Universiade Stadium, Chinese Architecture, Building, Architect, Images
Universiade Stadium in Shenzhen
Architecture Development in China ? design by GMP Architects
19 Aug 2016
Stadium of the 26th Summer Universiade
Design: gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Architects, Germany
Location: Longxiang Avenue, Longgang, Shenzhen, southeastern China
Universiade Stadium

Beginning of the Story

The architectural inspiration of Universiade Stadium came from a valuable mineral, Crystal. ?Crystal? evolves from the ancient Greek vocabulary ?Krystallos?, translates into Chinese as ?water of pure white?. The notion of crystal has been assimilated, perceived, and discovered by the lighting design team in order to create design ideas for the stadium. Two questions turned up for the design:-
1) What kind of lighting techniques should be adapted to present the language of architecture"
2) How to illustrate the sprits of the game with design"
Eventually, the design team decided to focus on ?White? as the main theme of design. One of the reasons is that creativity from relevance to the concept of ?Crystal? could be expressed through the form of architecture. More importantly, ?White? represents Purity, Justice, Holiness and Peace. It is believed that ?White Light Architecture? could harmoniously present the sprits of the Universiade.

Process

Over the decades, many international sport events were held in China, such as the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2010 Guan...