Situated in the Southern section of Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana), the Congress Center anchors the cultural axis within the Expo 2017 Masterplan. Surrounded by mid-rise residential and the greater Expo 2017 development, the program addresses the adjacent milieu through a contextual interface predicated on transparency and accessibility. The Congress Center provides a fundamental public amenity inclusive of an auditorium performance space, exhibition halls and broader community amenities that foster coalescence.Different rainscreen cladding panels are applied on the facade of the project. It also has a very large skylight glass roof.