A look inside the "Water Cube"
Water Cube logo (Photo credit: Cheng Gong)
Membrane structure of the ceiling (Photo credit: Cheng Gong)
Bubble-design wall at the entrance
Chinese swimmer warming up
Seating with bubble designs
Complicated membrane structure
Membrane structure ceiling and the pool
Chinese swimmer warming up #2
Full view of the competition hall
View of the Bird's Nest from the Water Cube
Spectator passage
Men's room
Locker room
Warm-up pool
Bubble-shaped lights above the warm-up pool
Membrane structure
Signs in the media area
Athlete waiting area
Swimmers enter pool for 200m freestyle race
Diving platform
Outdoor lamp against Water Cube at night
National Stadium and Water Cube at night
The National Aquatics Center, or simply the "Water Cube," a blue palatial structure with an area of 80,000 sq m, was completed January 28, 2008. It is situated to the east of Beichen West Bridge on the North Fourth Ring Road and to the west of National Stadium. Underneath a pure and simple facade, this translucent building embodies a complex and unrestricted framework as well as environmentally advanced technology. It is a class piece of Olympic architecture that has become a landmark structure.
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