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The Mechanization pavilion at AUAE-39 overlooked the Mechanization square with its main facade and was made of iron, glass, and concrete as a hangar-shaped partition over the Main Alley. Agricultural machinery located along the alley on two tiers was visible from everywhere. The unbreakable line of equipment moved on conveyers, which, according to the project authors' concept, created an "imposing picture of industrial strength of the USSR's agriculture."

At the post-WWII AUAE, the pavilion was called Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture, and, in accordance with the design of the same architects, significantly grew. It consisted of two parts united into the single one. A large hangar was finished with a newly built two-storey cupola hall. The height of the glass cupola with metallic framework is 60 meters (total height of the pavilion is 75 meters), diameter of its foundation is 40 meters. The embrasure of the entrance arch is made of mirror glass. On both sides of the main facade, there are faceted towers crowned by sculptures of a worker and a female collective farmer. Frontal facets of towers are covered with bas relieves devoted to mechanization and electrification of agriculture.

Since 1964, the pavilion has been called Aerospace and has not changed much.

ARECs plans to perform interior reconstruction of the pavilion in order not only to expand display space but also to make it a facility meeting requirements of the evolving market of the domestic exhibition industry.

The Mechanization pavilion was built for AUAE-39 under the design by

architects V.S. Andreev, and I.G. Tarakanov.