China Pavilion Shanghai Expo

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I am fascinated by this structure. I'd love to turn it into an architectural challenge, crafting a harmonious balance of beams and angles. Now it's known as the China Art Museum. This building has evolved significantly since its debut in Expo 2010 - here is its new Wikipedia page for reference. Please note that the current model doesn't accurately reflect its design features; I noticed there's an incorrect count of beams when compared to photographs from a specific album: . Interestingly, the inspiration behind this structure can be traced back to a Sketchup model available in their 3D Warehouse under id:1f68f44ca8e725e980b75d0d464eec35 - unfortunately I am unaware if there are any restrictions related to its copyright usage. By doing some extensive experimenting and manipulating of parameters using an extension I found at, this project evolved to transform Sketchup's skp file format to .stl file format - and after removing several elements in its vicinity I obtained this precise result through export from sketchup via an installed conversion extension for that software:. Unfortunately it seems as though I left a part of the design behind during these procedures. This lack of comprehension makes me even more intrigued with what it took to initially build the museum's actual architecture.