Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center National Museum Wall Ball Stadium: This crystal palace is simple yet not simple

Entering the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center National Museum Wall Stadium, almost everyone will be amazed: the venue is not capped, and each stadium is surrounded by four glass walls, allowing the audience to view 360 ° from all angles; The blue glass wall echoes the blue seats in the audience, and the lighting at the top is projected, creating a dazzling atmosphere inside the venue, making people feel like they are in a crystal palace.

This is an Asian Games venue hidden in the exhibition hall of Hangzhou International Expo Center. In order to implement the minimalist competition concept and make the most of existing resources, the squash hall has been temporarily renovated from the original 4D exhibition hall of the Hangzhou International Expo Center. During the Hangzhou Asian Games, 5 gold medals will be won here.

"The Crystal Palace looks beautiful, but it's not easy to build," Zhou Congcong, the director of facility operation and maintenance at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center's National Expo Wall Stadium, told reporters. Due to the limited height of the 4D exhibition hall, all lifting, hoisting, transportation equipment, etc. cannot directly reach the hall. To meet the requirements of fire safety regulations, three steel firewalls need to be installed inside the squash court, with a total weight of 240 tons, making construction very difficult.

To this end, the construction team adopted a "modular" construction method: first, all construction materials were modeled, designed, and customized into "material blocks" that meet the load-bearing and size of the venue elevator, and then transported the blocks of materials to the venue for assembly.

This unique renovation model not only solves the problem of pre competition construction, but also enables rapid dismantling of all facilities after the competition, restoring the original exhibition hall function. "The dismantled seats, venues, etc. can be used for other venues after repair to avoid waste," said Zhou Congcong.

The Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center National Museum Wall Stadium has a total of 8 international standard glass courts with 997 audience seats. It is reported that the equipment inside the venue will continue to be used to promote squash to the public.

Choosing recyclable synthetic materials, reducing the use of natural marble and wood, and maximizing the use of existing facilities, equipment, and computer rooms in the National Museum... The concept of minimalist competition organizing has been integrated into every aspect of venue renovation.

Even more noteworthy is that every piece of waste in the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center's National Expo Wall Stadium is taken seriously.

"The 'zero waste' of the Asian Games is not about not producing solid waste. We adopt refined management of the garbage in the venues, and the classified garbage bins can calculate the weight of 'other garbage' and 'recyclable materials' in real time and upload data." According to Hu Guanglong, the manager of the property management department of Hangzhou International Expo Center, if the staff find that the data they collect has significant fluctuations compared to the previous day, they will use management methods to increase the sorting rate of garbage classification, improve the utilization rate of recyclable materials, and minimize the impact of solid waste on the environment.

Practice from the smallest details. In the previous "Charm Hangzhou" 2023 Asian Squash Mixed Doubles Competition, the operation team of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center's National Museum Squash Arena conducted a "frugal Asian Games" training - abandoning traditional dining forms such as boxed meals with outer packaging and adopting self-service simple meals.

"The competition provides three meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. If boxed meals are provided regularly, it is inevitable that there will be garbage such as lunch boxes and paper bags." Xu Shihai, the logistics director of the catering industry at the Guobobi Stadium, said that through this small change in details, not only has food waste been avoided, but also the cost of disposing of garbage such as lunch boxes has been saved.

Simplicity is not simple, and frugality does not mean sacrificing excitement or lowering service levels. The staff of the Guobo Pique Gymnasium expressed their hope to "do more with less money" and "do big things with little money". Through the Hangzhou Asian Games, the world can feel the great wisdom of the people of Zhejiang.