Sunday, April 15, 2007

The Beijing Olympic Stadium - both of them




So I went out yesterday to see these collosal structures. At the moment they are both still under heavy construction. Thousands of workers living in nearby temporary quarters are digging, lifting, and hacking away non stop.

The water sports centre is made of some kind of bubble like translucent material, which lets in light during the day and the structure appears to glow at night. Or at least thats what they say.

The National sports stadium is called the 鸟巢 "Niao Chao" (birds nest). It looks amazing, I wish I had clearance to get closer to it. I had to sweet talk a gaurd to get as close as I was.

Click on the link below to see pics

Olympic stadium

below is the link to the official olympic website

http://en.beijing2008.cn/

2 comments:

the Rambler said...

the aquatic center looks so surreal! hope you're doing better!

Hanna Cai said...

Hey Xiao Di, we have been trying to get some olympic tickets so we can get closer to the building. pretty cool. this multi-media stuff is amazing... Feeling better?