Beijing National Indoor Stadium
- Summer Olympic Games 2008 (gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics, handball )
- Paralympic Summer Games 2008 ( Wheelchair Basketball )
The National Indoor Stadium (Chinese北京 国家 体育馆/北京 国家 体育馆, Pinyin Běijīng guojia Tǐyùguǎn, english Beijing National Indoor Stadium ) is a sports complex at the Olympic Stadium in the north of Beijing.
It was built for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games for the competitions gymnastics, trampolining and handball. The Summer 2008 Paralympics wheelchair basketball competitions were held there. The arena has a capacity of 18,000 spectators. After the end of the Paralympics, the competition venue for major sporting events, cultural and other entertainment programs will be used.
Concept
The Hallenstadion includes two halls, which are located inside the stadium to an 8. The 8 refers to the eighth year of the third millennium in which held the games, symbolizes same as figure 8 to infinity and strengthens a lucky number in Chinese mythology the positive spirit of the Games. After specifying the charge of the design architecture of Nuremberg offices Hunchback, which even for the construction of the Leipzig Central Stadium responsible ( in community) and the Nürnberg Arena drew, " the roof and the facade dissolve into each other and combine to form a comprehensive biomorphic unit. At the same time the dynamics taking place in the arena of sports in the rhythmic swing of the roofscape would " reflect. The outdoor area is completed by the installation of eight so-called "Moon Lakes ."
Location
The National Indoor Stadium is located in the south of the Olympic Park and is part of the Olympic Green. It is on the main axis of the area and, together with the National Aquatics Center at the second and the Beijing National Stadium at the third corner a nearly equilateral triangle.
Pictures
The Olympic gymnastics competition in the hall
The arena during the 2008 Olympic Games
Exterior view of the hall during the 2008 Olympic Games