The Olympic Green (Chinese: 北京奥林匹克公园) is an Olympic Park in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Since then, the streets around the park have been used for an exhibition street race of the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2011, after a race at Goldenport Park Circuit in the vicinity and it served again as an Olympic Park for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Olympic Green in Beijing, China
Parque Olímpico de Pekín, China
The Beijing National Stadium (国家体育场) or “Bird’s Nest” (鸟巢) is the centerpiece of this project. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, athletics, and football finals of the the 2008 Summer Olympics. The stadium has room for 91,000 spectators, but the capacity was reduced to 80,000 after the Olympics. It was also the site of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
The Beijing National Aquatics Center (国家游泳中心) or “Water Cube” (水立方) hosted the swimming, diving and synchronized swimming events. It has a capacity of 6,000 (17,000 during the 2008 Olympics)and is located next to the National Stadium. It was the site of the curling competitions during the 2022 Winter Olympics.
The Beijing National Indoor Stadium (国家体育馆) or “the Fan” held the handball, artistic gymnastics and trampolining events. With a capacity of 19,000, it was the main indoor arena used during the Games.
奥林匹克公园 (中国北京）
Olympic Green (Pékin, Chine)
Stade National de Pékin (Chine)
الحديقة الأولمبية (بكين ، الصين)
The Olympic Green Convention Center, also called the National Convention Center (国家会议中心), held fencing and, the shooting and fencing disciplines of the modern pentathlon. It is also used as the International Broadcast Center and the Main Press Center (for conventions and exhibitions). The center covers an area of 270,000 square meters.
The park itself, outside of the venues constructed on the Olympic Green, hosted some of the athletic events at the 2008 Games. These included the racewalk events, where the loops occurred on the Olympic Green, and the portion of the marathons just outside the National Stadium. The Beijing Olympic Village housed all the participating athletes. The village is made up of 22 6-story buildings and 20 9-story buildings.
Parco Olimpico di Pechino, Cina
올림픽 공원(중국 베이징)
Pekin Olimpiyat Parkı (Çin)
The Digital Beijing Building served during the Games as the data center. It was the only building on the Green at the time of the Olympics that was not an event venue. Since then it has been converted into a museum of the Digital Olympics and exhibition space for digital technology companies. Chinese architect Pei Zhu designed the distinctive 57-metre-high (187 ft), 11-story building near the Aquatic Centre and Convention Center. At the time of the Games, it was the only major facility designed by a Chinese architect. It is meant to explore the relationship between digital forms and traditional Chinese aesthetics, meant to evoke a microchip from two of its façades and a bar code from the other two.
The Ling Long Pagoda or Linglong Tower (Multifunctional Studio Tower) (玲珑塔) houses a part of the International Broadcast Center (IBC). It is located near the 2008 Summer Olympics cauldron, on the northwest side of the Bird’s Nest Stadium.
Completed and opened in 2014, the 246.8-metre-tall (810 ft) Beijing Olympic Tower’s five circular roofs are meant to evoke the Olympic rings; although it has also been described as “a huge nail”. The design of the towers themselves were inspired by blades of grass. Visitors can look out over the park and the entire city of Beijing from all five platforms, ranging from 186 to 243 metres (610 to 797 ft) in height.
Zona Hijau Olimpiade (Beijing, Tiongkok)
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