The 16th Asian Games (www.gz2010.cn/en), part of the worldwide Olympic movement and governed bythe Olympic Council of Asia is pleased to present this preview of the all-new new andrenovated venues currently under construction for the Games.
Architectural work is being spearheaded by Pan Yong, Deputy General Architect (and associate Lin Dongna) of the Guangdong Architectural Design and Research Institute andSun Yimin, Deputy Director of the School of Architecture of SouthChina University of Technology.
The brand new venues being built for the Games, as well as its design and construction, have taken into consideration not only the requirements of competition at The 16th AsianGames but also the urban development of Guangzhou with emphasis of blending these new facilities into the surrounding environment, the utilization of new technologiesand embodiment of the Chinese Lingnan culture.
Construction of all new venues will be completed in March 2010 and includes (seating):
Guangdong Olympic Aquatic Center - Swimming (4,411)
Haizhu Sports Centre - Sepaktakraw (1,742)
Guangdong Olympic Tennis Center - Tennis (12,000)
Guangzhou Asian Games Town Gymnasium - Gymnastics, Squash & Cue Sports (6,233)
Guangzhou Velodrome - Cycling, Roller Sports (8,500)
Guangzhou ShotgunCentre - ClayTarget Shooting (3,000)
Guangzhou Chess Institute - Chess, Weiqi, Xiangqi (n/a)
Nansha Gymnasium - Wushu & Handball (Seating 8,240)
Huangpu Sports Centre Gymnasium - Basketball (seating 4,933)
Huadu New Gymnasium - Kabaddi (standby venue)
Guangti Gymnasium - Basketball (3,223)
Guangdong Heavy Athletics Stadium - Wrestling& Judo (3,698)
Among the renovated or extended arenas are:
Guangzhou Asian Games Beach VolleyballVenue - Beach Volleyball (3,007)
Dafushan Mountain Bike Course - MountainBike (n/a)
Guanggong Cricket Stadium - Cricket (4,974)
Foshan Shijilian Aquatics Center - Synchronized Swimming (2,800)
Tianhe Natatorium - Water Polo (3,000)
Guangdong Olympic Archery Range - Archery (2,600)
Olympic Stadium - Opening/Closing Ceremonies/Athletics (80,012)
University Town TriathlonVenue - Cycling, Triathlon (2,648)
Zengcheng Gymnasium - DanceSport (2,300)
Guangda Gymnasium - Fencing (3,099)
Guangzhou Jiulong Lake Golf Club - Golf(n/a)
Huashi Gymnasium - Handball (4,552)
Tianhe Softball Field - Softball (3,000)
Guangdong OlympicHockey Field - Hockey (3,500)
Guangzhou Gymnasium - Table Tennis, Volleyball (Final) (10,000)
Tianhe Tennis School - Soft Tennis (2,400)
Guangwai Gymnasium - Kabaddi (4,507)
Huangcun Sports Base - Modern Pentathlon (seating n/a)
Guangdong Water SportsCentre (Shanwei) - Sailing (4,988)
Guangdong Olympic Shooting Range - Shooting (5,000)
Guangdong Gymnasium - Karate, Taekwondo (2,800)
Huangpu Sports Center Stadium - Football(10,000)
Ying Dong Stadium - Football (15,230)
Huadu Stadium - Football (13,395)
Yuexiu Stadium - Football (25,000)
University Town Central Stadium - Football, Rugby(39,346)
Huagong Stadium - Football (5,634)
Guangdong People’s Stadium - Football (25,914)
Tianhe Stadium - Football (Final) (60,151)
Zengcheng Dragon Boat Lake - Dragon Boat (668)
Zhongda Gymnasium - Volleyball (4,923)
Guangzhou EquestrianVenue - Equestrian (4,768)
Guangyao Gymnasium - Volleyball (4,968)
Dongguan Gymnasium - Weightlifting (4,340)
Tianhe Gymnasium - Badminton, Basketball (Final), (6,965)
Guangdong OlympicBaseball Field - Baseball (4.200)
Guanggong Gymnasium - Basketball (4,973)
Ying Dong Gymnasium - Basketball (2,499)
Tianhe Bowling Hall - Bowling (300)
Foshan Lingnan Mingzhu Gymnasium - Boxing (9,500)
Guangdong InternationalRowing Centre - Canoe & Kayak, Rowing (600)
Among these venues, the above-ground structural engineering of the AsianGames Town Gymnasium is in full swing with concrete structural construction ofthe Guangdong Olympic Aquatics Centre at the Guangdong Olympic Sports Centre isnow close to completion and the Nansha Gymnasium is nearly topped off.
The new Tennis Centre at the eastern end of Guangzhou and buttresses a mountainside nearOlympic Stadium, has been completed and is currently being extensivelylandscaped to mirror the stadium with the local natural wooded surroundings,similar to Stone Mountain Tennis Centre used for the 1996 Atlanta SummerOlympic Games.
The AsianGames Town Gymnasium includes venues for Gymnastics, Cue Sports and Squash andwill be home to the Guangzhou Asian Games History Museum. This new Gymnasium will be transformed into acommunity centre offering sports, commercial and public services to residentsafter the Asian Games.
Apart fromusing flowing curves of the lingnan architectural style, the Asian Games TownGymnasium boasts another feature - energy saving and environmentally friendlymaterials and structure.
The Guangzhou Velodrome will host Cycling, Roller Sports and Extreme Sports.Inspired by the typical Lingnan street with Qilou buildings, designers haveadded verandas on the east and west sides of the Velodrome as rain shelters.
The Guangdong Olympic Aquatics Centre in the Guangdong Olympic Sports Centre willbe the main venue for the Asian Games' Aquatics as well as the Swimming andDiving competition of the Modern Pentathlon. It will use white and blue as its primary colors to represent the Baiyun (White Cloud) Mountain and Guangzhou's world-famous Pearl River ... and in keeping with the ocean culture of Guangdong, Nansha Gymnasium, the venue for Wushu, is being built in the shape of a dynamic conch.
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