Construction began on February 26 on the Dutch Pavilion for the World Expo 2010.
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The 5,000-square-meter Dutch Pavilion, known as Happy Street, comprises 26 small elevated houses. The houses will line a pedestrian street that curves in a figure of eight, a lucky number in China suggesting fortune.
Each house will feature an exhibition exploring themes such as energy, water, space and other urban issues.
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Dutch organizers hope to attract 5 to 10 percent of the 70 million visitors expected at the Expo, which means about 2,400 visitors will walk down Happy Street per hour.
The Dutch Pavilion will be completed before November.
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"We want the pavilion to be one of the top 10 best pavilions in the Expo site," said Walter van Weelden, Holland's commissioner general for the Expo.
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