Printed: 2.342.745

Benelux Gate (30c + 20c)

Architects: A. Pirnay, R. Jeanne, G. Martin of Liège

The Benelux gate is on the of the ten gates of entry of the Exhibition: it stands at the foot of the Avenue du Centenaire.
The structure is made up of a horizontal porch roof extending in the form of aircraft winds which meet at an obtuse angle in their widest part. Each wind is 55 and 367 meters long respectively.
This unit, which is built of ultra-light materials, consists of a metallic framework covered with waterproofed cloth.
The structure is suspended 5 meters from the ground by a system of cables connected with the top of 50-meter high metallic mast which cuts the horizontal plane of the roof. This mast, which is slender in shape, is balanced in five stays.

Printed: 1.896.809

Civil Engineering Pavillion (1F + 50c)

Architect: Van Dooselaere of Brussels

The Civil Engineering Pavilion gives an overall view of the achievements, the techniques deployed and the means utilized by the Belgian Civil Engineering int he various branches of the building.
It is made up of the following different parts: 1 hanging footbridge, 16 suspending cables, 1 shaft, 1 central support, 1 hanging room, 1 dome and 2 struts.
The footbridge, which is about 5 meters from the ground, is made of reinforce concrete slabs 8 cms, thick, supported by lattice-work metallic beams forming a railing.
The 16 suspending cables, which are intended for hanging the footbridge on the shaft, measure from 10 to 23 meters.
The 80-meter long shaft is designed as a beam of equal resistance, that is to say that the variation in section is such that the maximum compression of the concrete is reached simultaneously over practically the entire length.
The transversal stability of the structure as a whole is ensured by two struts, which with the central support form a tripod.

Printed: 1.650.366

Belgain Congo and Ruanda-Urundi Pavillion (1.50F + 50c)

Architect: Ricquier of Brussels

The Belgian African section shows the world the face of the modern Congo. All branches of the colonial activity are presented there, in order to enable visitor's to have a complete idea of the modern Congo and Ruanda-Urundi. Thus the industrial and commercial branches are in the forefront in this presentation and attention is especially drawn to the improvement in the living conditions of the aboriginal peoples, this being the result of the industrial and commercial development as carried on by our fellow-country-men.
It is shown there that nothing is done in Belgian Africa that does not have the improvement of the lot of mankind as its object.

Printed: 1.115.271

Belgium 1900 (2.50F + 1F)

Architect: Blomme of Brussels

This Pavilion is the reconstitution of a whole age. It comprises a village consisting of 170 houses copied from or inspired from the old Belgian or European styles. Its narrow, winding streets slow up one's pace and incite one to stroll. The best artisans run shops and workshops there and the tourist can find there the traditional products of Belgian craftsmanship: lace, crystal, copper, tin, pottery.
The costumes, the old "crocks", the street-lamps, the cabs, the moustaches and the music recreate the atmosphere of the "Good Old Days", this theme being chosen for its insouciance and for its ignorance of the two world wars.

Printed: 1.080.510

Atomium (3F + 1.50F)

Architects: A and J Polak - Engineer: A Waterkeyn of Brussels

The Atomium, one of the chief attractions of the Exhibition, is an all-metal structure which constitutes a synthesis of the thee Belgian iron-smelting, metal-work and non-ferrous metal industries.
It is the crystallographic representation of an iron molecule and of its nine atoms. As is usual in crystallography, these atoms are depicted from spheres. The habitable spheres are connected together by tubes, the section of which is sufficient to allow visitors to pass through them. The diameter of the spheres is 18 meters and that of the tubes 3 meters.
The upper sphere rises 102 meters above the ground and affords a unique panorama of the entire Exhibition.

Printed: 919.628

"TELEXPO" (5F + 3F)

Architect: Schmidt and Fourmanoit of Brussels

The "Telexpo" pavilion houses the "Postal Service and Telecommunications" group.
In its conception, this pavilion is the work of several "classes".
The Postal Service class - Class 1 - shows a model office having modern technical means permitting rapid handling of letters and parcels. One can also follow the reading of a short history of the Postal Service from the diligence to the helicopter. A section is set aside solely for printing and exhibing postage stamps.
The second class is that of the teletransmission by wire, of telegraphy, of telephony, of teletype-writing and of the transmission of pictures.
The professional applications of wireless transmission form the subject of class 3. The entire system of radio-telegraphy, radio-television and radio-telephony is on display there.
Class 4 is devoted to the domestic applications of wireless transmission, radio receiving-sets for domestic use, amateur transmitting sets.
In conclusion, Class 5, whose job is to exhibit telemetric appliances, will display radio-goniometry, radio-meteorology, radar, etc.