Water cube (beijing national aquatic center)

Water cube 

 Inside view of Beijing national aquatic center in 2008

   The national aquatic center also known as a water cube and beijing national aquatics center.

    That stadium for the swimming compitition of the 2008 summmer olympic. The building is a not actual cube but a cubical(rectangular box). After 2008 olympic turn half of its interior into water park and 8 august 2010 in reopened.

Building knowledge 

 Full name-  beijing national aquatic center

 City- beijing china

Build- 2004 to 2007

Open- 2008

Cons. Cost- USD$140million

Architect- PTW architects

                   CSCEC

                    CCDI

                    Arup group limited

Length of pool- 50m(160ft)

Width of pool- 25m(82ft)

Depth of pool- 3m(9.8ft)

Lanes- 10nos.

 The water cube will be used for curling during on the 2022 winter olympic games

Outer side of water cube and behind the beijing olympic park 

New perspective about that building

- Enclosed within bubble walls are five swimming pools

- restaurants and seating for 17,000 spectators that are somthing more about other 

- that appearance(look design) are soap bubble type.

- in that facad method was Ethyl tetrofluoroethylene (ETFE) are choose  that are there benefits are

    1) on the 1% of glass weight 

    2) better thermal insulator

    3) save 55% lighting energy at daylight

    4) 30% energy consumption resuced in                total

    5) 20% solar energy is trapped and used              for heating.

- that are most seismicall resistant building in the world.

After 2008 olympic use  half portion as a water park

Water cube night lighting view

Indoor happy magic water cube