Gu Ailing(Eileen) wins gold medal in Hougang ski platform, the stunning opening of Beijing Winter Olympics! Take in the cutting-edge design of the pavilion
Designers
Hello everyone!
The opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has been held a few days ago
Held successfully at the National Stadium “Bird’s Nest”
Zhang Yimou, the chief director of the opening ceremony
Presenting a game that does not lose in 2008
The visual gluttony of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games
A group of architectural concepts
New Winter Olympics venues also officially unveiled
let’s take a look
Design each venue!
01.
New Winter Olympics venues
NEW STADIUM
24 Winter Olympic venues and
31 supporting infrastructures lasted more than 3 years
All construction completed
Distributed in the three competition areas of Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou
Several new pavilions from building appearance to naming
The intentions are fully integrated into the elements of Chinese culture
became a remarkable landmark
01. National Speed
Skating Hall Design丨Populous Architects
Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute Region丨Beijing Division
by architecture firm Populous
Designed Oval National Speed Skating Hall
In Beijing Olympic Park
especially for the 2022 Winter Olympics
The only new venue
The original site of the project is the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Temporary venues for archery and hockey rinks
The shape of the speed skating hall has 22
Flowy glowing “ribbon” composition
very linear
12,000 seats on a 400-meter-long slide
Everyone in the audience can hear
“Every time the skates roll over the ice”
Therefore, it was given the image name of “Ice Ribbon”.
The interior space of the venue also revolves around
Ellipse surface rotates up
Symbol of speed and passion
The National Speed Skating Stadium has the largest all-ice design in Asia
The ice surface area reaches 12,000 square meters
Can accommodate more than 2000 people
Ice hockey, figure skating, and other ice sports can be carried out at the same time
02. Shougang Ski Jump
Design丨Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University
team mines
Region丨Beijing Division
The most unique venue design for the Beijing Winter Olympics
It must belong to the Shougang ski jumping platform.
It is also one of the new venues built for the Winter Olympics
Organizers say this is the world
The first permanent big jumping arena
The venue is designed by the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University
Jiang Studio hosted by Dean Professor Zhang Li
The outer skin of the big platform is easy to install
And high-quality perforated aluminum plate
Has the colors of the Winter Olympics emblem
Gradient look for the base
Built around the ruins of the Shougang Steel Works
using industrial heritage
Another innovative project of urban renewal
The main body of the platform is the steel structure
The total height is 60.5 meters and the length is about 164 meters
The amount of steel used in the main structure has reached 4,100 tons
Among them, a large number of high-strength steel and weathering steel are used
According to the designer
The project saves a total of 9.75% in steel consumption
Reduce carbon emissions by about 950 tons
It will host freestyle skiing and
Snowboarding, diving, and other events
03. National Snowmobile Center
Design丨China Architectural Design and Research Institute
Li Xinggang Studio
Region丨Yanqing Division
The National Snowmobile Center is located in
75 kilometers north of Beijing
Yanqing Winter Olympics
The total length is 1975 meters, also known as “Snow Dragon”
It will be used as a snowmobile, sledding venue
The glide track features a laminated wooden roof
From a distance, it looks like a dragon
It is the first in China
It is also the third skating sports track in Asia.
An architect by China Architectural Design and Research Institute
Li Xinggang’s studio design
Not only does the extremely complex
Construction with curved concrete spraying technology
It also overcomes many technical difficulties in engineering
Designed as a Winter Olympics
One of the most difficult new competition venues
The national snowmobile sled’s track is divided into 54 refrigeration units
The total length is 1975 meters
The vertical drop alone has exceeded 121 meters
And it has to be determined by 16 angles and inclinations
Combination of different curves
04. National Ski Jumping Center
Design丨Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University
Jiang Studio
Region丨Zhangjiakou Division
Designed by Jianmeng Studio for the Winter Olympics
Another new venue – the National Ski Jumping Center
Also known as “Snow Ruyi”
It is the first standard ski jumping venue in my country
It is also the largest project in the Zhangjiakou host area.
The most technically difficult competition venue
National Ski Jumping Center “Xue Ruyi”
As the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Mountain landmark venues in Zhangjiakou competition area
Covers an area of about 62hm²
Located in the northwest corner of Zhangjiakou ancient poplar group
600m in a straight line from the north side of the main entrance square of the ancient poplar
The shape of its competition venue is in line with the traditional Chinese ornament “Ruyi”
Including the summit club on the mountain and the grandstand area below the mountain
Competition area and comprehensive area, etc.
The main body of the diving platform and the top cantilever of the summit club
And the truss adopts a steel structure
Reduce carbon consumption at source compared to concrete structures
Referee tower and spectator stand
Prefabricated concrete slabs and other prefabricated structural systems
Among them, there are 5,100 prefabricated panels for the stands
Significant carbon reduction in the construction phase
The outer ring of the summit club adopts a unitized curtain wall system
Among them, there are 156 pieces of curved glass and 1166 pieces of non-transparent glass.
Conducive to improving the convenience and accuracy of mountain construction operations
In recent years, the ski jumping run structure
The surface material has gradually changed from snow to ice
The first in the history of the Winter Olympics
Big jump with ice slides
National Ski Jumping Center under construction
The ice slurry used is a solid-liquid two-phase material
The mixing ratio of snow and water is particularly important
At the same time, the achievement of an athlete’s good performance is related to
There is a greater relationship between the acceleration performance of the ski jumping run
05. Wukesong Ice Sports Center
Design丨Zhu Xiaodi Studio
Region丨Beijing Division
Wukesong Ice Sports Center is
Ice hockey training hall for the Beijing Winter Olympics
The project is close to Chang’an Avenue in Beijing
It is currently the largest ultra-low energy sports stadium in the country
The building skin is like an “ice ling flower”
Aggregated ice and snow texture image
The design strives to combine figurative image symbols with
abstract architectural structures are perceptually intertwined
in a translucent vision
evoke more symbolism
The building functions are distributed on two basement floors and two above-ground floors
The two basement floors are the ice rink and the audience area with 1,900 fixed seats.
Warming up the venue for Olympic training
The leisure viewing area is arranged around the ice rink
Relevant supporting functional spaces can be used for the audience
Provide more diverse viewing methods
The two floors above ground are supporting space for sports and culture
and 910-seat theatre space
06.National Biathlon Center
Design丨Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University
Region丨Zhangjiakou Division
National Biathlon Centre will host 11 events
It will be the venue with the most gold medals in this Winter Olympics.
The architectural shape is clean and neat, simple and generous
Internal partition wall adopts
Movable, Detachable Lightweight Partition Wall System
Facilitate functional conversion after the game
The National Biathlon Centre has three tracks
They are the competition track in the middle and the training track in the east.
and the Winter Paralympic competition track in the North Valley
At the same time, the total length of the race track is 8.7 kilometers.
Adopted by the National Biathlon Center Technology Building
Reinforced concrete structure and steel structure building
The main functions of the 4 floors above ground are an event management and technical rooms
Athletes, technical officials will rest in the future
or a place of departure
07.Skywalk “Ice Yuhuan”
Design丨Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University
Region丨Zhangjiakou Division
The air trail “Bing Yuhuan” is located in the Zhangjiakou competition area
Proposed by the early team from Switzerland
The concept of the “Olympic Ring Complex” is the starting point
Tandem National Ski Jumping Center via elevated trails
National Biathlon Center, National Cross Country Ski Center
Key buildings such as the Mountain Broadcasting Center and the Technical Officer Hotel
During the game, the promenade can connect various venues
It is convenient for the audience to travel between the venues
After the game, the promenade can be renovated
For entertainment, catering, performing arts
Rest, exhibition, and other functions
02.
New use of the old building
OTHER STADUIM
This Winter Olympics has a total of 7 major events
15 sub-items, 109 sub-items
Beijing Division undertakes all ice events
Yanqing Division will host snowmobile, sled, and alpine skiing events
Zhangjiakou competition area undertakes snow removal vehicles
All snow sports except tobogganing and alpine skiing
Except for new venues
Other competitions will follow
Some of the venues under construction for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
01.National Aquatics Center
PTW Architects
National Aquatics Centre by Australia and
Jointly designed by Chinese enterprises
Nicknamed “Water Cube”
This is another remodeled venue for the 2008 Olympics
It is the first venue for the Winter Olympics to be renovated.
It is also the first time in the world to use
Intelligent technology builds swimming pool conversion ice rink
Now, it has a new name – “Ice Cube”
“Water Cube” becomes “Ice Cube”
Let the venue in the “water function” and
Switch freely between “on-ice functions”
At the same time, it has the ability to carry out water ice sports
and the ability of various large-scale events
02.National Stadium
Herzog & de Meuron
Bird’s Nest as Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
and the venue for the closing ceremony
Does not host any sports competitions
But it is also one of the venues that attract the attention of the world
03.National Stadium
National Stadium in 2008
held during the Summer Olympics
Rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline, and handball competitions
Ice hockey games for the 2022 Winter Olympics will be hosted here
Due to its design similar to traditional Chinese folding fans
So it is also called “fan”
The venue can hold 20,000 spectators
by German architectural firm
Glöckner Architekten GmbH
Designed in 2007
03.
Winter Olympic Village Design
China Design and Research Institute
Olympic Village
On January 27, Yanqing Winter Olympic Village officially opened its doors to welcome guests
The Winter Olympics will host including
including the Chinese delegation from all over the world
Chinese athletes stay in Yanqing Winter Olympic Village
They will participate in the Yanqing Division including
Alpine skiing, snowmobiles, sleds
4 sub-items including sled
21 small items of competition
Yanqing Winter Olympic Village is one of the Winter Olympic venues
Located at the foot of Xiaohai Tuo Mountain
Adopt a low-rise, high-density “mountain village” style building layout
The semi-open building courtyard is built on the mountain
Yanqing Winter Olympic Village to be completed by the end of 2020
National Alpine Ski Center
National Snowmobile Center
Full start of snow and ice making
Yanqing Winter Olympic Village (Winter Paralympic Village) is located in
Yanqing competition area core area south area east
Located at the foot of Haituo Mountain, a piece of natural formation
Relatively gentle alluvial mesa
The site is high in the north and low in the south and stretches for 62m
The difference between east high and west low is 30m
Total construction area of Yanqing Winter Olympic Village
118,000㎡ (91,000㎡ above ground)
Athletes and team officials during the game
Provide 1430 beds and reserved area
will be used after the game as
Leisure resort opens to society
Winter Olympics Black Technology
The Winter Olympic Village is not only a warm environment
The smart bed in the room also stuns athletes from all over the world
Memory foam mattress
Foreign players cry with envy: much better than Tokyo cardboard beds!
remote control with eight buttons
Adjustable to various angles at the push of a button
Sleeping position, sitting position, any position is completely OK
There’s even a “zero gravity mode”
Surprise the athlete
After the Beijing Olympic Media Center was opened
Its smart restaurant suddenly exploded
It has become an online celebrity check-in place for domestic and foreign media friends
Automated visualization, efficient and intelligent catering
The best feature of this restaurant
When the Beijing Winter Olympics are underway
Excellent venue and Winter Olympic Village design
Not only provides a solid foundation for athletes’ competitions
It also highlights our strong engineering and design capabilities
Design together and wish the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics a complete success!
