 Capital Indoor Stadium |
Venue: Capital Indoor Stadium
Location: Baishi Bridge, Haidian District, Beijing
Functions during the Games: Volleyball
 Capital Indoor Stadium |
 Capital Indoor Stadium |
 Capital Indoor Stadium |
 Capital Indoor Stadium |
 Effect model of Fengtai Softball Field |
Venue: Fengtai Softball Field
Location: Fengtai Sports Center
Functions during the Games: Softball
 Effect model of Fengtai Softball Field |
 Bird’s eye view of the field |
 Ying Tung Natatorium |
Venue: Ying Tung Natatorium
Location: Olympic Sports Center
Functions during the Games: Water Polo, Modern Pentathlon Swimming
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Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastic venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games)
Location: Beijing University of Technology
Total land surface (sq. m.): 22,269
Seats: 7,500
Functions during the Games: Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics
Post-Games use: The Gym will provide spaces for activities of students and faculty, whilst facilitating the training of the badminton teams affiliated with the International Badminton Federation and the General Administration of Sports. The gymnasium will ocassionally be open to the public.
Groundbreaking date: June 30, 2005
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Bird’s eye view |
Venue: University of Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium (Judo and Taekwondo venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games)
Location:University of Science and Technology Beijing
Total land surface (sq. m.): 23,993
Seats: 4,068 permanent and 3,956 temporary
Functions during the Games: Judo and Taekwondo
Post-Games use: The Gym will serve as a comprehensive indoor center for various sports activities, aquatics and fitness training, and will also be suitable for indoor athletic competitions.
Bird’s eye view |
Perspective view from inside |
Scenograph |
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Venue: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastic venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games)
Location: Beijing University of Technology
Total land surface (sq. m.): 22,269
Seats: 7,500
Functions during the Games: Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics
Post-Games use: The Gym will provide spaces for activities of students and faculty, whilst facilitating the training of the badminton teams affiliated with the International Badminton Federation and the General Administration of Sports. The gymnasium will ocassionally be open to the public.
Groundbreaking date: June 30, 2005
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 Bird’s eye view in the daytime |
Venue: Peking University Gymnasium (Table Tennis venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Location: Peking University
Total land surface (sq. m.): 26,900
Seats: 6,000 permanent and 2,000 removable
Functions during the Games: Table Tennis
Post-Games use: The Gym can be utilized for a score of competitions, including table tennis, handball, basketball, badminton, and volleyball. The Gym will also meet the needs of physical education, training and recreation.
 Night scene |
 Perspective view from inside |
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Venue: China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Location: China Agricultural University (East Campus)
Total land surface (sq. m.): 23,950
Seats: 6,000 permanent and 2,000 removable
Functions during the Games: Wrestling
Post-Games use: The gym will have a warm-up court and spaces for various sport competitions and large-scale activities, such as badminton, table tennis, gymnastics, volleyball, basketball, handball and indoor football matches.
Groundbreaking date: June, 2005
Venue: Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Location: Mapo Village, Shunyi District, Beijing
Functions during the Games: Rowing, Canoe/Kayak (flat-water racing and Slalom Racing)
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Photo taken on July 27 shows the anemometer instrument on the flat-water bank. Several anemometers are installed along the more than 2,000-meter long racecourse.
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Photo taken on July 27 shows the flatwater boathouse and the athlete lounge.
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Photo taken on July 27 shows the flatwater racecourse. The course is 2,272 meters long.
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Photo taken on July 27 shows the main stands and the terminal tower on the west bank of the east water. 1,200 permanent seats are available in the main stands, where spectators can get a full view of everything.
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Photo taken on July 27 shows the large-screen scoreboard. Spectators can have a clear view of the competition with the help of the screen.
After featuring the stunning “bubble building” being built for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, we felt it necessary to mention an equally-awesome structure under construction just across the way. Herzog and DeMeuron’s Olympic Stadium, fondly referred to by some as the “Bird’s Nest,” is a feat of engineering, an aesthetic marvel, and an uber-green machine to boot. What we love most about the stadium’s design is its integration of a myriad complex systems all rolled into such an aesthetically and conceptually simple and stunning object. The Swiss architects describe it best, saying, “The spatial effect of the stadium is novel and radical and yet simple and of an almost archaic immediacy. Its appearance is pure structure. Facade and structure are identical.”
The structure itself is composed of a grid-like formation that serves as both structure and facade, integrating the stairs, walls, and roof into one cohesive system. Instead of form being dictated by function, Herzog and DeMeuron’s design effectively removes the distinction, making function and form one in the same.
Such a large-scale and highly-trafficked building raises questions of waste, efficiency, and cost, but the “Bird’s Nest” seems to pose innovative, green solutions to a variety of potential building issues. Its green features include a rainwater collection system, a translucent roof that provides essential sunlight for the grass below, and a natural, passive ventilation system.
Perhaps the most unique feature of the structure is its “cushion” system which strategically fills the spaces within the building’s facade to regulate wind, weather, and sunlight. On the rooftop, the inflatable cushions fill gaps to weather- and waterproof the stadium. “Just as birds stuff the spaces between the woven twigs of their nests with a soft filler, the spaces in the structure of the stadium will be filled with inflated cushions.” Coincidentally, the cushions will be made from ETFE, the same material used to create the translucency of the “bubble building” across the Olympic park.
Sculptural rather than an architectural sensory overload like many a contemporary stadium, “it meets all the functional and technical requirements of an Olympic National Stadium, but without communicating the insistent sameness of technocratic architecture dominated by large spans and digital screens.”
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