Specially designed for China Open, the National Tennis Gymnasium is located in the Beijing Olympic Zone. 16 sets of V-shaped columns are used to support the grandstand and be the envelope of the stadium. By extracting the visual elements out of the structure itself and eliminating unnecessary decorations, the architecture displays its grace and beauty with a pure balance between form, material, and construction, and is nominated as “Diamond Arena”. With more than 15,000 seats, it is largest stadium in China for tennis games with its state-of-art facilities. Besides the regular seating rows, two floors of glass boxes are placed to provide more exclusive seats for a better view within the limited space. A collapsible steel roof with a 12-minute-long opening procedure could react on the weather changes during the games.
Specially designed for China Open, the National Tennis Gymnasium is located in the Beijing Olympic Zone. 16 sets of V-shaped columns are used to support the grandstand and be the envelope of the stadium. By extracting the visual elements out of the structure itself and eliminating unnecessary decorations, the architecture displays its grace and beauty with a pure balance between form, material, and construction, and is nominated as “Diamond Arena”. With more than 15,000 seats, it is largest stadium in China for tennis games with its state-of-art facilities. Besides the regular seating rows, two floors of glass boxes are placed to provide more exclusive seats for a better view within the limited space. A collapsible steel roof with a 12-minute-long opening procedure could react on the weather changes during the games.
