Jinan Olympic Center
It is one of the urban public centers in the East New Town of Ji’nan. Besides the opening and closing ceremonies of the 11th National Games in 2009, it has successfully undertaken many other major events
| Competitions Undertaken: | 11th National Games in 2009 |
| Project Location: | Ji’nan, Shandong Province |
| Building Area: | 348,350m² |
| Building Height: | Stadium: 52.1m |
| Building Storey: | Stadium: six stories aboveground |
| Seating Amount: | Stadium: 60,000 seats |
| Client: | Ji’nan City Ji’nan City Construction Investment Group Co., Ltd. |
| Partner: | OVE ARUP PTY LTD.; Shandong Tong Yuan Design Group Co., Ltd. |
| Designed/completed: | 2005/2009 |
| Product Category: | Sports building |
| Specialty Involved: | Planning, building, structure, M&E, budget estimate, landscape, interior and sports technology |
The main buildings of the project include one stadium, one gymnasium, one natatorium and one tennis center. As for overall layout, the west zone is laid out with the stadium and a training field, and the east zone is built around the circular gymnasium in the center, which is embraced by the natatorium and the tennis center in symmetric form, thus to create a biaxial symmetry in both space and massing with the stadium in the west zone. Meanwhile, the stadium in the west zone, the three buildings in the east zone and the Long’ao Building on the west side of the site jointly form a steady layout of “tripartite confrontation”. The central zone, the sports square for the National Games, has become a landmark square of the city.