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Xiamen Bicycle Skyway

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Xiamen Bicycle Skyway
Elevated bicycle pathway along the BRT route (public bus skyway), pedestrian bridges, ramps, roundabouts, bicycle parking, bicycle service pavilions and points of interest.
Xiamen, China
2016-2017

Completed 2017

Lenght, total: 7,600 m
Width: 4.8 m

Client: The City Government of Xiamen, Xiamen Municipal Planning and Design Administration
Architect: DISSING+WEITLING architecture
Contractor: CSCEC Steel Structure
Engineer: JSTI Engineering

Renderings: DISSING+WEITLING architecture
Photos: Ma Weiwei

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Xiamen Bicycle Skyway
Cykelbro langs eksisterende BRT rute (bushøjbane) inklusiv fodgængerbroer, tilkørselsramper, rundkørsler, overdækket cykelparkering, servicepavilloner og udsigtspunkter.
Xiamen, Kina
2016-2017

Udført 2017

Længde, total: 7.600 m
Bredde: 4,8 m

Bygherre: The City Government of Xiamen, Xiamen Municipal Planning and Design Administration
Arkitekt: DISSING+WEITLING architecture
Entreprenør: CSCEC Steel Structure
Ingeniør: JSTI Engineering

Visualiseringer: DISSING+WEITLING architecture
Fotos: Ma Weiwei

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Aperture-Style Retractable Roof at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium Closes for the First Time

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Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium has released a new video showing the structure’s unique aperture-style retractable roof closing for the very first time. Designed by 360 Architecture (now a part of HOK), the eight ETFE-clad roof “petals” slide along tracks on the stadium roof to come together at a central point, much like how a camera operates. When fully operational, the roof will be able to open and close in less than eight minutes.

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Nike creates LED motion-tracking basketball court

Nike’s House of Mamba basketball court

LEDs are being phased into use everywhere from living rooms to offices to car headlights to street-lighting. Whilst these uses are practical, for something a little more exciting we can look to Nike. Its House of Mamba basketball court uses an LED surface for graphics, video and player-tracking.

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Pros and cons of cork as an infill for artificial turf pitches

Granulated cork piloted in Hamburg, Germany

Authors: Torge Hauschild, landscape architect for district sports facility construction at Hamburg-Mitte district authority and Oliver Schneider, Labor Lehmacher | Schneider GmbH & Co. KG Photos: Torge Hauschild (Figures 1 and 8 to 11) and Labor Lehmacher | Schneider (Figures 2 to 7)

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Redefining the stadium experience

Author: Tom Jones, Senior Principal, Populous

Populous was recently asked by National Geographic magazine to collaborate on an article about future trends in stadium design and to explore the elements that are contributing to the rapid evolution of this building form. Tom Jones, Senior Principal at Populous, is pleased with his vision of how stadium experience can be redefined.

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Photos: Soccer Fields Around the World

One of the most appealing aspects of soccer is its simplicity—a ball, some open space, goal markers, and you can play. As the 2018 World Cup kicks off in Russia, with matches held in massive modern arenas, here is a look at the beautiful game in action in some smaller and more unusual venues around the world, including pitches built on a glacier, on a beach, floating in a river, made of straw, on a rooftop, and more. Read More “Photos: Soccer Fields Around the World”