The National Stadium is situated at the Olympic Green, at the North
end of Beijing. It is began to build for the Beijing Olympic Games in
2008 on 23 December 2003 and finished in early 2008. This stadium, costing
and estimated $500,000,000, will hold 91,000 spectators during the games
and will be reduced to 80,000 once the games have ended. The Stadium
will be used for the main track and field events of the Beijing 2008
Olympics. When the competition has ended the stadium will be used for
sporting and cultural events.
The architects
for the stadiums are Jaques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron who have also
designed 'The Tate Modern' in London and the Ricola Marketing Building
in Laufen. The National Stadium has been designed around the 'Randomness
of Nature' and has an almost 'Crazy Pathing' feel to its design. This
is very unique to other stadia around. The bowl of the structure is
split into eight zones, each with its own stability system, making each
zone effectively its own building. The exterior "nest-like"
appearance is caused by curved steel-net walls, which enclose the stadium.
Everything from the width of the track to the size and location of the
long and high jump pits needs to satisfy the requirements set out by
the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Amateur
Athletics Federation (IAAF). The number of spaces for wheelchairs are
put into various locations around the stadium, in both competitor and
spectator areas, because the stadium also is to be designed for the
Paralympics, which takes place after the Games. One end of the stadium
has amphitheatres that could be used to stage concerts. It is believed
that the stadium will be the World's largest enclosed space.
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