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BEIJING NATIONAL
STADIUM
The bird’s nest
GROUP:
LE HIEU NGHIA
DO VAN CHAT
ĐANG THI KIM ANH
NGUYEN MINH TUAN

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Table of content :
1. Bird’s nest location
2. Introduction
3. Brief history about Herzog & De Meuron
4. Project:
• Concept
• Construction
• Elevation
• Section
• Roof
• Sustainability in the project
5. Conclusion
6. Pictures

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1. Bird’s nest location :
• Location : In the Olympic green, Beijing China
• Nickname: The Bird's Nest
• Largest stadium in China
• The stadium was designed for: 2008 Summer Olympics
and Paralympics

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1. Bird’s nest location :
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• Building type – stadium
• Owner – Chinese government
• Number of floors – three but actually 20 stories of an
ordinary building
• Height : 70 meters
• Wide: 296 meters
• Long: 320 meters
• Architect – Herzog & De Meuron
• Structural Engineer – Ove Arup & Partners
• Spectators - 91000
• Inauguration 28.06.2008
• Construction 12.2002-06.2008
• Cost: $300M
2. Introduction:

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3. Brief history about Herzog & de Meuron::
•Year of birth : 1950 both
•Nationality : Swiss
•Education : Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich
• Awards :
I. 2001 Pritzker Prize
II. 2009 Lubetkin Prize for the Beijing National
Stadium
•Selected projects:
I. 2000 Tate Modern, Bankside, London, UK
II. 2005 Allianz Arena football stadium, Munich
III. Beirut Terraces, Beirut, Lebanon

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4. Project
Concept
Concept inspired by old Chinese art
Sweeping lines arranged around
a circular vessel.
China's leading artists
Ai Weiwei
 Inspired them
to push the
limits.

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Construction
Jacque Herzog:"A new place compared to Paris's Eiffel tower which was made for an
event but then became an icon of the city"
People can go in and go out , use the
space
Chinese people love to use public space

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Plan
• Due to the fact that Beijing
is located in an earthquake
zone, it was imperative to
be able to withstand the
earth’s movement. By
building the stadium in two
separate parts, including a
steel lattice structure and a
concrete bowl separated by
50ft. the designers were
able to create a structure
flexible enough to handle
considerable seismic
activity.

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Plan
Problematic !
Beijing is located in an earthquake zone
Olympic standards: giant screens, shops and great
views of the field and of course the safety
Solution ! Steel structure
Concrete bowl 15.24 m

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Plan

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J.Parrish :"the very first step in
designing a building is to look at its
heart :the seating belt"
each seat is going to be as close to the action
as possible
Distance from center to seats equals 142 m
•Intimacy
•Motivates the athletes

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Steel structure
First set of steel beam is placed outside,
24 pillars in form of truss encircling the
concrete bowl ( as bones of structure).
24 beams in the form of trusses
encircling the concrete bowl
The stadium is
earthquake proof
1,000 tons each

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Steel structure
a second set of beams fills in the
empty spaces of the beams of the first
set (2nd set of beams fills in spaces
between the beams and 1st set. (if 24
people are holding hands 48 arms link
together)
they link all the beams to form
a braided structure.

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Steel structure
Beijing Bird’s
Nest is designed
to withstand
earthquakes rated
at 8.0 on Richter
Scale.

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Steel structure
a third set of
beams support
the stairways
that connect the
multiple levels
and provides a
frame for the
roof membrane
covering

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Steel structure

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Elevation
Structure = facade = roof = space
The structural elements mutually
support each other and converge into a
spatial grid-like formation, in which
facades, stairs, bowl structure and roof
are integrated.

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The massive steel
structure resists
lateral loads
The load is broken
down through the
lattice of steel while
being weakened

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Section
The core portion of the building carries the dead load
of the concrete structure as well as the live load of
people totaling to 13,122 tons.
The load is transferred
directly to the plinth
foundation as
distributed load as
shown below.

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Roof
The loads at each
intersection are split between
the members and transferred
downward
The red points indicate the
transfer connections were
load impact is felt most
significantly.

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The Stadium
uses
geothermal
energy to chill
and heat the
water that runs
through the
HVAC system
the piping to
do that is
located
beneath the
main athletic
field.
Sustainability in the project

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Sustainability in the project
maximum amount
of natural lighting
as possible

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Sustainability in the project
ETFE Panels
This membrane provides rain and wind
protection. It also saves energy
Sunshine filters through the roof to light
the building
keep the noise in

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Conclusion
The national olympic stadium in Beijing is an
innovative building in terms of its design and the
way it functions through its use of biomimicry
There is a hope and likelihood that this building
will influence future buildings to explore
biomimicry to create safer, healthier,
economically and environmentally responsible
structure.

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Pictures
The Beijing National Stadium at night
during the Summer Olympics
Inside of the stadium during the 2008
Summer Olympics

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Pictures
Interior view of the stadium
2008 Summer Olympics flame

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Pictures
Detail of the exterior
Architectural detail of the stadium's
exterior

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Beijing National Stadium at night

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