Project location Beijing Olympic Park Building area 258,055㎡ Design time 2002 Completion time 2008 80,000 seats Cooperative design Swiss HdeM Architectural Design Office
Located at the southern part of the Olympic Green, the National Stadium is the main stadium of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, 2008. The main steel structure is constituted of thin-wall box all welded steel sections as a large-span truss interwoven ‘bird-nest’ structure. Gently and almost imperceptibly, the ground of the city rises and forms a plinth for the stadium. All the affiliated functions are covered under the plinth that makes different entrances more clear and reasonable, providing a panorama of the entire Olympic complex. Being a seven-story shear wall system, the stadium's stand has a concrete framework. The huge stairs are interwoven with the steel structure as formal elements. The roof of the stadium is covered by a double-layer membrane structure with ETFE and PTFE membrane.
Located at the southern part of the Olympic Green, the National Stadium is the main stadium of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, 2008. The main steel structure is constituted of thin-wall box all welded steel sections as a large-span truss interwoven ‘bird-nest’ structure. Gently and almost imperceptibly, the ground of the city rises and forms a plinth for the stadium. All the affiliated functions are covered under the plinth that makes different entrances more clear and reasonable, providing a panorama of the entire Olympic complex. Being a seven-story shear wall system, the stadium's stand has a concrete framework. The huge stairs are interwoven with the steel structure as formal elements. The roof of the stadium is covered by a double-layer membrane structure with ETFE and PTFE membrane.