Sunday, September 19, 2010

Water Cube - Bubble Struck

China is a country whose influence far beyond their geographical boundaries. Known for his pioneering work in an endless list, education, architecture, cuisine, include inventions, etc., the country remains as influential today.

Affectionately as the "Water Cube called, is the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, a popular modern tourist attraction. The National Aquatic Center is available to all four key items of the Olympic Green will be reached, only 300 meters fromMetro line 8 or Olympic Green Station.

Built specifically for the Olympic Games in 2008, this imposing monument that recalls the "Water Cube" as his nickname implies. The building is rectangular, however, not a cube. Inside there is a facility for swimming, synchronized swimming and diving. The Water Cube in about 17 000 people and is near the main stadium built in the Olympic Green Precinct.

Besides being a revolutionary structure, is a place where history was written;Float with 25 world records broken during the Olympic Games in 2008. The rectangular design was created to be in harmony with the birds nest, the Olympic Stadium, and also more in line with the China Architecture Design. The appearance of bubbles to symbolize the water. The pool is three feet deep, and that most ordinary Olympic pool, and thus are considered the fastest in the pool. At night it seems that something from a science fiction movie with surrealCourtyard with ambient lighting to complete the cube of blue water. Interestingly, the great achievement owes its architectural glory, a theory like clay Weaire-Phelan structure are known, the designers of the 'bubbles' structural concept.

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