The Hockey and Archery seating tiers utilise prefabricated steel frame and lightweight in-fill material. It is intended that after the Olympics, steel and other material will be dismantled and sold back to the market. The Tennis Centre structural system and materials were designed reflective of building systems and techniques which were achievable in a Chinese context under the project program.

The design accommodates temporary infrastructure of all services required for an Olympics event including catering, media, security and broadcast facilities. The design and specification of the many specialist services are to current best practise with an eye to developments that are just around the corner. A strategy of flexibility was adopted to allow for continual upgrading as technology moves in new directions.

The Olympic overlay design incorporates all technical and operational requirements into the base building design to ensure readiness for Olympic competition, and compliance with all specific requirements of the IOC and sports governing bodies.

Shunyi Olympic Aquatic Park was the International competition winning scheme for the Regatta Centre and White Water Park facilities for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Olympic Aquatic Park which will host all canoe and kayak events during the 29th Olympic Games is expected to act as a catalyst for the Shunyi district of Beijing. The proposed 281 hectare plot adjacent to the Chao Bai River, will become an important Olympic Legacy for future generations.

The Aquatic Park masterplan also includes extensive residential and commercial developments with a leisure and recreational focus. The sport and leisure precinct will provide a range of international facilities catering for professional athletes while able to accommodate the various community leisure activities.

The Regatta Centre includes an Olympic standard 2.2km regatta course with 4000 seat permanent spectator stand, 16,000 temporary seating stands, administration and boatshed facilities and permanent start and finish tower facilities for canoe and kayak events.

The Whitewater Park includes an Olympic standard whitewater kayak course, public whitewater rafting facility, and community swimming pools and water play areas. The water park venue facilities include administration, athlete and boatshed facilities.

Shunyi Olympic Aquatic Park was the International competition winning scheme for the Regatta Centre and White Water Park facilities for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Olympic Aquatic Park which will host all canoe and kayak events during the 29th Olympic Games is expected to act as a catalyst for the Shunyi district of Beijing. The proposed 281 hectare plot adjacent to the Chao Bai River, will become an important Olympic Legacy for future generations.

The Aquatic Park masterplan also includes extensive residential and commercial developments with a leisure and recreational focus. The sport and leisure precinct will provide a range of international facilities catering for professional athletes while able to accommodate the various community leisure activities.

The Regatta Centre includes an Olympic standard 2.2km regatta course with 4000 seat permanent spectator stand, 16,000 temporary seating stands, administration and boatshed facilities and permanent start and finish tower facilities for canoe and kayak events.

The Whitewater Park includes an Olympic standard whitewater kayak course, public whitewater rafting facility, and community swimming pools and water play areas. The water park venue facilities include administration, athlete and boatshed facilities.

The Hockey and Archery seating tiers utilise prefabricated steel frame and lightweight in-fill material. It is intended that after the Olympics, steel and other material will be dismantled and sold back to the market. The Tennis Centre structural system and materials were designed reflective of building systems and techniques which were achievable in a Chinese context under the project program.

The design accommodates temporary infrastructure of all services required for an Olympics event including catering, media, security and broadcast facilities. The design and specification of the many specialist services are to current best practise with an eye to developments that are just around the corner. A strategy of flexibility was adopted to allow for continual upgrading as technology moves in new directions.

The Olympic overlay design incorporates all technical and operational requirements into the base building design to ensure readiness for Olympic competition, and compliance with all specific requirements of the IOC and sports governing bodies.

The Tennis Centre is a permanent venue which includes a 10,000 seat centre court, 4,000 and 2,000 seat show courts, seven 200 seat match courts and six practice courts with associated player, VIP and spectator support facilities. It is intended for this venue to become the home of the Chinese Tennis Federation in the future.

The Tennis Centre is an ordered ensemble of components with a symbolic Centre Court as the climax of the composition. A series of four giant scaled landscaped platforms organise the programme into a series of field-of-play clusters with support accommodation below.

Centre Court is situated on a large public concourse podium which houses within it all the VIP, player, official and BOH support areas. Player circulation to all the courts is facilitated by the lower level within the podiums which allows undisturbed access separated from the public domain.

Centre Court is composed of twelve raking segments which rise out of the platform and fold and separate into a dramatically cantilevering roof, shading two thirds of the seats. The twelve sided seating bowl of the centre court provides a clear structural proposition while giving excellent sight-lines and proximity to the field of play.  The openings between the segments induce natural ventilation while providing views out and engagement with the outside.

Heroically scaled concrete beams and raking structures define the structure of the courts and the platforms. The vigorous use of structure and geometry, combined with a robust and minimum use of materials, has provided a venue with an order and clarity rarely achieved in sporting venues.

The Olympic overlay design incorporates all technical and operational requirements into the base building design to ensure readiness for Olympic competition, and compliance with all specific requirements of the IOC and sports governing bodies.

“Building a contemporary home in the late 80’s – you just couldn’t get approval,” Thompson recalls.

The Bligh Voller Nield director persisted and eventually obtained approval to build a modest-size house on one of the two Teneriffe Hill blocks he’d snapped up for $32,000.

Revisiting Thompson House this week, Thompson was pleased with how its design had stood the test of time and how Brisbane was now home to so many modern houses.

Relying on his design skills rather than cash, Thompson created the house using standard off-the-shelf windows, laminate joinery and plaster walls.

“It’s reminiscent of a beach house,” Thompson said.

With its deck and lush garden surrounding a swimming pool, the two-bedroom house has been home to several families.

The latest owners, Natasha Stevenson and Chris Vose, have lived in the home for six years but now have the home and the adjoining larger house, which was also designed by Thompson, on the market.  Both are being marketed by real estate agent Glenn Gracie for auction on September 20.

The proposal promoted a contemporary image for the RNA and set world standards as a new “healthy” and environmentally responsive exhibition space.

The two towers act as thermal chimneys to provide the updraft and exhaust system for displacement air movement, maximising the use of natural ventilation and fresh air. The towers also help support the long span roof structure and become landmarks on Brisbane’s skyline, improving visual recognition of the new exhibition building.

A characteristic of the existing Industrial Pavilion is the use of daylight from the south facing saw-tooth roof and skylight system. The proposition continued the intent of a space in which daylight plays an important role as well as reducing energy demands.

The center's three main courts are dodecagonal with each of the 12 sides as a stands. The gray cement walls around each of the 12 sections form 12 stands which look like 12 petals of a lotus flower in the Olympic Forest Park.

With 10 competition courts, the venue covers a surface area of 16.68 hectares and has a building area of 26,514 square meters. The venue has a capacity of 17,400 seats, including 10,000 seats in the main court; 4,000 seats in the No. 1 court; 2,000 seats in the No. 2 court; and 1,400 seats in the seven preliminary competition courts at the No. 2 platform. Next year, the Olympic tennis and Paralympic wheelchair tennis competitions will be held at the Center.

The main court is the biggest among the three "lotus flowers." Its "petals" are sustained by 48 sloping beams, each weighing 62 tons with a length of 17 meters. On August 17, 2008, some 10,000 spectators will gather here to watch the final matches of the Olympic tennis events.

Taking into account the small size of the tennis ball and its high speed, the architects have designed a steep stands which gives the spectators the best sight line, according to Zheng Fang, chief architect of China State Construction International Shenzhen Design Consulting Company, Ltd -- the construction management group for the Olympic Green Tennis Center project.

For the same purpose, the height difference between the stand rows is nine cm, instead of six cm for other tennis stands, he added.

The seats for the people with a disability are installed alternatively with ordinary seats; thus disabled people can sit side by side with ordinary people to watch the competitions.

The natural ventilation concept was introduced in the design of the center to solve the problem of high temperatures, and this is unprecedented in the history of Olympic tennis courts.

Several devices to draw natural wind are installed to send the cooling breezes to the competition court through channels around the venue. The system can lower the court temperature by five degrees Celsius.

At high temperatures, the automatic sun-shading curtains attached to the roof are able to fall to shade the quadrangular orifices between the "petals" from the sunlight, Zheng said.

Designers have taken advantage of the inclination of the forest park's landscape to build a center on a mild west-east slope, in perfect harmony with its surroundings.

From October 6-20, the Good Luck Beijing 2007 ITF Pro Circuit will be held at the center. Eighty tennis players, including 36 men and 44 women from 13 countries and regions, will compete in a total of 210 matches.

Through the tournament, the center will be tested according to the Olympic standards. There will be closed qualification matches on October 6 and 7, and starting from October 8 the spectators will be able to enjoy tennis matches inside the petal-shaped building.

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