After the Olympic Games, the building underwent a renovation of 200 million yuan, transforming half of its interior into a water park. The building was officially reopened on August 8, 20 10.
In July 2003, in the international architectural competition of the water sports center project, the design of water cube stood out from the 10 scheme. The Water Cube was specially designed and built by a consortium composed of PTW Architects (an Australian construction company), Arup International Engineering Group, China State Construction Engineering Corporation and CCDI in Shanghai. The design of the Water Cube was initiated by teamwork: China partners thought that the square could better symbolize China culture and its relationship with the Bird's Nest Stadium, while Sydney partners put forward the idea of covering the "cube" with bubbles symbolizing water. In this context, the cube symbolizes the earth, while the circle (represented by the stadium) represents heaven. Therefore, the Water Cube symbolically participated in the symbolic architecture of China.
It is composed of steel space frame and is the largest ETFE cladding structure in the world, exceeding 100000 m? ETFE pillow with a total thickness of only 0.2 mm (1125 inch) [9]. Compared with traditional glass, ETFE cladding allows more light and heat to penetrate, thus reducing the energy cost by 30%.
The exterior wall is based on Weaire-Phelan structure, which is designed according to the natural formation of bubbles in soap bubbles. The complicated Weaire-Phelan pattern was developed by cutting bubbles in soap foam, resulting in an organic pattern with more irregular bubble structure than that proposed by Kelvin earlier. Using the Weaire-Phelan geometry, the outer wall of the Water Cube consists of 4,000 ETFE bubbles, some of which are as high as 9. 14 meters (30.0 feet) in diameter, with 7 different sizes of roofs and 15 sizes of walls.
During the Olympic Games, the capacity of the building was17,000 people [9], but now it has been reduced to 7,000 people. It has a total area of 65,000 square meters and a total area of 32,000 square meters (7.9 acres). Although it is called the Water Cube, the aquatic sports center is actually a rectangular box (cuboid)-178 meters (584 feet) square and 3 1 meter (102 feet) high.
Beijing National Aquatics Center, officially named as the National Aquatics Center, commonly known as the Water Cube, is a water sports center jointly built by the Beijing National Gymnasium for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and the Green Olympic Swimming Competition. Despite its nickname, the architecture is not an actual data set, but a cuboid (a rectangular box) touched by hand. Ground was broken on February 24th, 2003. The center has been completed and will be put into use on October 28th, 2008. In the 2008 Olympic Games, swimmers broke 25 world records in the Water Cube.
After the Olympic Games, it experienced 200 million yuan of construction and renovation, and half of the rooms were put into water parks. 20 10 The building officially resumed work on August 8.
In July 2003, in the international architectural design competition of aquaculture center project, the design scheme of water cube stood out from the 10 scheme. Water Cube is a special design and construction consortium composed of PTW Architects (an Australian construction company), Arup International Engineering Group, China Construction Corporation (China State Construction Engineering Corporation) and China Architectural Design International Corporation. The design of this water cube was originally a team effort: China's partners thought that a square was more symbolic of China culture and its relationship with the Bird's Nest Stadium, while Sydney's partners put forward the idea of covering the cube with "many bubbles, symbolizing water". The background cube symbolizes the earth, and the circle (next to the stadium) represents heaven. So, symbolically, the Water Cube refers to the landmark buildings in China.
Includes a steel grid structure, which is the largest ETFE membrane structure in the world, covering an area of over 100000 m? The total thickness of membrane pillow is only 0.2 mm (1125 inch) [9]. Compared with traditional glass, the coating of ETFE allows more light and heat to penetrate, thus reducing the energy cost by 30%.
The exterior wall is based on Weaire-Phelan structure, which is designed according to the natural formation of bubbles in soap bubbles. The complicated Weaire-Phelan pattern was developed by cutting bubbles in soap foam, resulting in an organic pattern with more irregular bubble structure than that proposed by Kelvin earlier. Using the Weaire-Phelan geometry, the outer wall of the Water Cube consists of 4,000 ETFE bubbles, some of which are as high as 9. 14 meters (30.0 feet) in diameter, with 7 different sizes of roofs and 15 sizes of walls.
During the Olympic Games, the capacity of the building was17,000 people [9], but now it has been reduced to 7,000 people. It has a total area of 65,000 square meters and a total area of 32,000 square meters (7.9 acres). Although it is called the Water Cube, the aquatic sports center is actually a rectangular box (cuboid)-178 meters (584 feet) square and 3 1 meter (102 feet) high.