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- Official name: Beijing National Aquatics Centre
- Also known as: called the Water Cube and [H2O]3
- Designed by PTW, Arup, China State Construction and Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) and the CSCEC's Shenzhen Design Institute
- Ground broken: December 24, 2003
- Construction completed: January, 2008
- Estimated cost: $150-$200 million
- Permanent seats: 6,000
- Additional temporary seating for the 2008 Olympics: 5,000Mail Online: The Watercube is here - and the face of the Beijing Olympics has been been built to last (January 29, 2008)
- Built primarily out of plastics and other non-conventional materials
- Designed to reduce energy consumption
- Largest building in the world that is built primarily out of ETFE plastic
- The design reduced energy consumption 30%, compared to a traditional glass structure
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The Beijing National Aquatics Center, known informally as the Water Cube, is Beijing's main venue for swimming and diving events during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It was built next to the Beijing National Stadium, and the two buildings are the centerpieces of Beijing's Olympic Green.
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Unique Materials
The core of the Aquatic Center uses conventional concrete foundations and a steel frame. But the rest of the building uses unique materials in order to cut energy consumption. It is covered by 100,000 square meters of ETFE plastic panels instead of traditional glass.PopSci.com: A Building Made of Bubbles The walls are lined with plastic bubbles which insulate the building. These materials make the exterior of the building resemble a block of bubbles.-
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