As Expo heads into its final weeks, pavilions are gearing up for decommissioning–the process by which countries remove their pavilions and return the plot of land to its original state. And so the pavilions are fervently searching for new homes.

Poland is shipping everything back home and Turkey is throwing its entire pavilion out, but most countries are looking to raise a little cash, putting their pavilions on the auction block, either in parts or the whole kit and kaboodle.

The Taiwan Pavilion just made headlines when it was sold for a tidy US$14.5 million. The entire structure will be uprooted to Hsinchu in Taiwan. Most pavilions, however, will end up in Mainland China somewhere.

“It’s important to find good projects for the pavilion after the Expo, even if that means recycling,” says Lyndall Sachs, Commissioner-General of the Australia Pavilion. “The fixtures, the flooring–there are so many components to the pavilion that can be reused. People who successfully bid will be able to say, ‘This is from the Australia Pavilion,’ and the legacy of the pavilion will live on.”

Like many others, the Australia Pavilion was designed with decommissioning in mind, and they’re currently reviewing proposals that will ensure every part of the pavilion has an afterlife.

“We have at least 10 organizations that we are in contact with,” says Philip Lote, communication director of the Norway Pavilion. “All the interest in our pavilion is coming from Chinese groups. The one interest we’ve had outside of China is the city where the architects are from, and they requested one of the trees.”

Lote says the ideal situation for relocation of the pavilion, a star-shaped building supported by 15 beams designed to look like trees, is to see everything go together and not separate any of the components.

Several local bidders are also eyeing the India pavilion, and according to Dipten Basu, the pavilion’s director, a decision should be reached any day now.

“We want the India Pavilion to be utilized by the next generation, so that people 20 to 30 years from now can still see what we did at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo,” says Basu. “We’ve made it a priority to have an inviting atmosphere while at the Expo, and the pavilion serves as food for thought for younger generations.”

Even if Expos are about temporary structures, national pavilions are always long-term investments.

Would you want to buy a slice of Expo? Which pavilion would you take home with you?