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HANGZHOU INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CENTRE, CHINA ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS (ZHA)
Incorporating a 60,000-seat football stadium and practice pitches, ZHA’s design for the international centre also includes a 74,000 m2 19,000-seat indoor arena (which can operate independently to the stadium), as well as an aquatics centre with two 50 metre pools. Located within Hangzhou’s “future science and technology cultural district,” the sports centre project creates a new riverfront park and public plazas with direct access to the city’s metro network. As the largest venue within the centre, the 135,000 m2 football stadium is situated on the eastern side of the new park to face the city. Located to the stadium’s west and south, the indoor arena and aquatics centre are connected to the stadium by the centre’s “layered podium that weaves through the site,” said the architects. Informed by the terracing of the tea farms on Hangzhou’s surrounding hillsides, the 45,000 m2 podium houses the sports centre’s ancillary facilities that are shared between the venues including training and fitness halls, locker rooms, offices as well as shops, restaurants and cafes overlooking the podium’s courtyard and terraces.
Unlike most stadiums, the facade of the Hangzhou International Sports Centre is open to the exterior, with louvres sheltering terraces that host a variety of food and beverage outlets offering views across the city. The facade gives the stadium a “stratified, geological appearance of solidity when viewed from nearby,” said the architects. When viewed from a distance, the facade “becomes transparent, connecting the public spaces beneath the stadium’s seating bowl with the city.” The International Sports Centre has been designed to the highest (3-Star) rating of China’s Green Building Program.
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BURNHAM BEECHES, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA WOODS BAGOT
The Trenerry Consortium – comprising the Victor Smorgon Group, Kanat Group and Trenerry Property – has revealed a $100m masterplan for Burnham Beeches, a historic Art Moderne mansion in Victoria, Australia. Woods Bagot was appointed as lead architect and interior designer, and Australian builders Hamilton Marino are to manage the restoration and build, which includes new ‘glamping’ facilities. The masterplan encompasses three zones – the Mansion and Spa, the Village Green, and the Hilltop Retreat – each of which “invite visitors to explore the site while also celebrating the spirit of the Dandenong Ranges,” said the architects. Due to a lack of commercial viability, as a consequence of the cost of restoration of the mansion and limitations of the existing permit, The Trenerry Consortium has appointed luxury hospitality provider Six Senses to operate a “premium, non-permanent glamping offering, tucked within the surrounding topography of the site.” This model is used globally to allow for “non-intrusive and environmentally friendly accommodation in national parks or regions of historical significance.” Alongside the restoration of the mansion and surrounding garden, the masterplan includes plans for the Nicholas Hall and Library, a restaurant, wellness retreat, pool house and guest rooms. Approval of the heritage permit is essential to delivering the long- term conservation of the property, including the historic mansion.
ADF DECEMBER 2022
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