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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

SuperStadium in Harbin, China by Alan S Lu

August 5th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Alan S Lu

SuperStadium is a proposal for an Olympic complex for Harbin’s bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics that seeks to integrate the multitude of Olympic arenas and villages into one continuous entity, allowing for a seamless transition between programs and events. With the economic burdens of hosting the Olympic games a key issue in the local and global economy, the proposal attempts to inject the current model of sporting arenas with a social and cultural initiative. Thus, the building itself becomes a series of typological layers, with the ground floor programmed as a cultural landscape with libraries, museums, convention halls, and screening rooms.

Tower Render

Architect: Alan S Lu
Name of Project: SuperStadium
Location: Harbin, China
Software used: Rhino, Autodesk Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator, Digital Project

The layer above exists as the main sports level with four large multiuse arenas, and the upper most layer becomes a public promenade that weaves through the landscape lines with retail stores and cafes. The layers are connected visually through shifts in section that allow users to watch the sporting events from other programs and vice versa. The end effect is one of specialized spaces that resist the urge for unprogrammed space to go unused, yet still inform each other spatially and visually. The Olympic village itself is transformed into a vertical tower, tailored for the athletes during the games, but easily converted to valuable real estate once the games are over.

Promenade Render

Plaza Render

Main Stadium Render

Hockey Render

Cafe Render

Aerial Render

Render of Apartment

Big Axon

Plan C

Plan B

Plan A

Section D

Section C

Section B

Section A

Site Plan

: Tower Render

: Promenade Render

: Plaza Render

: Main Stadium Render

: Hockey Render

: Cafe Render

: Aerial Render

: Render of Apartment

: Big Axon

: Plan C

: Plan B

: Plan A

: Section D

: Section C

: Section B

: Section A

: Site Plan

Contact Alan S Lu

Tags: China, Harbin

Categories: Digital Project, Illustrator, Maya, Photoshop, Rhino, Stadium

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