Olympic Basketball Gymnasium

Olympic Basketball Gymnasium

Highlights

With a construction area of 63,000 square meters, this is a newly built competition venue. The gymnasium has 14,000 permanent seats and 4,000 temporary seats. After the Games, it will serve as a commercial facility supporting public services, becoming an important venue to meet the commercial, cultural, sports, and leisure needs of residents in Beijing’s western communities. Introduction

The Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium is the largest Olympic venue in western Beijing. It is a modern, multi-functional comprehensive stadium with advanced design and complete facilities, capable of hosting various large-scale events and major cultural performances after the Olympics. The gleaming Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium features a façade “clad” in aluminum alloy panels. Before installation, these golden panels were perforated for decoration, then fastened to glass ribs using hangers and structural adhesives, creating a staggered, undulating surface that resembles rippling waves. At the top of the gymnasium’s façade, the golden panels are arranged in an uneven zigzag pattern, reminiscent of swaying wheat ears in the wind. Adjacent to the golden layer is a low-E glass curtain wall system. Low-E glass, or low-emissivity glass, gets its name from the very low surface emissivity of its coating. This ultra-thin low-emissivity coating, less than 1% the thickness of a human hair, has high reflectivity to infrared heat radiation, reflecting over 80% of far-infrared heat back. When used to create insulated glass units, compared to ordinary single-pane glass, it can save over 60% energy in summer and more than 70% in winter. Inside the venue, the eye-catching “funnel”-shaped central suspended LED screen system is the first full-color high-definition LED display system in China. This system can capture highlight moments, replay unique camera angles, provide live synchronization, broadcast game information, display timing and scoring, and show advertisements during matches. It meets the requirements for both Olympic basketball games and NBA games. The cultural plaza of the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium consists of four cascading fountains, night lighting, landscape gardens, and parking areas, covering a paved area of about 80,000 square meters, serving as a recreational space for spectators when not watching the games.

Beijing Haidian District