The stadium has two independent structures, a red concrete seating bowl and the outer steel frame around it at a 50ft distance.
“The £300m Beijing National Stadium is located at the south of the centrepiece Olympic Green.” Beijing National Stadium structure and design The stadium design included demountable seats of 11,000.
The stadium extends 333m from north to south and 294m from east to west, with a height of 69.2m. The National Stadium’s main structure is an enormous saddle-shaped elliptic steel structure weighing 42,000t. The 91,000-seat stadium was designed to incorporate elements of Chinese art and culture. The innovative structure was designed by Herzog & De Meuron Architekten, Arup Sport and the China Architecture Design and Research Group, and has been nicknamed the “bird’s nest” due to the web of twisting steel sections that form the roof.Īs well as designing a modern stadium, the team was challenged with creating a venue that was part of the culture of China and would put Beijing on the map. It was then also the world’s largest steel structure with 26km of unwrapped steel used. It also hosted the Summer Paralympics from 6 September to 17 September 2008 and Race of Champions 2009.īeijing National Stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games making Beijing the first city to have hosted both Summer and Winter Olympics.Ī gross volume of three million cubic metres made it the world’s largest enclosed space at that time. The opening and closing ceremonies and athletic track and field events of the 29th Olympiad took place at the stadium.
Built at a cost of £300m, the Beijing National Stadium, located at the south of the centrepiece Olympic Green, is a stunning landmark building that staged the 2008 Olympic Games from 8 August to 24 August 2008.
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