020 pavilion in Dubai centres on the theme of water and its main exhibition floor can be flooded with a thin layer of water that visitors are meant to walk through.

Designed by architects MMBB Arquitetos, Ben-Avid, and JPG.ARQ, the pavilion is Brazil's contribution to the exhibition, which was originally slated to open in 2020 on the theme "Explore the World" but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The pavilion itself is made up of a white steel structure enclosed by fabric that serves as a backdrop for immersive video projections. Visitors enter into the expansive space through two triangular openings on either sides of the square structure.

The roof, meanwhile, has a funnel-like shape that is formed by tension cables. This echoes the shape of an impluvium – structures meant to collect rainwater and direct it to a specific location.

During the day, this structure shades and protects the waters; at dusk it makes of the pavilion a luminous, floating cube," the studios explained.

"Immersed in projections, sounds, vapors and subtle aromas, this space forms the essence of the proposed museographic experience, whose theme is the fluvial waters of Brazil."

The main exhibition floor is covered in an undulating, black concrete finish, within which a thin layer of water swirls around forming shallow, interconnected basins.

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