On August 28, as the lead company of the CP Concrete（Note1）Consortium, HAZAMA ANDO CORPORATION (“HAZAMA ANDO”) (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Kazuhiko Kuniya) took part in the pavilion exhibition content presentation（Note2）by the 12 sponsors for the pavilion of the Future Society Showcase Project Exhibition “Future Life EXPO: Future City（Note3）”at the 2025 World Exposition (Osaka, Kansai Expo).
“Future City” is a pavilion with various experience attractions consisting of the “Common Exhibitions” led by the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition (“the Association”) and the “Individual Exhibitions” led by the 12 sponsors. At the presentation, the 12 sponsors provided an overview of the “experience programs” they have created in each of the five thematic fields that make up and support a city and introduced their visions for the new cities of Society 5.0 (see Photographs 1 and 2).
The exhibit area of the CP Concrete Consortium is an attraction where visitors will be able to board an airship and experience the vision of a future city brought about by CP concrete under the theme “The Journey of Possibilities!” The seating and other fittings in the exhibition area are made of CP concrete, and we hope that this will provide visitors with the opportunity for first-hand experience of CP concrete, a new material that will form the foundation for a decarbonized society (see Figures 1 and 2).
HAZAMA ANDO regards CP concrete as the cornerstone of a decarbonized society. In order to transform concrete, a major construction material, into a carbon-negative material, we are working toward the social implementation of this material by 2030 as a member of the consortium for the Development of Technology for Producing Concrete and Cement Using CO2 Project under the Green Innovation (GI) Fund operated by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
Photograph 1：Group photograph of the Association and presenters from the 12 sponsors
Photograph 2：Scene from the CP Concrete Consortium’s presentation
Figure 1：Exterior of the “Future City” Pavilion
Figure 2：Image of the CP Concrete Consortium’s exhibit
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An acronym for carbon pool concrete. We will establish local recycling with fixation of the CO2 generated in cement firing and other processes in industrial waste derived from concrete, which will be reused as concrete raw materials. In addition, concrete that maximizes and speeds up CO2 absorption using new technology will be carbon negative by reducing CO2 emissions by more than 310 kg-CO2/m3, which exceeds the amount generated during processes such as cement firing.
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The CP Concrete Consortium is sponsoring the Future Society Showcase Project Exhibition “Future Life EXPO: Future City” at the Osaka, Kansai Expo as a Bronze Partner. HAZAMA ANDO CORPORATION is a member of the CP Concrete Consortium.
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“Future City” is a joint exhibition project by the Association and 12 sponsoring companies and organizations, transcending the boundaries of organizations, companies and industries by utilizing their respective knowledge and technological capabilities to envision the future cities of Society 5.0 where economic advancement is balanced with the resolution of various social problems.