The site for this project designed by award-winning firm Emergent,
is located at the heart of downtown Shenyang. Adjacent to Zhongshan
Park, it is a connector between the natural and urban life of the city,
making it a perfect location for a sports complex and for a National
Games Arena.
"Our project is based on creating an artificial landscape for sports
activities while also creating an icon for the Games. The roof of the
Civic Recreation Center and Swimming Arena are interconnected to make
this continuous, differentiated sports landscape connecting Park to city
with cascading sports fields, pathways, and open space. This landscape
features Soccer fields, basketball courts, tennis, badminton, and
volleyball courts at various levels.
The National Games Arena is located on the West end of the site – an
iconic figure against the relaxed background of the sports landscape.
This building is a symbol of both the Games and the new status of
Shenyang as a top-ten Chinese provincial capital and international city.
The architecture is based on crystal patterning found in nature at all
scales. The design features large membrane bubble windows with views out
to the Park and the city. The patterning of the windows spreads out
onto the metal panel facades of the building, erupting as zones of solar
panels on the roof.
The National Games Arena will be constructed out of reinforced
concrete, concrete walls, and steel frame. The long span roof will be
made from deep sculptured beams which will be stabilized by interior
armatures. These beams will also contain the mechanical systems of the
space. The opaque skin of the building will be aluminum panel, featuring
thin-film solar technology in roof areas. The transparent areas will be
made of ETFE bubbles, which are pressurized with air. This system is
extremely lightweight compared to glazing, and therefore requires
minimal structure to support it. In order to reduce solar gain in summer
and heat-loss in winter, we propose to exchange patches of the
transparent ETFE bubbles with translucent bubbles consisting of multiple
layers of ETFE insulated with aero gel or other high-performance
insulation.
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