Water cube travels Beijing of China

Ticket

Coupon ticket
100 yuan, 30 yuan of including the bird nest, water cube 30 yuan, 20 yuan of international district of village of 20 yuan of National Indoor Stadium, country
Single ticket
Bird nest 30 yuan of cube for water of 50 yuan
National Indoor Stadium 20 yuan
International district of village in the country 20 yuan

Traffic

Riding route: 839,Get off in North Star west bridge Northern Station of No. 510. It is open to transport 113, 407, 386, 656, 836The express, air-conditioned passenger train route 983, 753, 740 internal and external rings, No. 939, 944 Branch, the west stations of North Star bridge of No. 944, 660, 689 are got off, 328, 379, 419, 425, 484, 518, 628, 751, 836, 851, 913, 949, 963, transport the open stations of Wali the the south end of No. 110 to get off.

Introduce

National Swimming Centre is known as again Water cube ( Water Cube) ,Lie in the Beijing Olympic Park, for 2008 main natatorium that Summer Olympics build Beijing, also one of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games landmarks. Its design plan, it is Water Cube produced by the global design competition ( [H2O]3) Scheme. Went into operation on December 24, 2003, completed on January 28, 2008. It and National Stadium (commonly called as the bird nest) Rank respectively on both sides of the North of the urban central axis of Beijing, form the relatively intact Beijing historical cultural city image together. National Swimming Centre plans 62950 square meters of construction land, with the whole construction area of 65000-80000 square meters, among them the floor area of the underground part is no less than 15000 square meters, it is 177m 177m 30m respectively to be long and wide and high. Up till now, more than 350,000 compatriots from Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese coming from 101 countries and regions have donated RMB 940 million together. Zheng Yu-tung, the pure father and son and subordinate enterprise donate 50 million yuan among them.
During 2008 Olympic Games, bear competitions such as swimming, diving, figure swimming,etc. in the National Swimming Centre, can hold 17000 seats for audience, among them the permanent seats for audience are 6000, set up 11000 provisional seats (remove during the Olympic Games after the match) . Will build into the centre that has international most advanced level, incorporates swimming, sport, fitness, recreation into an organic whole after the match.
water cube Lie in the west of the Olympic Green B district, respond to and cooperate with each other across a great distance with National Stadium bird nest through the road, construction scale is about 80,000 square meters, the most noticeable one is that the peripheral shape is like ETFE membrane (ethylene four Fluorine ethylene copolymer) of bubble . ETFE membrane is a kind of transparent membrane, can be in order to bring more natural light in venues, his inside is more than one floor building, the symmetrical visual field of large stand that arranges is widened, milky white building and dark blue pond contrast finely with in the hall.
The design plan of the National Swimming Centre, it is Water Cube produced by the global design competition ( [H2O]3) Scheme. This scheme is jointly designed by China Architecture Engineering Corp, Australia PTW architect s office, ARUP Australian limited company. Designer of China among them: China builds world (Shenzhen) Design consultant president, chief architect Zhao XiaoJun, chief engineer Mao HongWei of limited company, two chief designers of PTW building office protect the forest for John (John Pauline) With king Toby (Toby Wong) .
Design and embody [H2O ] 3 ( water cube )Design idea,combine architectural design and structural design together,novel in design, the structure is unique, coordinate compared with National Stadium, totally meet the tournament requirement of 2008 Olympic Games functionally, and easy to run after the match.
The seemingly simple one The square box It is that China s traditional culture and modern science and technology are common Put up . Chinese think: Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards, do things according to the rule that is made out, can obtain harmony of the whole to unify. In China s traditional culture, hemispherical dome Design philosophy expedite child delivery Water cube ,It and round one The bird nest Echo each other in National Stadium, bring out the best in each other. It is the ancient most basic shape of urban architecture of China to be square, what it reflected is often ethics as representatives social life rule with the key link in Chinese culture. And this one The square box Can be the best to reflect the multi-function of the National Swimming Centre is required, thus has realized traditional culture is bound with completion of the function of the building.
In Chinese culture, water is an important natural element, and stimulate people s happy mood. The National Swimming Centre will become the heaviest boat paradise of Beijing after the match, so the designer directs against the person of each age level, pursue various amusement ways in which water can be offered, develop all kinds of uses of surfacing, they call this kind of design idea Water cube . Hope it can stimulate people s inspiration and enthusiasm, enriches people s life, and offer a carrier of memory to people.
In order to reach this purpose, the designer deepens the concept of water, not merely utilize ornamental function of water, still utilize its unique micro structure. Because of foam The design inspiration of the theory, they are square boxes The upper one storeyed building crust of the parcel, have been covered with geometirc shapes exactly like the sub structure of the moisture above, ETFE membrane that the surface covers for the appearance of an ice crystal of the building again, make it have unique visual effect and feeling, outline and appearance become soft, the romantic charm of water has got perfect embodiment in the building. Light fairy Water cube Can win the championship, also lie in it has reflected a great deal of scientific and technological characteristics in environment protecting mode. Organize the reasonable development of the natural ventilation, circulating water system, the wide application of the Hi-Tech construction material rationally, have jointly added more times flavour for the National Swimming Centre. The swimming pool has employed a lot of innovation to be designed too, such as introducing the outdoor air into surface of water of the pool, the bank of the pool of terminal with hole, vision and sound set out signal,etc., this will make the match pool become the fastest swimming pool in the world.