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Beijing Bird's Nest
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The National Stadium (Bird's Nest) is located in the south of the central area of the Beijing Olympic Park and served as the main stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The total area of the project is 21 hectares, with approximately 91,000 seats inside the stadium. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as track and field events and the football final. After the Olympics, it became a large professional venue for Beijing citizens to participate in sports activities and enjoy sports entertainment, and it has become a landmark sports building and Olympic legacy.
The stadium was designed by Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Ai Weiwei, and Li Xinggang, and constructed by Beijing Construction Engineering Group. The stadium's form resembles a "nest" and cradle that nurtures life, embodying humanity's hopes for the future. The designers made no unnecessary modifications to the venue, leaving the structure exposed, which naturally formed the building's exterior.
Construction began on December 24, 2003, and was completed in March 2008, with a total cost of 2.267 billion yuan. As a national landmark building and the main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games, the National Stadium has very notable structural characteristics. The stadium is a Class A sports building and a large-scale sports venue. The main structure is designed for a 100-year lifespan, has a Class A fire rating, an earthquake resistance intensity of 8 degrees, and a Class 1 waterproof rating for underground engineering.
In April 2014, the China Top Ten Contemporary Architecture Review Committee selected twenty buildings from over 1000 landmark buildings in China, based on four criteria: age, scale, artistry, and influence. Ten contemporary buildings were ultimately selected from this initial group. The Beijing Bird's Nest—National Stadium—was one of the buildings initially shortlisted.
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