[English] Century Lotus Sports Center
Century Lotus Sports Center is located in the Central Park of the New Town Center Group on the Dongping River in Foshan City. Construction started in June 2004 and was completed in September 2006. It was completed in March, with a total area of ??42 hectares and a total investment of approximately 959 million yuan. Designed by the German GMP company after an international design competition (the domestic supporting design unit is the Design Institute of South China University of Technology), the stadium is like a blooming and swaying lotus. The design fully demonstrates Foshan's special regional characteristics and humanistic spirit.
The entire sports center mainly consists of a stadium, swimming and diving hall, underground parking lot, outdoor large vehicle parking lot, outdoor 400-meter track sports field, football training field, outdoor aquatic center, energy center and ancillary supporting service facilities. .
The Century Lotus Sports Center will have the largest membrane structure roof among sports buildings in the world. It is also the largest membrane structure project in my country. The entire roof is in the shape of a ring, with an outer diameter of 310m and an inner diameter of 125m. The inner ring is a tension ring composed of 10 steel cables with a diameter of 80mm. The outer ring is a compression ring, divided into upper and lower layers. The upper layer has a diameter of 310m and is composed of 1m diameter steel tube concrete. The lower layer has a diameter of 275m and is composed of 1.4m diameter steel tube concrete. The two layers of steel rings are spaced 20m apart, and there are steel tube concrete inclined columns in the middle. Connect them to form an inverted cone shape. The stadium has a construction area of ??78,193 square meters, a height of 50 meters, a roof diameter of 310 meters, a membrane projection area of ??53,421 square meters, and 36,686 spectator seats. The stadium stands are divided into east and west stands. The space under the east and west main stands is divided into three floors, mainly composed of rooms for athletes, referees, reporters, machine rooms and garages. The competition venue consists of a natural lawn standard football field, a 400-meter track, an athlete training field and other fields for various field events. The stadium facilities are advanced and can meet the requirements of international events.
The stadium adopts a novel and lightweight cable-membrane structure in appearance, highlighting the design concept of history and strong flavor of the times. The plan layout adopts an elliptical symmetrical layout with an outer circle surrounded by a circle. The long axis of the stadium is due south. The setting, in form, presents a saddle-shaped spatial form with the east and west stands high and the northwest stand low. The main building of the stadium has 3 floors at the bottom and 2 floors below. It is a steel-tied frame structure. The cable-membrane area ranks among the top among similar buildings in the world. The stadium has a majestic appearance, like a blooming lotus, and is a landmark building in Foshan City. The swimming and diving hall has a construction area of ??31,052 square meters, a length of 220 meters, a width of 88.8 meters, a height of 22 meters, and 2,800 spectator seats. The building structure is surrounded by a large area of ??glass curtain wall with a steel structure + cable membrane roof. The long-span steel structure arch system covers three international standard swimming pools. The whole building is actually majestic.
In addition, there are 1,100 underground parking spaces, an outdoor training ground area of ??20,000 square meters, and an energy center area of ??3,029 square meters. Foshan News Center is a large-scale building complex that integrates Foshan Daily, Foshan Radio, Foshan TV and other news media. It has a 27-meter-high information canopy and an ecological information garden. Foshan News Center is located in the central area of ????New Town, Dongping River, Foshan City. The Foshan News Center will become a landmark building in Foshan and will also be the press release center for the 12th Provincial Games in 2006 and the Foshan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government in the future.
Foshan News Center covers an area of ??8.6 hectares (130 acres), with a total construction area of ??94,000 square meters. The total budgeted project investment is RMB 560 million (including RMB 400 million for civil engineering and RMB 160 million for radio and television process equipment). Foshan News Center is a large-scale building complex that integrates Foshan Media Group and its affiliated Foshan Daily, Foshan People's Broadcasting Station, Foshan Television and other news media. It is equipped with the production, broadcast and transmission of radio and television programs; newspaper editing; news Release; cultural and artistic performances; city services and other functions. The architectural design layout reflects the characteristics of each media. The transparent exterior walls of the building imply the closeness of the media to society and citizens. The more than 30,000 square meters of three-dimensional landscaping reflects the harmony of people, buildings, and nature. The information canopy with a height of 28 meters above the ground connects the building complex into a whole. The canopy has the function of releasing dynamic and static information. Under the canopy, there are hills, waterfalls, flowing water, squares, pavilions, pedestrian bridges, large screens, and service facilities. The ecological and information garden composed of other areas can meet various needs such as leisure and entertainment, information acquisition, and business activities. There are 1,500 square meters of large television studios and small and medium-sized studios of various sizes, radio program production rooms, press conference halls, etc. distributed within the building complex. As an open urban functional space, it will provide the public with an advanced, high-tech urban activity platform.
The first pile of the Foshan News Center project was laid on May 18, 2004. After two years and four months of intense construction, the main body, environment, decoration and other projects were completed on September 30, 2006. Successfully completed. To the west of the Foshan Park Sports Area and Leisure and Entertainment Area, to the south of Tianhong Road, to the east of Jixiang Road, and to the north of Fuhua Road, a "Dongping New City" cultural MALL with a construction scale of approximately 700,000 square meters is rising. "The development of a city requires both hard work and soft power." Recently, Ye Zhirong, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, said that a city needs both wealth and culture.
At an important node involving the development of Foshan, the grand launch of the cultural complex project is of great significance.
Here, there will be a wealth of municipal cultural facilities - libraries, museums, youth palaces, archives, planning exhibition halls, science and technology museums, art museums, etc., as well as a bookstore. , exhibitions, film and television, cultural product trading and other places.
Liao Zhichun, deputy director of the Foshan Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio and Television, said that Foshan has a long culture and history and needs a cultural, artistic and aesthetic building complex as a carrier to allow more people to participate *** Enjoy. He believes that culture is a kind of subtle and silent influence. The emergence of this carrier and the emergence of cultural complexes makes the citizens of famous cultural cities feel excited, proud and confident, and is of great significance to the cultural cultivation of teenagers and children.
“The cultural complex integrates culture, creativity, commerce, leisure and other functions into one, which is very novel and unique.” Ye Zhirong believes that the emergence of cultural MALL goes beyond the simple addition and splicing of individual facilities. , reduce duplication of investment and improve usage efficiency. Liao Zhichun also said that Foshan's culture cannot lie in the historical heritage forever. It should be constantly excavated and carried forward to stay new, keep pace with the times, and integrate with the world. The cultural MALL is the cultural highland responsible for this important mission.
“Culture and art cannot be viewed entirely from a commercial perspective, nor can they be shelved on the shelf. They must be presented to the audience in the most acceptable and friendly way.” Ye Zhirong hopes that cultural complexes can innovate their operating methods, “ "Combining culture and commerce" brings the cultural industry to life so that culture and economy complement each other.
Cultural MALL has a flexible building layout and rich levels, suitable for people of all ages and cultural levels, and can provide 24-hour comprehensive cultural services. The industry believes that as the new center of Foshan's future city, the location of the cultural complex has obvious advantages and regional uniqueness; it also has a complete road network, only 18 kilometers away from the Guangzhou New Railway Station, and is connected to Guangzhou by urban light rail lines and subway lines. It can widely attract people from Guangzhou and Foshan to consume. This is the cultural center of Dongping, the city of urban art. It recreates the lively market of Foshan people in the humanized modern Fangxiang Street; it uses highly flexible cube buildings to build a fashionable urban water town; it uses traditional artistic colors to silhouette the old and new memories of Lingnan.
Yesterday, the newly released Foshan City Public Cultural Complex Project (Cultural MALL) implementation plan - "Fangcheng" made its "stunning" appearance in front of the media for the first time. According to reports, the total construction area of ??Fangcheng is approximately 680,000 square meters. Among them, public buildings such as libraries, museums, science and technology museums, art museums, and archives will start construction within the year. The basic central structure will be completed in 2012, and it may take about five years to complete the entire project.
The design of "Fangcheng" combines Chinese and Western styles
Foshan City Public Cultural Complex Project (Cultural MALL) is a building with Foshan City Library, Museum, Youth Palace and Archives , planning exhibition halls, science and technology museums, art museums and other municipal cultural facilities as the leading role, including cultural, creative, commercial, leisure and other functions into one building complex.
The design work of the public cultural complex was launched in June 2008. The Municipal Dongping New Town Management Committee and the Municipal Planning Bureau jointly organized an international architectural design competition. In the first batch of conceptual designs, 56 first-class design units from around the world participated, and 8 were initially selected. After several rounds of screening, including "4 out of 8" and "2 out of 4", it was decided at the municipal government executive meeting in February 2008 that the British ARUP Engineering Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch and the Danish The "Fangcheng" of the HLA consortium is the implementation plan of the public cultural complex.
“Why did it win? Because it does have great highlights.” Zhang Kai, deputy secretary-general of the municipal government and director of the Dongping New Town Construction Management Committee, said that this design can fully reflect the clear characteristics of MALL—— Comprehensive. "There were many commercial malls in the past, but how to get a cultural mall? This requires comprehensiveness and accessibility." Zhang Zhangji believes that "Fangcheng" pays great attention to the research and extraction of elements of Foshan's traditional culture, such as window grilles and paper-cutting, and these It is very creative to show it through the "architectural mask" method. At the same time, the design also emphasizes the combination of international cultural trends and local culture. "The exterior walls of many buildings use very pure colors, such as red, yellow, and white, which are a bright European style." Zhang Kai said that many experts and citizens recognized the plan at that time.
Designer Liang Yuan appreciates Lingnan culture
The chief designer of Cultural MALL is Gao Huo, chief designer of the Asian region of Danish HLA Architectural Design Company. How can a foreigner build a cultural mall that Foshan people love?
In fact, Gao Huo, who has a Chinese wife, has a deeper understanding of Chinese culture. He said, "What kind of values ??are needed to build a cultural MALL with Lingnan characteristics? We have done a lot of ideological struggle. We don't want to purely bring Nordic values ??and simply look at Foshan's culture through Nordic eyes." "So, he visited the ancestral temple, Liang Garden, Qinghui Garden, and Chen Family Ancestral Hall, among which Liang Garden impressed him the most. "I sat in Liangyuan for several days, chatting with people, living there, watching a lot of things, and understanding what Lingnan culture is." Gao Huo said, "I am not trying to express Lingnan culture, but a pure Experience." He couldn't remember how many times he went to Liangyuan, nor how many sketches he made.
According to his assistant Cai Wenying, the design functional divisions of the cultural complex are very obvious. For example, close to Century Lotus Stadium, there are relatively active venues such as Youth Palace and Science and Technology Museum. The part in the middle near the subway entrance has a large flow of people and is a large library. Considering the crowd's enjoyment, the building next to the east side is the bookstore. At the southern end, near Foshan Park, are relatively quiet venues, such as museums and archives. In addition, the plots of land parallel to the public venues will be developed into office buildings, food malls, hotels, bookstores, etc. The middle part of the ground floor of the Cultural MALL is reserved for a celebration stage for tens of thousands of people celebrating the festival, while the middle part of the underground floor is a parking space that can accommodate more than 800 cars.
Among all kinds of buildings, the most amazing one is the "Century Tower" standing proudly on the bank of Dongping River. "The preliminary planned construction height of this tower is about 150 meters. The main part is used for art exhibitions, sightseeing tours, press releases, catering, etc. Its podium has three main functional areas, namely the cultural exhibition center, city exhibition hall, and multi-functional lecture hall. Hall." Cai Wenying said that the multi-functional lecture hall has about 1,500 seats and can function as a concert hall. Liao Zhichun, deputy director of the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Television, said, "This concert hall is exactly what Foshan urgently needs." He commented that the cultural complex not only carries the humanistic sentiments of a city, but also defends the self-esteem and self-confidence of a famous historical and cultural city.
One-hour free access for Pearl River Delta guests
“Cultural MALL provides Foshan citizens with a platform for people of all levels and ages to learn, relax, experience and communicate, as well as artists. Providing an inspiring creative space." Zhang Kai introduced that in Fangcheng, you can see the ideal picture of citizens roaming freely and enjoying themselves.
This place is a harmonious mix of activity and leisure, combining culture and business. Citizens can enjoy one-stop cultural entertainment activities and cultural consumption services. He gave an analogy. For example, after parents send their children to study at the Youth Palace, they can visit nearby museums, recharge their batteries at the library, shop at the bookstore, and exercise at Century Lotus. Citizens can also be intoxicated in the art palace and enjoy afternoon tea. . "The entire 'Fangcheng' has a novel design concept, flexible functional layout, and rich layers. It allows cultural and commercial buildings to interact with the square space. It is not only an ingenious modern building, but also a diverse and colorful public park. Cultural space."
So, how can Foshan people, and even guests from the Pearl River Delta, reach this charming and fertile land? Zhang Kai said that Fangcheng has a complete road network and is only 1 km away from the Dongping New Town transportation hub. Through the transportation hub, guests from any area in the Pearl River Delta can reach it in one hour.
There are Foshan Metro Line 1, Metro Line 3 and Metro Line 6 near the Fangcheng plot. In order to cooperate with the construction of the core area of ??Dongping New Town, part of the Jingfangcheng lines of Metro Line 1 and Metro Line 6 have been planned to be constructed as an extension of Guangfo Metro Line 1 and will be opened to traffic in 2012. Metro Line 3 is also planned to start construction in 2010.
Opening the introduction, the external space environment of Fangcheng also reflects the concept of scientific and technological innovation and the implementation of green ecology, while integrating the Lingnan water town customs. The open space of the city is rationally laid out to separate people and vehicles. The vehicle system follows the principles of convenience and efficiency, while the pedestrian system is considered to be organically integrated with the green space system. Foshan Fangcheng people gather to enjoy it
Fangcheng, a simple and direct name, frankly describes the designer's central concept - to create a city belonging to the people of Foshan with an adaptable and effectively organized design layout Cultural exchange city.
Fangcheng is the brand extension of Dongping New Town and the cradle of culture enjoyed by citizens.
Fangxiang Street brings together all directions
In traditional Chinese urban planning, Fangxiang has long been used as a unit to use the environment to coordinate people's livelihood activities and stimulate various cultural, industrial and commercial developments. The open streets connecting the various houses facilitate the exchange of activities and information; the well-structured organization of the houses in the city serves the same purpose. First, Century Plaza, which runs from north to south, is used to divide the east and west wings, which serve as the basic street network; then, the "Eastern West Business" pattern is used to connect surrounding facilities - the East Wing area is dominated by the Cultural Square District, and four streets extend from the platform of each square district. The overpass, together with Century Lotus and Foshan Park, form a cultural and sports network; the west wing area is mainly commercial and will cooperate with the development of high-end commercial and residential areas to the west of the site to generate more economic interaction.
Venues with related functions are concentrated in the same area to facilitate independent or comprehensive operation and management in the future.
Square Platform, Noisy and Quiet Interconnection
Century Square Street is the main flow of people in the city and the vital artery of culture and commerce. Citizens can enter and exit various cultural venues through the square, which is lined with retail and restaurant shops. It is sure to become a new and pleasant leisure highlight in Foshan. The underground space connects Plaza Street and crosses Yuhe Road, and combines the subway station and underground shopping mall to ensure a continuous flow of people.
The cultural platform that connects various cultural venues is a harmonious variation of Square Street. The platform is surrounded by gardens to the east, adding an extra layer of tranquil green space to the city.
Commemoration of the Era of Creative Achievements
The unique-looking Century Tower stands at the north end of Century Square. It is the symbol of the Cultural Exhibition Center and a commemoration of the creative achievements of Dongping New Town. It is tied with the Century Lotus Witness the new era of Foshan together.
In order to consolidate the southern extension of the square, a Foshan Stage with a screen device will be built at the southern end.
Lingnan silhouette, fashionable water town
Lively and colorful architectural shapes add charm to Fangcheng. The small boxes are dressed in unique silhouettes and tell touching stories. The silhouettes are drawn from various characteristics of Lingnan, and together with the flowing water, they demonstrate the traditional characteristics of Foshan.
From planning to architecture, Fangcheng integrates traditional wisdom, art and cultural connotations, reinterprets the fashionable Foshan water capital, and creates a charm that is both "cultural static", "commercial dynamic" and "green ecology" New Town.