Pabellón Temático, Exhibition pavilion in Shanghai, China

The Theme Pavilion, now the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, stands west of the Expo Axis in Zone B. Its above-ground floor area is 80,000 square metres, with 40,000 square metres below ground. The main and rear facades fold like origami, drawing on Shanghai's Shikumen lanes and dormer windows, while the other two sides are covered with climbing plants.

Construction of the Theme Pavilion began on 10 November 2007 and was completed on 28 September 2009, ahead of the 2010 World Exposition held in Shanghai from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was one of the permanent structures of the Expo, and on 16 March 2011 it was renamed the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, hosting its first exhibition that year.

The building's name comes from the five theme pavilions it housed in 2010: Urbanian, City Being, Urban Planet, plus the Future and Footprint pavilions in Puxi. Urbanian, designed by Herman Kossmann and Mark de Jong, followed families from Paris, Phoenix, São Paulo, Lijiang, Ouagadougou and Melbourne. In front of the main entrance stands Flying Dream, a 30-tonne stainless-steel sculpture shaped like the character 心 (heart) and painted in several colours, dedicated to Expo volunteers.

The building sits in Zone B of the Expo site, west of the Expo Axis, on an 11.5-hectare plot with 143,000 m² of floor space, about 50,000 m² of it underground. The main and rear facades face outward like folded paper, while the other two sides are covered in climbing plants. The Flying Dream sculpture, a 30-tonne stainless-steel work shaped like the character 心, stands in front of the main entrance.

In front of the main entrance stands Sueño volador (Flying Dream), a 30-tonne stainless-steel sculpture painted in several colours and shaped like the Chinese character 心 (heart). It is dedicated to all the volunteers of Expo 2010. The roof's solar panels were designed to generate 2.8 million kWh.