Beijing Stadium under construction
Finally, images have emerged of the Olympic Stadium by Herzog & DeMeuron next to the China Architecture Design Institute. If you looked at the renders complex construct, in reality the method is very conventional.
The building covers an area of 204,100 m2, is covered with a transparent membrane and a retractable roof. In the photos you can clearly see the mesh that surrounds it (metal) is a totally independent of the interior (concrete). This coating has made the stadium is known as "Bird Nest" (Bird's Nest) and inserted into the vast amount of work that made this city china for the upcoming 2008 Olympics.
Beijing is also building the National Swimming Center, known as "Water Cube" (Water Cube) and the National Theater, known as the "Eggshell". The first was designed by PTW and Ove Arup Engineering together with the CSCEC (China State Construction and Engineering Corporation) and the CSCEC Shenzhen Design Institute, while the second is by the French architect Paul Andreu.
Looking at the current scene, especially cases such as Beijing, has the following questions. What happens to a city where the most important buildings are designed by foreign architects? Do I lose his identity? Should architects ever to participate in local projects?
