What is the Water Cube in China?

National Aquatics Centre
China has transformed the National Aquatics Centre, colloquially known as the Water Cube, into an “Ice Cube” for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Workers spent 11 days to turn its four-lane swimming pool into a venue for the curling event.

Who designed the Beijing Water Cube?

Chris Bosse
Rob Leslie-Carter
Beijing National Aquatics Center/Architects

When was the water cube built?

January 28, 2008Beijing National Aquatics Center / Opened

Where is the Water Cube?

Located on the west side of Landscape Avenue in the Olympic Green and to the west of National Stadium (Bird’s Nest) in Beijing, the National Aquatics Center contains the official 2008 Olympics swimming facility.

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.

Where does Beijing get its water?

groundwater
Today the major water source for Beijing municipality is groundwater, which accounts for about 75 percent of water use. The safe yield of the aquifer is estimated at between 2 and 2.5 billion cubic meter per year, depending on rainfall.

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.

What is the water cube made out of?

These sections are then clad with the inflatable material transparent “teflon” material known as ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE). The internal steel frame is based on the unique geometry of biological cells or soap bubbles.

How is the Water Cube project structured?