The Beijing National Aquatics Centre a.k.a the Water Cube

bahador_romeo · 13-04-07, 01:54

The Beijing National Aquatics Centre a.k.a the Water Cube

BEIJING, CHINA - UNDATED: In this handout from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, (BOCOG) An artist impression of the National Aquatics Center (L) and the National Stadium in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

BEIJING, CHINA - UNDATED: In this handout from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, (BOCOG) An artist impression of the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 03: Chinese labourers work at the National Aquatics Center on April 3, 2007 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 03: A Chinese labourer works at the National Aquatics Center on April 3, 2007 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

The Beijing National Aquatics Centre, also known as the Water Cube (or abbreviated [H2O]3), is an aquatics centre that is currently being built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Ground was broken on December 24, 2003.

The Aquatics Centre will host the Swimming, Diving, Synchronized Swimming, and Water Polo events during the Olympics.

Architecture
The Water Cube was initially designed by PTW Architects from Sydney, Australia and CSCEC International Design and Arup with structural Engineers Arup conceiving the structure. The strucutre was built by CSCEC (China State Construction Enginering Corporation). Comprised of a steel spaceframe, it the largest ETFE clad structure in the world with over 100,000 m� of ETFE pillows that are only eight one-thousandths of an inch in total thickness,The ETFE cladding allows more light and heat penetratino than traditional glass resulting in a 30% decrease in energy costs.

The Water Cube employs water as a structural and thematical "leitmotiv" with the square, the primal shape of the house in Chinese tradition and mythology. The structure of the watercube is based on a unique, lightweight construction, developed by Arup and CSCEC with PTW, and derived from the the structure of water in the state of aggregation of FOAM as deduced by Weaire and Phelan of Trinity College, Dublin. Behind the apparently random appearance hides a strict geometry found in natural systems such as crystals, cells and molecular structures. By applying novel materials and technology, the transparency and randomness is transposed into the inner and outer skins of ETFE cushions. Unlike traditional stadium structures with gigantic columns, beams, cables and backspans, to which a facade system is applied, in the watercube design the architectural space, structure and facade are one and the same element. Conceptually the square box and the interior spaces are carved out of an undefined cluster of foam bubbles, symbolizing a condition of nature that is transformed into a condition of culture. The appearance of the aquatic centre is a "cube of water molecules" - the WATERCUBE. In combination with the main stadium by Herzog de Meuron, a duality between fire and water, male and female, Yin and Yang is being created with all its associated tensions/attractions.

The structure will have a capacity of 17,000 during the games that will be reduced to 6,000 afterwards. It also has a total land surface of 65,000 square metres and will cover a total of 7.8 acres.
-- Wikipedia & Getty Images

bluesky · 13-04-07, 03:10

o wow its kind of amazing..so its gonna be ready on next year?

miladoooo · 13-04-07, 06:52

ajab chizi hast in

bahador_romeo · 13-04-07, 17:04

	Quote:
	Originally posted by bluesky o wow its kind of amazing..so its gonna be ready on next year?

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13-04-07, 01:54	#1 (permalink)
bahador_romeo Forum Legend Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 1,844 Credits: 25,568 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	The Beijing National Aquatics Centre a.k.a the Water Cube The Beijing National Aquatics Centre a.k.a the Water Cube BEIJING, CHINA - UNDATED: In this handout from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, (BOCOG) An artist impression of the National Aquatics Center (L) and the National Stadium in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. BEIJING, CHINA - UNDATED: In this handout from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, (BOCOG) An artist impression of the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. BEIJING, CHINA - UNDATED: In this handout from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, (BOCOG) An artist impression of the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 03: Chinese labourers work at the National Aquatics Center on April 3, 2007 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 03: A Chinese labourer works at the National Aquatics Center on April 3, 2007 in Beijing, China. The National Aquatics Center hosts swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming duirng the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Beijing National Aquatics Centre, also known as the Water Cube (or abbreviated [H2O]3), is an aquatics centre that is currently being built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Ground was broken on December 24, 2003. The Aquatics Centre will host the Swimming, Diving, Synchronized Swimming, and Water Polo events during the Olympics. Architecture The Water Cube was initially designed by PTW Architects from Sydney, Australia and CSCEC International Design and Arup with structural Engineers Arup conceiving the structure. The strucutre was built by CSCEC (China State Construction Enginering Corporation). Comprised of a steel spaceframe, it the largest ETFE clad structure in the world with over 100,000 m� of ETFE pillows that are only eight one-thousandths of an inch in total thickness,The ETFE cladding allows more light and heat penetratino than traditional glass resulting in a 30% decrease in energy costs. The Water Cube employs water as a structural and thematical "leitmotiv" with the square, the primal shape of the house in Chinese tradition and mythology. The structure of the watercube is based on a unique, lightweight construction, developed by Arup and CSCEC with PTW, and derived from the the structure of water in the state of aggregation of FOAM as deduced by Weaire and Phelan of Trinity College, Dublin. Behind the apparently random appearance hides a strict geometry found in natural systems such as crystals, cells and molecular structures. By applying novel materials and technology, the transparency and randomness is transposed into the inner and outer skins of ETFE cushions. Unlike traditional stadium structures with gigantic columns, beams, cables and backspans, to which a facade system is applied, in the watercube design the architectural space, structure and facade are one and the same element. Conceptually the square box and the interior spaces are carved out of an undefined cluster of foam bubbles, symbolizing a condition of nature that is transformed into a condition of culture. The appearance of the aquatic centre is a "cube of water molecules" - the WATERCUBE. In combination with the main stadium by Herzog de Meuron, a duality between fire and water, male and female, Yin and Yang is being created with all its associated tensions/attractions. The structure will have a capacity of 17,000 during the games that will be reduced to 6,000 afterwards. It also has a total land surface of 65,000 square metres and will cover a total of 7.8 acres. -- Wikipedia & Getty Images

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