The Beijing National Aquatics Center (Chinese: 北京国家游泳中心), officially known as the National Aquatics Center, and colloquially known as the Water Cube (Chinese: 水立方) and the Ice Cube (Chinese: 冰立方), is an aquatics center at the Olympic Green in Beijing, China.
Beijing National Aquatics Center (China)
Centro Acuático Nacional de Pekín, China
Nationales Schwimmzentrum Peking, China
The facility was originally constructed to host the aquatics competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. During the Olympics, where it hosted diving, swimming and synchronized swimming events, 25 world records were broken in swimming (although these were attributed primarily to controversial bodyskin swimwear that was widely adopted by competitors during the Beijing Olympics). With Beijing being awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Water Cube became known as the Ice Cube as part of the Water Cube was renovated in 2019 to allow the hosting of curling events.
国家游泳中心 (中国)
Пекинский национальный плавательный комплекс (Китай)
Centre National de Natation de Pékin, Chine
In July 2003 the Water Cube design was chosen from 10 proposals in an international architectural competition for the aquatic center project. The Water Cube was specially designed and built by a consortium made up of PTW Architects (an Australian architecture firm), Arup international engineering group, CSCEC (China State Construction Engineering Corporation), and CCDI (China Construction Design International) of Shanghai. The Water Cube’s design was initiated by a team effort: the Chinese partners felt a square was more symbolic to Chinese culture and its relationship to the Bird’s Nest stadium while the Sydney-based partners came up with the idea of covering the ‘cube’ with bubbles, symbolizing water. Contextually, the Cube symbolizes Earth, while the circle (represented by the elliptic stadium) represents heaven, a common motif in ancient Chinese art.
مركز السباحة الوطني ببكين (الصين)
Pekin Ulusal Su Sporları Merkezi (Çin)
국가수영센터 (중국)
After the Olympics, the Water Cube was opened to the public on select days of the week beginning in June 2009, and was also used as the site for a production of Swan Lake among other shows. On 19 October 2009, the Water Cube was closed to the public to begin a renovation of a portion of the complex into a water park, led by Canadian design firm Forrec, promising “seven-story water slides and a wave machine, as well as attractions for the more land inclined such as shopping centers, cafes, and performance stages.”
Pekings Nationella Simstadion (Kina)
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