中國CN＞北京BJN＞鳥巢、水立方Bird Nest & Water Cube

延著所謂的「龍脈」，北方出現了當代偉大的建築－鳥巢。
Along the so-called "Dragon Path", there is a great architecture in the northern – The Bird Nest.

鳥巢原名為北京國家體育館，是為了北京奧運2008建立的主會場，建築師為瑞士的赫爾佐格、德梅隆及中國建築師李興剛聯合完成的。整座鳥巢用鋼筋鐵骨與混凝土為主要材質，鋼結構相互交錯形成鳥巢構造因而得名。
It formerly known as the Beijing National Stadium, was built for the main venue of Beijing Olympic Games 2008 by Swiss architects Herzog, de Meuron and Chinese architect Li XingGang. The main materials are the reinforced steel frame and concrete; and it was named because of the cross steel formation construction.

整座鳥巢沒有一根直立柱。要將所有的鋼鐵焊起來真是一個大工程；近觀所有的焊接口幾乎都很完美，所有結構看似一體的。鳥巢的另一個特殊功能就是沒有避雷針，因為本身就是一個避雷網，可直接將雷電傳到地下。
You can’t find any vertical column in the structure. To weld all the iron and steel together is really a huge project; however if you go nearer, you will find all the structure welding perfectly. Another special feature of the Bird's Nest is there is not any lightning rod, because it itself as a lightning rod which can transmit the thunder directly to ground.

結合中國人一句「天方地圓」，鳥巢旁邊就是水立方，這也就是08奧運所有游泳項目的場館。每個「水泡泡」都是個氣枕，鑲在鋼架內，錦瑩剔透看似脆弱；但散熱佳、防腐強、清理易。外觀像是泡沫；又像是細胞。水立方門口還有噴泉，不怕溼的話還可以去玩水喔～
Due to a Chinese phrase “Tian Fang Di Yuan” (direct translate means Square Sky and Round Ground XD), the Water Cube is just beside Bird Nest. (According the phrase, the Bird Nest is round; the Water Cube is square)　This is the venue for all swimming events during Olympic 08. Each "water bubble" is an air pillow, framed in steel, seems crystal clear and fragile; but it’s good at heat dissipation, anticorrosive and easy to clean-up. They look like bubble; and also look like cells. In front of the Water Cube has fountain, you can have fun there~

許多為奧運特別建立的場館在風光之後一定會面臨經營的問題，目前水立方除了開放公眾使用，也轉型成為休閒、育樂、商業、餐廳、時尚等場所，經營還算頗完善的。以下是我網路上搜尋到在水立方內辦的噴泉音樂會，很特別、很漂亮～
Normally the stadium which specifically built for Olympic will surely meet the operation problem after the grand ceremony, nowadays the Water Cube not only open for public, but also a place for leisure, recreation, business, food, fashion etc, consider quite well managed. Following picture is search from web, there’s a indoor fountain concert, so special, so pretty~

照片摘自網路 Photo from web

這兩棟建築物一剛一柔；夜間一藍一紅，再加上獨特的外型，如果能在夜晚從上空照相，一定非常奪目、非常壯觀。
These two buildings represent tough vs. tender; blue vs. red at night, with the unique design, it will be eye-catching, very spectacular to photograph from the sky at night.

這兩棟建築的外觀、特色肯定已在中國建築史上留名；科技的運用當然也是如今絕頂、沒話說得的；建築也具環保功能，善用光線及雨水循環使用等，周圍奧運公園的綠化宜人，充分結合2008奧運所提場的：人文、科技、綠色。
The appearance of two buildings, features had surely credited in the China’s Architecture History; the technology used definitely is the latest and excellent at the moment. Besides, the constructions also environmental friendly, make good use of light and reuse rain water etc, the pleasant Olympic park around. So, these make the two constructions stick to the theme of Olympic 2008: Humanistic, Sci-tech and Green.

＊旁邊是北京最貴的七星級酒店－盤古
This is the most expensive hotel around Beijing—PanGu Hotel

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