Rudong Sports Center is located in Rudong County, Nantong, Jiangsu Province. The project includes a gymnasium (including swimming pool), a fitness center and a stadium. As a part of the cultural core of the new district, it forms the symbol of the new district together with the cultural center group on the south side and will become an important driving force for the development of the new district. TJAD design group won the design competition in 2012, and the first phase of the project completed in 2018.
Photography: Feng Shao
Opening and Enclosing

The design emphasizes open space and public participation. Therefore, the overall planning scheme does not take architecture as the core, but a sports park for citizens. The open park has shortened the distance between citizens and sports and has built a vibrant landscape space for the city. The gymnasium and the stadium are connected by an overpass. Photography: Feng Shao
The White wave

Different from Traditional sports buildings which are always like a bowl or a box, the buildings are shaped with curves and streamline to show the power and beauty of sports. The white wave-like building brings people a new experience of space and landscape. White metal plates envelop the buildings, and the holes on the skin and the skylight bring Sunlight into the rooms to make it bright and colorful.
Photography: Feng Shao
Compact and Sharing

Rudong Sports Center does not blindly pursue the full range of functions, but always implements the...