The Hangzhou Tennis Center Issuu

Earlier this past year, I had presented a short paper at the ACADIA Regional conference on some of the parametric tools and systems used on the Hangzhou Tennis Center.

The full article is now available as an Issuu...

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NBBJ + CCDI: Hangzhou Sports Park on ArchDaily

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Read about the use of parametric tools in the design of the stadium here....

NBBJ: Parametric Strategies in the Design of Hangzhou Stadium (Part 1)

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This is the first of a series of posts which will give an overview of the parametric design processes that are being used to design and develop the Hangzhou Stadium by NBBJ and CCDI.

Grasshopper was used to create the parametric model. Click the images below to get a description of the techniques used.

Location: Hangzhou, The People's Republic of China
Client: Hangzhou Olympic & International Expo Centre Construction and Investment Co. Ltd.
International Architect: NBBJ
Local Architect: CCDI
Program: 80,000 seat stadium, tennis tournament + practice facility (23 courts), cultural center, retail + commercial center

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NBBJ + CCDI: Ground Broken on Hangzhou Sports Center!

On December 26th, ground was broken on the Hangzhou Sports Center. I am happy to have been a part of this amazing project since the competition that took place over a year and a half ago. Check back soon for some additional information regarding the use of advanced digital modeling (Grasshopper) on the stadium...

Location: Hangzhou, The People's Republic of China
Client: Hangzhou Olympic & International Expo Centre Construction and Investment Co. Ltd.
International Architect: NBBJ
Local Architect: CCDI
Program: 80,000 seat stadium, tennis tournament + practice facility (23 courts), cultural center, retail + commercial center

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Update from Beijing

Hello, For anyone that may, on occasion, visit this blog...sorry for my lack of updating. I have been in Beijing working on Design Development for the Hangzhou Sports Park. NBBJ sent a team of three to work with our local collaborator, CCDI.

We will be completing DD at the end of the month. Here are some shots of the 1:100 scale rough working model for the 80,000 seat main stadium... (yes, that tall, balding fellow is me...)