Membrane
structure of the ceiling (Photo credit: Cheng Gong)
The National Aquatics Center, or simply the "Water Cube," a blue palatial
structure with an area of 80,000 sq m, was completed January 28, 2008. It is
situated to the east of Beichen West Bridge on the North Fourth Ring Road and to
the west of National Stadium. Underneath a pure and simple facade, this
translucent building embodies a complex and unrestricted framework as well as
environmentally advanced technology. It is a class piece of Olympic architecture
that has become a landmark structure.
Bubble-design
wall at the entrance (Photo credit: Cheng Gong)
Chinese
swimmer warming up (Photo credit: Cheng
Gong)
