How is the Water Cube project structured?
How is the Water Cube project structured?
The structural solution was based on the formation of soap bubbles. Due to its complexity (the structure consists of 22,000 steel members and 12,000 nodes), the entire building was modelled in four dimensions. The roof collects and reuses all rainwater that falls on the building.
Where is the water cube located?
Beijing National
Beijing National Aquatics Center
| Water Cube | |
| The Beijing National Aquatics Center at night | |
| Building information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Beijing National Aquatics Center |
| City | Beijing, China |
Why was the water cube built?
Architecture. In July 2003 the Water Cube design was chosen from 10 proposals in an international architectural competition for the aquatic center project. Likewise, the venue was also designed to “capture and recycle 80% of the water falling on the roof or lost from the pools.”
What is the name of the pool which was created specifically to Olympic games 2008?
Beijing National Aquatics Center
Venue. All the swimming, synchronized swimming, and diving events of the 2008 Olympics were held at the Beijing National Aquatics Center (better known as the “Water Cube”), which was claimed to be built to increase the speed of the swimmers.
Who designed the Beijing Aquatic Centre?
China Construction Design International
Beijing National Aquatics Center/Architecture firms
Why is an Olympic pool so deep?
The Olympics required deep pools to avoid the hazard and to increase the swimmers’ performance. The deeper the pool is the better, because the splash or the turbulence and everything takes longer to get down to the bottom and then it doesn’t ricochet back up into the swimmers.”
What is the Water Cube?
The international competition-winning scheme is known as “Water Cube” ([H2O]³). It is designed by the design consortium consists of China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China State Construction International (Shenzhen) Design Co., Ltd, PTW Architects (Australia) and Ove Arup (Australia).
Who is the architect of the Beijing Water Cube?
Beijing Water Cube. The Water Cube was designed by PTW Architects and Ove Arup. Their unique and inspired design was based on the way soap bubbles come together in a 12 or 14-sided cell structure.
What is WaterCube by PTW Architects?
Watercube by PTW Architects. The design concept of the “water cube” combines the symbolisms of the architecture and the unique water bubble structure, and build an appropriate complement to the National Stadium. The NSC functionally meets the requirement of 2008 Olympic Games and post-games operation.
How many swimming pools does the Water Cube have?
The Water Cube has three huge swimming pools, from which more than a tone of water evaporates per hour. In the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the curling event will be held in the Beijing National Aquatics Center.