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Sports architecture
Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena
This Nagano Olympic Memorial Arena was
built for the Winter Olympic Games in 1998.
The arena was supposed not only to serve
as a first-class competition centre, but also
to provide Nagano’s citizens with facilities
for normal sports and leisure activities. In
addition, maximum flexibility was called
for to stage a wide range of events. The
impression of the interior of 216 x 80 m
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National Aquatics Centre
The 70 000m² National Aquatics Center in
Beijing by CSCE, PTW, CCDI and Arup had
become well-known as the Water Cube long
before the Olympics. It forms the heart of
the Olympic Park together with the Olympic
Stadium opposite. The façade of the Water
Cube is clad with 3,000 different-sized, bluetinted air cushions made of ETFE. Their
arrangement is modelled on the natural
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Oberhaching College of Physical
Education
Oberhaching College of Physical Education
was jointly planned by Helmut Blöcher
Architects and Krawinkel Engineers. The
220 000m² facility with its only twostorey buildings blends excellently into its
surroundings. By lowering the voluminous
building into the ground, the design has
succeeded in keeping the building complex
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