Posted 2012/3/27
Qingdao International Marina
Environmental layout in the area
The new gulf for the Olympic Sailing events
Sports Center Stadium
Venue: Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Location: Southern part of Olympic Sports Center
Seats: 40,000
Functions during the Games: Football, Modern Pentathlon (running and equestrian)
National Indoor Stadium
Effect model of the Indoor Stadium
Effect model of the Indoor Stadium
Venue: National Indoor Stadium
Location: Olympic Green
Total land surface (10,000 sq. m.):8.09
Functions during the Games: Artistic Gymnastics, Trampolines, and Handball;
Post-Games use: The venue, one of the best sports facilities in Beijing, can be used for sports competition, cultural and entertaining purposes, and will serve as a multi-functional exercise center for local residents.
Groundbreaking date: May 28, 2005
Bird Nest
The centerpiece of the 2008 Summer Olympics is the construction of the Beijing National Stadium which began on December 24, 2003. Government officials engaged architects worldwide in a design competition. A Swiss firm, Herzog & de Meuron Architekten AG, collaborated with China Architecture Design & Research Group to win the competition. The National Stadium will feature lattice-like concrete skeleton forming the stadium bowl which will seat 80,000 people. Architects originally described the overall design as resembling a bird's nest with an immense ocular — an opening with retractable roof over the stadium. However, in 2004 the roof part of the design was abandoned for cost and safety reasons. The Beijing National Stadium will be the site of the Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony as well as track and field events and soccer finals.
Venue: National Stadium;
Location: Olympic Green;
Total land surface (10,000 sq. m.): 25.8;
Seats: 91,000;
Functions during the Games: Athletics, Football;
Post-Games use: The Stadium is to stage sports events at national and international levels, as well as cultural and entertaining activities;
Groundbreaking date: Dec. 2003;
Designer: Herzog & DeMeuron (Swiss) and China Architecture Design Institute;
Status quo: Groundwork has been finished. Following work is underway.
