i'm so happy that i have 2 friends today

 

thx 4 god we can meet here

Hey delsino, just curious. Which is your favorite Coldplay song? I would guess either Don't Panic or Viva la Vida.

 

 

 

the scientist is my favorite

i'm so happy that i have 2 friends today

 

thx 4 god we can meet here

 

I agree. I've never known anyone in China before.

Charlton!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you must say ZZ......

 

 

And you must be an honorary Charlton fan!!:D

the scientist is my favorite

 

I love the Scientist also, what a great song. And its real cool to meet such an avid Coldplay fan from China.:D

Anyway, please tell us more about yourself and where you live!:D

And you must be an honorary Charlton fan!!:D

 

yes! Charlton have many fans in China now

 

and now i have 2 go to school

 

may be when i see u again ,i will type "Long time no see" firstly,,,

 

engrish?:D:D:D

Enjoy school!

yes! Charlton have many fans in China now

 

and now i have 2 go to school

 

may be when i see u again ,i will type "Long time no see" firstly,,,

 

engrish?:D:D:D

 

Well let's hope it's not too long.

What time is it where you are, then?

What kind of school do you have that's open on Sunday??:confused:

i'll back on 10 July

 

 

i 'll study 4 the entrance colleage exam (2009)

 

...now i 'm going....

 

 

....time is money ...........

long time no c

 

 

and see u

The Beauty Of China

 

 

 

West Lake ,At Hangzhou

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guilin

 

 

At Guangxi

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sichuan ,where i'm from suffered big earthquake ......but we can overcome it

 

reconstructing our home.......

 

 

That's Jiuzhaigou,at Sichuan

 

 

 

 

 

so beautiful,aren't they?

 

we live in a beautiful world.......

absolutely breathtaking:stunned:

i think Argentine will win the gold metal of Soccer.

 

Kun Aguero will be the top scorer !

There was a report on the news that the pollution targets in Beijing still haven't been reached.

That's a real concern for the athletes.:stunned:

There was a report on the news that the pollution targets in Beijing still haven't been reached.

That's a real concern for the athletes.:stunned:

 

 

 

we are trying 2 reduce the pollution,

 

 

we have did a lot,so i think you will see the result of our trying !

nice pics, delsino! :wink2:

 

USA 37/24/31

Russia 32/28/28

China 28/16/15

Australia 16/25/17

Germany 13/17/26

 

USA 36/39/27

China 32/17/14

Russia 27/27/38

Australia 17/16/16

Japan 16/9/12

 

The Bird's nest

 

 

The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the bird's nest will be the main track and field stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics and will be host to the Opening and Closing ceremonies. In 2002 Government officials engaged architects worldwide in a design competition. Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron collaborated with ArupSport and China Architecture Design & Research Group to win the competition. The stadium will seat as many as 100,000 spectators during the Olympics, but this will be reduced to 80,000 after the games. It has replaced the original intended venue of the Guangdong Olympic Stadium. The stadium is 330 metres long by 220 metres wide, and is 69.2 metres tall. The 250,000 square metre (gross floor area) stadium is to be built with 36 km of unwrapped steel, with a combined weight of 45,000 tonnes. The stadium will cost up to 3.5 billion yuan (422,873,850 USD/ 325,395,593 EUR). The ground was broken in December 2003, and construction started in March 2004, but was halted by the high construction cost in August 2004.

 

In the new design, the roof of the stadium had been omitted from the design. Experts say that this will make the stadium safer, whilst reducing construction costs. The construction of the Olympic buildings will continue once again in the beginning of 2005.

 

 

In depth

The stadium's appearance is one of synergy, with no distinction made between the facade and the superstructure. The structural elements mutually support each other and converge into a grid-like formation - almost like a bird's nest with its interwoven twigs. The spatial effect of the stadium is novel and radical, yet simple and of an almost archaic immediacy, thus creating a unique historical landmark for the Olympics of 2008.

 

The stadium was conceived as a large collective vessel, which makes a distinctive and unmistakable impression both from a distance and when seen from up close. It meets all the functional and technical requirements of an Olympic National Stadium, but without communicating the insistent sameness of technocratic architecture dominated by large spans and digital screens.

 

Visitors walk through this formation and enter the spacious ambulatory that runs full circle around the stands. From there, one can survey the circulation of the entire area including the stairs that access the three tiers of the stands. Functioning like an arcade or a concourse, the lobby is a covered urban space with restaurants and stores that invite visitors to stroll around. Just as birds stuff the spaces between the woven twigs of their nests with a soft filler, the spaces in the structure of the stadium will be filled with inflated ETFE cushions. Originally, on the roof, the cushions were to be mounted on the outside of the structure to make the roof completely weatherproof, but the roof has been omitted from the design in 2004.

 

While the rain was to be collected for rainwater recuperation, the sunlight was to filter through the translucent roof, providing the lawn with essential ultraviolet radiation. On the facade, the inflated cushions will be mounted on the inside of the structure where necessary, e.g. to provide wind protection. Since all of the facilities -- restaurants, suites, shops and restrooms -- are all self-contained units, it is possible to do largely without a solid, enclosed facade. This allows for natural ventilation of the stadium, which is the most important aspect of the stadium's sustainable design.

 

The sliding roof was an integral part of the stadium structure. When it was to be closed, it would have converted the stadium into a covered arena; however, the sliding roof was eliminated in an effort to cut costs and increase overall safety of the radical new structure.

 

 

 

 

Beijing National Stadium

Bird's Nest/Olympic Stadium

 

Facility statistics

Location Beijing

Broke ground Dec 2003

Opened Unknown

Closed N/A

Demolished N/A

Owner

Surface Grass

Construction cost 3.5 billion yuan

Architect Herzog & de Meuron

ArupSport

CAG

Tenants

 

Seating capacity

91,000 (80,000 Post Olympics)

Photo By PBOC

 

The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, is to issue a commemorative bank note with a face value of 10 yuan ($1.46) from Tuesday to mark the Beijing Olympic Games, the bank said in a statement on Sunday.

 

 

 

NATIONAL AQUATIC CENTRE (WATER CUBE)

 

The Water Cube was initially designed by PTW Architects, CSCEC International Design and Arup with structural Engineers Arup conceiving the structure. The structure was built by CSCEC (China State Construction Engineering Corporation). Comprising a steel space frame, it is the largest ETFE clad structure in the world with over 100,000 m² of ETFE pillows that are only eight one-thousandths of an inch in total thickness, The ETFE cladding allows more light and heat penetration than traditional glass, resulting in a 30% decrease in energy costs.

The outer wall is based on the Weaire-Phelan structure, a foam.The pattern is formed by taking a slice through the foam, and it was chosen in preference to the Kelvin foam because the more complex Weaire-Phelan structure results in more irregular, organic patterns than slices through the regular Kelvin foam.

The structure will have a capacity of 17,000 during the games that will be reduced to 6,000 afterwards. It also has a total land surface of 65,000 square metres and will cover a total of 7.8 acres.

 

SPORTS: Swimming, Diving and Synchronized Swimming

 

:)

B-E-A-Utiful

7 years ago,we won the competition to host olympics :)