The intrinsic nature of sports architecture prompts us to rethink how to organize its intrinsic relationship with the city. the Hangzhou Asian Games center we wanted to build a sports community driven by the stadium, which fully considers the multiple possibilities in the urban context and integrates them into urban life with a forward-looking perspective. At the same time, the concept of sharing and opening runs through the whole life cycle of the Hangzhou Asian Games, making it a link between culture and life, giving sports buildings unique public service value.– Qian Xidong
©Qiang Zhao
The 19th Asian Games will be held in 2023 in Hangzhou, China. Hangzhou Asian Games Baseball and Softball Sports and Culture Center, as the largest new venue of the Asian Games, is also the largest baseball and softball sports center with the highest standard and the most advanced facilities in China. It will inject new vitality into the surrounding communities and make sports become the background of the surrounding culture. We believe that sports buildings should not only focus on the function of sports competitions but also emphasize the flexibility of public services to adapt to the social trend of open sharing. ©Qiang Zhao
Hangzhou Asian Games Center’s Concept Design

It is an important feature of baseball and softball sports culture center different from traditional paradigm to construct sports community type sports culture complex and make it become the gravitation cor...