The German Pavilion occupies a plot measuring around 6,000 m² - the largest area a national pavilion can be given – in Section C of the EXPO site.

The EXPO rules stipulate that 60 to 80 per cent of the plot can be built on and that the building’s height must not exceed 20 metres. balancity makes full use of the maximum space available.

The participation contract between the Federal Republic of Germany and World EXPO 2010 Shanghai China was signed in May 2008, following the Chinese EXPO organisers’ approval of the theme proposed for “balancity”. The plot for the Pavilion was ready for construction at the end of 2008 and construction work in Shanghai was underway since the beginning of 2009. The pavilion was completed in the middle of April 2010.