What's the name of the National Swimming Center?

The National Aquatics Center is also called the "Water Cube". Located in the Beijing Olympic Park, it is one of the landmark buildings of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. During the Olympic Games, it will undertake swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and other competitions. From the outside, the whole "Water Cube" looks like a "square box", with a total construction area of about 80,000 square meters and a height of about 30 meters. The building is surrounded by the world's most advanced environmental protection and energy-saving ETFE membrane material, which consists of more than 3,000 air pillows with different shapes, covering an area of 654.38+10,000 square meters, ranking first in the world.

Architectural characteristics of water cube

The seemingly simple "square box" of the National Swimming Center is a combination of China traditional culture and modern science and technology. China people believe that Fiona Fang cannot be achieved without rules, and the overall harmony and unity can be achieved only by doing things according to the established rules. In the traditional culture of China, the design idea of "a round place" gave birth to the "Water Cube", which echoes and complements the circular "Bird's Nest"-the National Stadium.

Square is the most basic form of ancient urban architecture in China, which embodies the social life rules represented by Confucian ethics in China culture. And this "square box" can best reflect the multi-functional requirements of the National Swimming Center, thus achieving the perfect combination of traditional culture and architectural functions.

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