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Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Museum / design by maison h

maison h has just completed the design for the world’s first Winter Olympics Museum for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

This pivotal museum will extend the legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics into an enduring strategy for the Olympics to become a catalyst for sustainable social and economic development.


Beijing 2022 - sustainable Olympics
According to IOC president Thomas Bach, Beijing 2022 is to “set a new bench mark for a sustainable Olympic Games, on the one hand benefiting from the legacy of the Beijing 2008 Games and on the other hand developing a new winter sports destination in a sustainable way”. Being the first city in the world to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, Beijing will be showcasing a twofold strategy of reuse and rejuvenation for urban venues and sustainable development for regional venues providing infrastructure and long term benefits to rural regions.

An Olympic building: open, fluid, inclusive
The building itself is based on the theme of the Winter Olympics as a “destroyer of dividing walls. It calls for air and light for all” - Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937). maison h thus proposed a welcoming and fluid space that is open, inclusive and without dividing walls. The landscape is seamlessly interwoven to become indoor exhibition areas, a climbing wall or conference seating. The building mass is lifted off the ground with a minimum footprint thus respecting the natural environment while improving quality and connectivity of the public space in Chongli to the comprehensive regional development plan.

Programmatically, the design of the building is divided into four elements, connected in a loop, surrounding the central ‘Olympic Valley’; maison h designed the four program elements to cater towards various user groups in both the high and low seasons.

The building is conceived as a state-of-the-art sustainable building, optimized for the harsh local climate, with self shading facade overhangs, minimal window openings on the South and West sides, and a zero-energy power concept with PV panels on the roof.

maison h received second prize in this public tender.


CREDITS
Client: Chongli Municipal government
Architects: maison h / 汉和设计
Team: Martijn de Geus, Han Zhang, Oxana Sosnitskaya, Victor Tee, Thomas Mellegaerd, Elena Gamez Miguelez
Scope: 200,000m2 Master plan + 50,000m2 Public Function Architecture
Location: Chongli, Beijing, China


about maison h / 汉荷设计
Based in China and the Netherlands, we are a post-western practice, and we start every project from our environmental responsibilities. We observe people’s needs and behavior. We make places. Creative places, educational places, public places, private places, natural places, healthy places, and above all, loved places.
Architecture as a means, creativity as the process, buildings as community catalysts. Our place making strategy defines precise interventions that re-establish a close connection between man and the environment. This links nature and architecture by the passage of people, as man-made and natural elements intertwine.

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The name may not be familiar to you: dwarf lilyturf root. For centuries, lilyturf root has been used in Chinese traditional medicine. Now, one poverty-stricken area in southwestern China is using this grassroots opportunity to make lots of money, and turn the lives of its people around. Join CGTN's Xu Xinchen to visit a local museum on lilyturf root to learn more about how the grass is being turned to gold.

EXPLORING HOHHOT CHINA! Part 2

In this video of the Hohhot China Bmx trip we go exploring the local meat market, fish market. Check out the local mall and then hit up some hot pot before going to KTV to end the night, The next morning before the finals of the contest I went cruising around on my Bmx with Dave Baco checking out the local spots and architecture. So much crazy stuff in this video and such good times! Make sure to check out the final video from this China trip !

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The Forbidden City in Beijing became shrouded in white over the weekend after heavy snow hit the city. Many locals came to take photos of the snow-covered ancient buildings.

Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, weather, hotel, airport, map, travel，中国内蒙古呼和浩特，简介

Hohhot
Hohhot, abbreviated Hushi, formerly known as Kweisui, is the capital of Inner Mongolia in North China, serving as the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre.
Official website Local time: 11:20 PM 3/21/2017
Weather: 34°F (1°C), Mostly Clear · See more
Population: 2.87 million (2012)
Area: 6,636 sq miles (17,186 km²)
Colleges and universities: Inner Mongolia University · Inner Mongolia Normal University · Inner Mongolia University of Technology · Inner Mongolia Medical University · Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics
Points of interest: Inner Mongolia Museum
Hohhot, abbreviated Hushi, formerly known as Kweisui, is the capital of Inner Mongolia in North China, serving as the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre. Wikipedia
Elevation: 3,494′
Weather: 36°F (2°C), Wind NE at 7 mph (11 km/h), 71% Humidity
Local time: Tuesday 11:20 PM
Hohhot (Chinese: 呼和浩特; pinyin: Hūhéhàotè; Mongolian: Kökeqota.svg Kökeqota; Khalkha: Хөх хот Höh hot, /xɵxˈxɔtʰ/), abbreviated Hushi (Chinese: 呼市; pinyin: Hūshì), formerly known as Kweisui (simplified Chinese: 归绥; traditional Chinese: 歸綏; pinyin: Guīsuí), is the capital of Inner Mongolia in North China, serving as the region's administrative, economic, and cultural centre.

Its population was 2,866,615 inhabitants at the 2010 census, of whom 1,980,774 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of 4 urban districts.

The name of the city in Mongolian means Blue City—Kuku-Khoto in Mongolian—although it is also wrongly referred to as the Green City. The color blue in Mongol culture is associated with the sky, eternity and purity; in Chinese, the name can be translated as Qīng Chéng (Chinese: 青城), literally, Blue/Green City.

The name has also been variously romanized as Kokotan, Kokutan, Kuku-hoton, Huhohaot'e, Huhehot, Huhhot, or Köke qota.

Mystery As 60ft Long Dragon Skeleton Suddenly Appears In China

A bizarre piece of footage from China shows a group of villagers gathered around what looks like the skeleton of a dragon!

Purportedly found sitting in a field in Zhangjiakou City, the sixty-foot-long oddity sports an ominous-looking horned skull, a pair of dinosaur-like arms, and an incredibly-long body featuring dozens of rib bones.

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China's Dunhuang Golmud Railway Tunnel Project Completed

A tunnel, a key controlling project of the Dunhuang-Golmud railway in northwest China, was completed on Friday, creating favorable conditions for the follow-up project.

Work on the 7,256-meter-long tunnel started at the end of 2012. It is located at the middle part of the Saishiteng Mountain on the border between Qinghai and Gansu at an elevation of 3,200 meters.

The 509-kilometer Dunhuang-Golmud railway is the only rail link between the Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway and the Qinghai-Tibet railway, as well as the most convenient path linking Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and Tibet.

After completion, the Dunhuang-Golmud railway will form the first closed railway network in northwest China, together with the Lanzhou-Qinghai railway, Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway and the Qinghai-Tibet railway, thus shortening the journey between Xinjiang's Urumqi and Tibet's Lhasa by 2,000 kilometers.
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This documentary film realized by Hetan Wei for the exhibition Guangzhou Driftings at Guangdong Museum of Art (Guangzhou, China) March-April 2018

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China's Shougang: Transformation of former steel city

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Xi's Finland Visit To Boost Bilateral Ties: Finnish Officials

Finnish officials have praised the great significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Finland, believing it will further improve the ties between the two countries in many fields.

Alexander Stubb, former Finnish Prime Minister, said he had met Xi twice, and held very nice conversations with him.

I like him, you know. We get along well. You meet a lot of leaders. I was foreign minister, trade minister, finance minister and prime minister for a total of 8 years. You get to travel the world and there are few people you remember, said Alexander Stubb.

The former prime minister believed Xi's visit will further enhance the country’s trade cooperation with China, which has been Finland’s biggest trading partner in Asia for 14 years.

I actually think that China is going to take the lead in world trade, in free trade, and in globalization, partially because of its own interest, but partially also because it believes globalization is a good thing. And I think the president's article here in Helsinki Times or his speech in Davos at the World Economic Forum are all taking things, I think, in the right directions, said Alexander Stubb.

Jari Gustafsson, the state secretary at the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, said China's Belt and Road Initiative is of great significance for both Asia and Europe, ranging from infrastructure investment to cultural development.

The initiative will help promoting global connectivity and achieving win-win cooperation, and Finland will pursue cooperation under the framework, Gustafsson said.

We see that the strong commitment in working together is going to be witnessed by different good ideas of cooperation for the future, said Gustafsson, also the former Finnish ambassador to China.

The Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, a world-leading investor in innovation, established close cooperation with China in the field of science and technology as early as 1986.

Its executive director, Mika Lautanala, held high expectations that Xi's visit will boost bilateral innovation cooperation.

He also mentioned that the very first time China was involved in the Olympic Games was in 1952 here in Helsinki, and also mentioned that innovation is something that he is looking after in this country. I think now since China is hosting the Winter Olympics in 2022 in Beijing, it's an opportunity for us to also bring innovation activities into the Olympics, said the executive director.





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北京往北1小时有个古堡，堪称明清建筑博物馆，600年历史鲜为人知

据史料记载，张家口堡始建于明宣德四年 (1429年)，至今已经有近600年的历史，是长城防线上的重要军事驻军城堡，以“武城”之誉而雄冠北疆。随着“北方丝绸之路”——张库大道的日渐兴盛，张家口堡的军事功能逐渐被商业贸易功能所代替，鼎盛时期张家口堡内票号、商号达1600多家，最高年贸易额达1.5亿两白银。张家口堡现存文物古迹达700余处，其中极具价值的重点院落93处，是全国大中城市中保存最为完整的明清建筑城堡之一，堪称“明清建筑博物馆”。

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics venue resembles an ice ribbon

The National Speed Skating Hall for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has adopted a unique design in the shape of an ice ribbon, which resembles the trails of skaters.

It is located near Beijing 2008 Olympic Games venues Bird's Nest, Water Cube and the Olympic Green Tennis Center, indicating the city's close ties with Olympic games.

The outer structure is a curved surface made of over 3,000 pieces of glass.

There are 22 tube-shaped lights outside the walls, shaped to give the venue the Ice Ribbon name.

The main part of the construction is to complete by the end of 2019.



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