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With the Beijing Olympics 08 literally happening now as i enscribe, i'm sure most of you had spectated the awe-inspiring performances of the opening ceremony, with radical compositions of light and fireworks. And yeah, most of you had probably glimpsed the Beijing National Stadium, better known as the "Bird's Nest", and the Aquatic Centre, the "Water Cube".
 air pollution/breathtaking view.
To be honest, i was abit sceptical, as a layman and an aspiring archeetek, on the choice the orang atas made building a design conceptualized from a bird's nest. The fact that i didnt see the stadium itself before i heard about it made my imagination run wild about it's design. A waste of 44,000 tons of steel, maybe.? But after having a look at the few other proposals that failed to make the grade, i think it's safe to say the Bird's Nest was the right choice in the end.
I can't help but echo the sentiments of studio.7 when he labelled this as vulgar. how obscene. ROFL.
Looks rather Siam-ish, noe.? Maybe it's the gold effect. Guess they could reuse the proposal shall Bangkok ever host the Olympics..
I quite like this to be frank. Damnit im developing a fetish for roofs that seem to 'emerge' from the ground. Lacks abit of contextual representation tho.
Oooo. Sky Terrace. Another fetish. Who wouldnt wanna be able to have the experience of the Games from roof, rite.? Apparently, if the proposal was accepted, we could.
UFO written all over it. Belongs to Su and Jason's extra terrestrial armada of architecture.
Zomg rite. I find it hard to believe that they would be able to make the roof 'retractable' as such. But then again, after the stuff the orang china did for the opening ceremony, nothing seems to be impossible.
More images and info on other proposals can be viewed here. Personally, i believe large scale buildings such as stadiums and gravity-defying skyscrapers are more of an engineering feat, compared to an architekchooral one. No doubt, architects design em buildings, but there is little room to roam in the matter of creativity and articulation of shape and form. More variables have to be taken into account such as wind loads, earthquakes, and other forces of nature, steering the building's design, with it's complex calculations and degree manipulations molding the structure into reality.
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