China National Tennis Center in Beijing, China by Atelier 11

Specially designed for the country’s most prestigious tennis game – China Open, the new China National Tennis Center is located in the Beijing Olympic Zone. As a last addition to the group of national stadiums built before the 2008 Olympic Games, the Center will become Beijing’s largest stadium for tennis games with its state-of-art facilities after the completion in June 2011.

Rendered Night View

• Architect: Atelier 11

• Name of Project: China National Tennis Center
• Location: Beijing, China
• Design Director: Xu Lei
• Design Team: Ding Liqun, Gao Qinglei, Liu Heng, An Peng
• Construction Drawing: Xu Lei, An Peng, Gao Qinglei, Ding Liqun, Li Lei, Liu Heng, Zhu Yin, Jin Ding
• Construction Period: 2009-2011
• Site Area:170,020 sqm
• Construction Area: 51,199 sqm
• Client: Beijing Shi Ao Co., Ltd.

China National Tennis Center

The design takes a coherent approach and presents a crown-like structure with the use of 16 sets of V-shaped columns for the skeleton of the architecture. The columns not only hold the grandstand and outdoor maintenance facilities, but also create a geometric pattern for the exteriors of the building. So the structure of the stadium is able to speak for its own beauty without any unnecessary decoration. While the design remains simplistic and distinctive, the concrete construction adds the weight to the stadium as to project an emotional perception on the visitors, referring to the importance of the building in its field.

Elevation Shot of Model

For the internal space and facilities, different needs from all the user groups have been analyzed in depth so that both design and function in a high quality can be achieved. In order to stay flexible for the weather change during games and various conditions required by other activities, a collapsible roof is designed to have a maximum opening of 60x70m towards the sky.

Aerial Construction Shot

Besides the regular seating rows spreading around the stadium, a two-floor box is specially designed around the bottom part of the grandstand to create more exclusive seats for a better view within the limited space. The design of flow lines inside the stadium takes into consideration the different activities by athletes, VIPs, regular audience, and staff. Taking the existing site condition and the solid traffic concept in the surroundings, the entry and exit channels for each group are carefully divided without interference, which guarantees a well-organized traffic flow inside the stadium even if with its maximum capacity.

Aerial Construction Shot

Facade Detail

Physical Model

View of Tennis Court and Lower Stadium

Construction of Exterior Shell

Construction Site

Construction Site

Elevation

Plan 01

Plan 02

Plan 03

Section 01

Tags: Beijing, China

Categories: Sports Complex, Sports Hall

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