The Expo and Convention Centre, as far as it is decided.

Four levels of programme are set out in the project document. The building that would hold them is drawn as massing, a footprint and a roofline. This page keeps the two apart, line by line, so a reader can see exactly which is which.

The four levels ↓ What is drawn ↓ Capacities ↓

Interior visualisation of the proposed cultural pavilion under a timber haus tambaran roof — Architectural visualisation · proposed · pavilion interior

Where the proposal stands.

The Expo Hall and the Cultural Pavilion are drawn on the masterplan as massing under a haus tambaran roof, inside a 6,000 m² building footprint. The internal programme, four levels of it, is set out in the project document. It has not been dimensioned, and it will be worked out at detailed design stage.

Neither of those is a problem to hide. The project is at partner and investment engagement, before construction. What follows is the programme as the project team has written it, and separately, what the drawings actually carry.

As drawn

Dimensioned or labelled in the architectural masterplan.

Programme brief

Set out in the project document; not yet designed or dimensioned.

Four levels of programme.

Programme brief

Every room below comes from the project document. No level is named in any drawing, no level has an area, and there is no floor plan for either the Expo Hall or the Cultural Pavilion. Read this as intent, not as a layout.

Ground floor

Arrival, ticketing and the public gallery.

Programme brief

Grand LobbyArrival

Pacific Cultural Exhibition GalleryExhibition

CaféRefreshment

Souvenir ShopsRetail

TicketingAdmissions

ReceptionVisitor desk

Level 2

Two halls for performance and staged work.

Programme brief

Performance Hall300 seats

Theatre200 seats

Level 3

Exhibition floor and the convention rooms.

Programme brief

International Exhibition HallExhibition

Convention facilitiesConvention

Meeting roomsMeetings

VIP loungeDelegations

Level 4

The museum floor and the Pacific pavilion.

Programme brief

Museum GalleryMuseum

Pacific Nations Cultural PavilionPavilion

Heritage displaysCollection

What the drawings carry.

As drawn

The same two buildings, described only from the architectural boards. Massing, footprint, roof motif, and the parts of the complex that are named and placed.

01 Expo Hall Named and massed on the boards. It has no floor plan, no section and no interior layout. Massing on the site plan

02 Cultural Pavilion Wing A carries the Papua New Guinea pavilion, Wing B the South Pacific Islands pavilion. Massing on the site plan

03 The Confluence The Diplomatic VIP Lounge sits here, between Wing A and Wing B. Junction of the two wings

04 Building footprint The area the buildings cover on a 14,200 m² site. It is a footprint, not a floor area. 6,000 m²

05 Haus tambaran roof The roofline drawn over both pavilions, taken from the Papua New Guinean spirit house. Raked gable motif

06 Outdoor Performance Garden The only capacity figure drawn anywhere on the site, apart from the training rooms. 600 m² · about 200 persons

Rear-left aerial visualisation of the proposed expo hall and cultural pavilion — Architectural visualisation · proposed · rear left

Rear-right aerial visualisation of the proposed complex and its raked gable roofline — Architectural visualisation · proposed · rear right

Every capacity figure that exists.

Five figures · nothing else

There are five capacity figures attached to this project and they are all listed here. Three are drawn. Two, the Performance Hall and the Theatre, come from the project document and have not been designed against a room.

No other hall, gallery, lobby or lounge on this page has a seat count or an occupancy, because none has been established. Anyone quoting one has taken it from somewhere other than this project.

As drawn Programme brief

Capacity register

Training rooms T1-T450 delegates each

Training rooms, all four200 delegates

Outdoor Performance GardenAbout 200 persons

Performance Hall300 seats

Theatre200 seats

Rows one to three as drawn · rows four and five programme brief

The centre on the site.

The site plan places the two pavilions and their entrance sequence: one gate from John Guise Drive, the Pacific Nations Flag Plaza at the head of the drive, the Cultural Garden Walkway running past the pavilions, the Maritime Tourism Plaza, and the Outdoor Performance Garden.

This is the level of resolution the project has reached. Interior planning of the halls follows at detailed design stage, once the programme has been fixed with the partners who will use it.

The dimensioned facility register →

Site plan of the proposed development showing the expo hall, cultural pavilion, plazas and gardens — **Site plan (top view)**The two pavilions as massing, the single entrance from John Guise Drive, the flag plaza, walkway and performance garden. The plan names the buildings. It does not divide them into levels.

Culture is the reason for the building.

Programme brief

The programme puts the exhibition gallery on the ground floor, where arrival happens, and the museum and the Pacific Nations Cultural Pavilion at the top of the building. Papua New Guinea has over 800 living languages, more than any other country on earth, and Waigani already holds the PNG National Museum and Art Gallery. The proposal is for a second, regional room alongside it.

The Pacific Museum and Cultural Heritage Centre programme covers Pacific Island exhibitions, cultural exchange and international museum partnerships. No partnership has been agreed and no exhibition has been scheduled.

Partnership and programmes →

Visualisation of a cultural exchange programme setting proposed for the centre — Architectural visualisation · proposed · culture exchange

Ask what has been decided.

Government bodies, partner nations and prospective investment partners can request the programme document and the masterplan boards, and see for themselves which parts of this centre are drawn and which are still written down.

Section 221, Lot 12
John Guise Drive, Waigani
National Capital District
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

enquiry@pngpacificsin.org