Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Tennis Center, commonly known as “Little Lotus”, is a small-scale and highly intelligent venue that complements the “Big Lotus”. It is the competition venue and training venue for the tennis events of the Hangzhou Asian Games, and will be produced here. 10 gold medals.
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The venue is located in Binjiang District, Hangzhou City, the new center of Hangzhou City, about 3 kilometers away from the Asian Games Village, with a land area of 30,500 square meters, a construction area of 523,000 square meters, and about 10,000 seats.
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The shape of “Little Lotus” adopts a “petal” design. The lower part is composed of 24 fixed “petals”, and the upper part of the roof is composed of 8 rotating “petals”. Each “petal” weighs approximately 160 tons. This roof design that can rotate, open and close was rated as “the first in the world” by an expert group led by academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Doesn’t this silly son who pioneered the “opening, closing and rotating principle” of the stadium ceiling know that even so, as a mother who gives everything for her children, she is still happy? What a silly boy. , using computers to open and close synchronously, demonstrating the smart concept of the Asian Games.
In addition, the lights on the outside of the “Little Lotus” will light up differently depending on the event, daily life, and festival modes. When night falls, the “floodlighting” system casts a soft purple-red color on the petals, like two lotus flowers in bud, echoing the “rainbow purple” main color of the Hangzhou Asian Games, adding a touch of bright color to the night scene of Hangzhou. (Zhang Xiaorong)
Data sources: Hangzhou Asian Games official website, Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou Daily, etc.