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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Beijing National Aquatics CenterNational Swimming Center-Exquisite and Exciting "Water Cube" its surface, is a shape very similar to the structure of "H2O", the outlook for the National Swimming Center at the 2008 Olympic Games. After the games, it will become a recr

2、eational water park open to the public. In Chinese culture, water is an important natural element. It creates a calming atmosphere and inspires happiness. Taking full consideration of the functions of water in recreation and bodybuilding, designers have explored many ways for people of different age

3、 groups to appreciate its function. The design is called "Water Cube". Many creative designs have been employed in the creation of the swimming pools at the swimming center. Other high-tech facilities including optical devices used to define positions of athletes, and multiple-angle, three

4、-dimensional screening systems are provided to help spectators enjoy competitions. The National Swimming Center, one of the three landmark buildings for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, is located inside the Beijing Olympic Park. Covering a total floor space of 50,000 square meters, it has 17,000 sea

5、ts. The project costs about US$100 million. The center will be a venue for swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water-polo games during the period of the Olympic Games. After the games, the center will become a large water recreational center open to the public.In January 2003, Beijing starte

6、d to solicit design schemes for the National Swimming Center. The international competition settled on "Water Cube" as the winning scheme. It is designed by the design consortium consisting of the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China State Construction International (She

7、nzhen) Design Co Ltd, PTW Architects (Australia) and Ove Arup (Australia). The National Swimming Center will be the only landmark Olympic venue that is constructed by donations from compatriots from Overseas.: 北京国家游泳中心; : 北京國家游泳中心 The Beijing National Aquatics Center, also known as the National Aqua

8、tics Center, and nicknamed the Water Cube, is an aquatics center that was built alongside in the for the . Despite its nickname, the building is not an actual cube, but a (a rectangular box). Ground was broken on December 24, 2003, and the Center was completed and handed over for use on January 28,

9、2008. Swimmers at the Water Cube during the 2008 Olympics. After the Olympics, the building is now undergoing a 200 million Yuan revamp to turn the inside into a water park. ArchitectureIn July 2003, the Water Cube design was chosen from 10 proposals in an international for the aquatic center p

10、roject. The Water Cube was specially designed and built by a made up of (an Australian ), international group, CSCEC (), and CCDI () of Shanghai. The Water Cube's design was initiated by a team effort: the Chinese partners felt a square was more symbolic to Chinese culture and its relationship t

11、o the stadium, while the Sydney based partners came up with the idea of covering the 'cube' with bubbles, symbolising water. It should be noted that contextually the cube symbolises earth whilst the circle (represented by the stadium) represents heaven. Hence symbolically the water cube refe

12、rences Chinese symbolic architecture.Comprising a steel , it is the largest clad structure in the world with over 100,000 m² of ETFE pillows that are only 0.2 mm (1/125 of an inch) in total thickness. The ETFE allows more light and heat penetration than traditional glass, resulting in a 30

13、% decrease in energy costs.The outer wall is based on the , a structure devised from the natural formation of bubbles in soap lather. The complex WeairePhelan pattern was developed by slicing through bubbles in soap foam, resulting in more irregular, organic patterns than foam bubble structures prop

14、osed earlier by the scientist . Using the WeairePhelan , the Water Cube's exterior cladding is made of 4,000 ETFE bubbles, some as large as 9.14 metres (30.0 ft) across, with seven different sizes for the roof and 15 for the walls. The structure had a capacity of 17,000 during the game

15、s that is being reduced to 6,000. It also has a total land surface of 65,000 square meters and will cover a total of 32,000 square metres (7.9 acres). Although called the Water Cube, the aquatic center is really a - 178 metres (584 ft) square and 31 metres (102 ft) high. Oly

16、mpicsThe Aquatics Center hosted the swimming, diving and events during the Olympics. was originally planned to be hosted in the venue but was moved to the .Many people believe the Water Cube to be the fastest in the world. It is 1 meter deeper than most Olympic pools. Up to a certain limit, beyond w

17、hich swimmers will lose their sense of vision, deeper pools allow the waves to dissipate down to the bottom, leading to less water disturbance to the swimmers. The pool also has perforated gutters on both sides to absorb the waves.With the popularity of the newly introduced faster Speedo swim suit,

18、the Aquatics Center saw in the .Since June 20, 2009 the Watercube has been on certain days of the week. It is also used for sound and light shows and during the summer of 2009 was turned into a ballet theater for a production of . The building's popularity has spawned many copycat structures thr

19、oughout China. The Watercube closed to the public to undergo renovations on October 15, 2009. AwardsThe special award for the most accomplished work in the section Atmosphere is awarded to the Australian architecture firm PTW Architects, CSCEC + Design and Arup for the project National Swimming Centre, Beijing Olympic Green,