The total construction area of apartments in the Olympic Village is 370,000 square meters. All apartments are located in the permanent building, including 22 buildings with 6 floors and 20 buildings with 9 floors, with the same architectural style, and the per capita living area will reach more than 22 square meters. Recently, a model room has just been opened in the athletes' apartment, which gives people the greatest feeling of the perfect combination of China characteristics and humanized design. The combination of white walls, dark composite wood floors and light wooden furniture makes the interior of the apartment look fresh and elegant. On the walls of the bedroom and living room, seal cutting and calligraphy decorative paintings give off a strong China flavor, while the green plants scattered at will make the room full of vitality.
What is particularly interesting is that in order to make the athletes live more comfortably, the bed in the bedroom has become a 2.2-meter-long "extended version". For a giant like Yao Ming, there is a specially designed bench at the end of the bed. In this way, even the tallest giant can sleep comfortably. The bathroom in the apartment is elegant and light gray. Considering the needs of disabled athletes during the Paralympic Games, one of the two bathrooms in the apartment is specially designed for the disabled.
In addition, each athlete's apartment will be equipped with broadband network, telephone, cable TV, closed-circuit TV, infrared burglar alarm system and fingerprint lock. During the Olympic Games, all "villagers" will get ID cards and online shopping channels. Internet cafes will be set up in the village so that athletes can surf the Internet for free, which is convenient for sending and receiving information and keeping in touch with their families. Some religious places of worship also provide convenience for various religious activities.
The functions of international zone and residential zone are different. It is an area where welcoming ceremonies and other reception activities of delegations are held, which is convenient for athletes from all countries to communicate. The most striking thing here is the Olympic Square, which covers an area of about 20,000 square meters. The Organizing Committee will hold a variety of cultural and recreational activities for athletes in the Olympic Square, including open-air performances, outdoor exhibitions and public activities in the Olympic Village. Flag-raising Square is located in the center of Olympic Square, covering an area of about 6,000 square meters. During the Olympic Games, flags from nearly 200 countries and regions will fly here together.
What are the similarities and differences between China 2008 Olympic Village and previous Olympic Villages?
First, the Green Olympic Village. Beijing 2008 Olympic Village will be planned and built into a sustainable community model in line with the development trend of the world environment in 2 1 century, so as to promote the development of green communities in Beijing. The buildings in the village will adopt high-efficiency energy-saving thermal insulation materials, and make full use of pollution-free energy such as natural ventilation, natural wind collection, solar energy, wind energy and electric energy. The sewage will be treated by biochemical technology to achieve 100% harmlessness. At the same time, the village will also be equipped with advanced reclaimed water treatment and rainwater collection system, which can be used to maintain green space.
Second, the People's Olympic Village. The Olympic Village will give every athlete a cordial and natural humanistic care and a relaxed and lively living atmosphere, so that they can have a full rest, enjoy all-round services and spend their leisure time comfortably. Colorful activities in the Olympic Village will promote cultural exchanges among athletes, promote the spread of Olympic ideals, and make their days in the Olympic Village unforgettable memories in their lives.
Third, the high-tech Olympic Village. The Olympic Village will adopt mature and advanced science and technology to build the Olympic Village into an information-based community. Complete structured wiring system (including telephone, network, cable TV, etc.). ) will be established in the village to realize mobile communication services covering both inside and outside the city.
In addition, the Olympic Village will also provide 4A-level services, that is, at any time, villagers can get the required voice, data and Internet services through computers, mobile phones, PDA and other terminals in the village, as well as many Internet cafes set up in the village, and they can also provide free Internet access services for athletes, so that they can communicate with each other and see the world at a glance. Opening the Village On July 27th, 2008, the Olympic Village of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games officially opened, and 16000 athletes and team officials from more than 200 countries and regions will move in one after another. In the next month, it will become a safe, comfortable and warm home for Beijing Olympic athletes and a small "global village" for cultural exchanges and integration all over the world.
On the morning of the same day, the Olympic Village held a grand opening ceremony and welcoming ceremony in the flag-raising square. Liu Qi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and chairman of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, handed over the key to the Olympic Village to Chen Zhili, vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), vice chairman of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee and head of the Beijing Olympic Village.
Chen Zhili delivered a speech at the village opening ceremony. She said that the Olympic Village has made all preparations and warmly welcomed athletes, delegation officials, media reporters and our distinguished guests from all over the world with open arms.
Guo Jinlong, mayor of Beijing and executive chairman of BOCOG, said in his speech that the opening of the Olympic Village marks the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games with warm arms and welcomes delegations from all countries and regions. On behalf of all Beijing residents, Fang Li's family unveiled the traditional Chinese handicraft "Ruyi" together with Chen Zhili, representing Beijing residents' good wishes to the Olympic Village and all the villagers.
Then, the scarlet door slowly opened and lively and warm music was played on the spot. Hundreds of children dressed in Fuwa costumes ran onto the stage, released colored balloons in their hands and presented Fuwa and flowers to the guests. Applause thundered, flags fluttered and ribbons filled the sky.
The China Sports Delegation became the first delegation to officially report for duty. Wrestling, judo, handball, hockey, weightlifting, track and field, swimming, gymnastics, men's basketball, badminton, coaches, athletes, Chinese Olympic Committee officials, delegation officials, regimental staff, etc. attended the opening ceremony, and China players such as Yao Ming and Liu Xiang were excited.
"The Beijing Olympic Village has China characteristics, and I feel particularly cordial and cordial to death!" China gymnast Li said happily.
Beijing Olympic Village is located in the Olympic Park, adjacent to the forest park in the north and the main stadium area in the south, with beautiful environment and convenient transportation, and the linear distance from the Bird's Nest is no more than 3 kilometers. The Olympic Village is divided into three areas: international area, residential area and operation area. The international zone includes flag-raising square and commercial street, and there are 42 apartment buildings for athletes in the residential area. The operation area is equipped with parking lot, welcome center, media center, tourist center, athlete station, logistics center and other supporting facilities.
Deng Yaping, deputy director of BOCOG Olympic Village Department, said that since the Olympic Village was opened ahead of schedule on July 20th, more than 70 delegations have stayed in the Olympic Village.
The villagers who stayed received a welcome letter signed by Chen Zhili, the head of the Olympic Village. In the athletes' apartments, there are paintings painted by Chinese and foreign children with environmental protection paper, which are mounted with environmental protection materials. After the Olympic Games, these works will be presented to the participating athletes and officials.
Gao Jian, director of Gymnastics Management Center of State Sports General Administration, has mixed feelings. He said, "Today, the China Sports Team left for the Olympic Village at seven o'clock, and I got up at five o'clock. This is my seventh time to participate in the Olympic Games, and my mood is particularly different. I started to participate in the Olympic Games on 1984. Today, I finally realized my wish to participate in the Olympic Games in my own country! "
The Olympic Village has hired an international catering company with 13 experience in catering services for the Olympic Games to undertake catering services for main restaurants, sub-restaurants and cafes in the international zone. According to the regulations of the International Olympic Committee, the religious service center in the Olympic Village has five religions: Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism and Hinduism for villagers to worship. Other religious believers can also conduct religious activities in the quiet room of the religious center. In addition, the Olympic Village has also prepared a variety of cultural experience activities in China for athletes.
The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games also set up Olympic villages in the co-host cities of Hong Kong and Qingdao. The head of Qingdao Olympic Village is Zang Aimin, and the head of Hong Kong Olympic Village is Liang Aishi.
The Olympic Village is the lodging place for athletes and team officials participating in the Olympic Games. It is also the most important service place and one of the places with the highest security level during the Olympic Games. The history of the Olympic Village can be traced back to 1924 Paris Olympic Games. The use of the Olympic Village after the Games is an important part of the Olympic Park of the 2008 Olympic Games. During the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it is the residence of athletes and officials from all over the world. The completed Olympic Village has the characteristics of the most concentrated athletes and the richest functions, and it is a window that fully embodies the three concepts of "distinctive and high-level" Olympics and "green Olympics, high-tech Olympics and people's Olympics".
After the Olympic Games, the Olympic Village apartment will be returned to Guoao Investment Development Co., Ltd. (the owner) and delivered as a residential project after renovation. This residential project will be sold to the public before the Olympic Games. Traffic conditions-roaming of the Olympic branch line of the subway
At Beitucheng Station, the starting point of the Olympic branch line of the subway, although the broadcast on the platform constantly reminds passengers not to take pictures, everyone who walks into the subway station can't help but take a picture with his mobile phone or camera-the reason is very simple, it's so beautiful here. The theme of "Blue and White Porcelain" runs through every corner of Beitucheng Station, and the blue and white porcelain patterns on the pillars spread upward like melons and vines. The entrance and exit are also made into porcelain shapes with the same pattern. Even the signs on the platform are two side-by-side "ceramic vases", showing strong China characteristics.
The subway came into the station soon, and the new and spacious silver train surprised people. Because the Olympic branch line is only open to Olympic certified personnel, only about 10 people take the subway, and there are only two people in the carriage where the reporter is located. "I've never been on such an empty subway in my life. It has become a special train."
Two minutes later, the subway arrived at the Second Olympic Sports Center Station. The reporter found that in this station, sports elements have become the theme of the whole station decoration. The 28 columns on the platform are blue and white tiles, and the blue and white stripes form different sports patterns. Platforms and screen doors also cover all Olympic events.
Each stop of the Olympic branch line has its own different theme, which can be described as "one stop, one scene". After enjoying the "blue and white porcelain" at Beitucheng Station and the "sports" at the Olympic Sports Center Station, the reporter then enjoyed the "water element" at the Olympic Park Station. The ceiling on the platform floor is very eye-catching, and more than 1000 blue and white "bubbles" of different sizes are full of fun. The screen doors of the platform are printed with patterns of marine animals such as starfish. At the south gate station of the terminal forest park, the trunk-shaped columns and the top station and handrails designed in the form of staggered branches make people appreciate the beauty of the "white forest".
In just four stops, the train only ran for six minutes, but the reporter seemed to have experienced a feast of visual arts.
Background information:
The Olympic branch line of Beijing Metro is 4.5 kilometers long, with four stations from south to north, namely Beitucheng Station, Olympic Sports Center Station, Olympic Park Station and South Gate Station of Forest Park. During the Olympic Games, spectators can also ride for free with tickets, but they also need to go through security check. Athens Olympic Village adheres to the concept of "athletes first" and provides convenient, friendly and multicultural 24-hour service for athletes from all over the world. The Olympic Village provides diversified, interesting and multi-faceted leisure and entertainment services for athletes, and also fully considers the needs of athletes who are committed to the competition.
Check-in time: July 23, 2004
Opening hours: July 30, 2004
Village closing time: September 2004.1
Venue area: 65,438+0,240,000 square meters Facilities: The Olympic Village Comprehensive Sports Center covers an area of 5,000 square meters, including a swimming pool with Olympic standard specifications, a runway, four tennis courts and a gymnasium. In the evening, an open-air cinema was arranged, and players from all over the world could share the charm of the movie under the summer starry sky in Athens. In the evening, the coffee shop can also be used as a ballroom, a game room, an Internet cafe and an online Olympic Village daily.
There are two safety zones in the Athens Olympic Village: the villagers' zone and the international zone. Villagers' areas are mainly newly-built restaurants, leisure centers, conference rooms, religious centers, hospitals, traffic passages and other buildings, among which the office and accommodation of the Greek Olympic Committee are in permanent buildings. The international zone includes the entrance to the Olympic Village, the shopping center, the Olympic Memorial Hall and the amphitheater. The Athens Olympic Village is located in the northwest of Athens, with a cost of 397 million US dollars and an area of 65.438+0.24 million square meters. Although it is called "the best Olympic Village in Olympic history" by the Athens Olympic Organizing Committee, the actual situation makes many athletes dare not compliment. Some people in the China delegation reported that although the overall environment of the Olympic Village is OK, the facilities in the athletes' rooms are relatively simple.
But the Athenians had reason to do so. They have long planned to transform Olympic athletes' apartments into affordable housing after the Paralympic Games in September, and sell them to local low-income families in Greece at low prices. All 336 suites are within the scope of sale, benefiting about 2,500 low-income families. Because of the low price, before the end of the Olympic Games, more than 6.5438+0.7 million Athenians participated in the lottery to apply for these low-priced houses, which greatly exceeded the actual capacity of 6.5438+0.0 million people in the Olympic Village. From this perspective, the Athens Olympic Village pays attention to practicality and rejects luxury, which also has their reasons.
During the construction of the Olympic Village in Athens, the workers held an embarrassing strike. The cause of the incident was that too many construction casualties made the workers feel that their safety could not be effectively guaranteed. Although this incident was resolved in time afterwards, it reflected the disadvantage that the Athens Olympic Games project had to be completed in a hurry due to serious delay. The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games was recorded in history as the first "Green Olympics", and the slogan of "Beautiful Sydney, Green Olympics" was also regarded as an important magic weapon for Sydney to win the right to host the 27th Summer Olympic Games by two votes. The Sydney Olympic Village, now called "Olympic Park", is a miracle of turning waste into green and turning waste into treasure. The Olympic Village was built on the ruins. "Since the first appearance of the Olympic Village in 1924, Sydney has concentrated all the stadiums, athletes' villages, journalists' villages and news centers of the Olympic Games in one area for the first time, thus avoiding the pain of athletes and journalists rushing between their residences and stadiums. This is another magic weapon that Sydney won the favor of the International Olympic Committee. Choosing the Olympic Village in Homebush Bay is a decision to kill two birds with one stone. " Henry Tsang, former deputy mayor of Sydney who participated in the site selection, planning and construction of the original Olympic Village, told the reporter.
Homebush Bay is located about 30 kilometers west of downtown Sydney, on the upper reaches of Paramat River, and was once the largest garbage dump in New South Wales. Since the 1960s, 9 million cubic meters of domestic and industrial wastes have been buried there. Not only the garbage is buried underground, but also dozens of hills piled up by garbage stand on the ground, with heights ranging from13m to 28m. Of the 760 hectares of land, 160 hectares is seriously polluted. After winning the right to host the Olympic Games, the government decided to use the opportunity of Olympic venues construction to remove this' Sydney stain' and invest 2.3 billion Australian dollars in environmental renovation. An American environmental expert once ridiculed this site selection as "a cheap, convenient and dirty choice", but later it turned out that he was wrong.
For the garbage piled up in mountains, in order to avoid spreading pollution due to movement, experts have designed a scheme of burying garbage in place, which uses a clay layer with a thickness of 1 m to seal the garbage, effectively ensuring that the buried garbage will not leak or be polluted again. At the same time, different kinds of plants are planted on the ground. The roots of plants are used to keep water and soil and purify water, and the leaves are used to purify air. During this period, the famous non-governmental environmental protection organization "Protect the Land" specially organized large-scale tree planting activities for the Olympic Games. Its members include students, citizens, company employees and government officials. They take the train on weekends and bring their own food to plant trees, while local residents and farmers shoulder the responsibility of management and care. Using clean energy and circulating water, 27 groups of 30-meter-high "giraffe-like" solar towers are arranged on the side of Olympic Avenue near the main stadium. Philip told reporters that this is the power supply equipment of the Olympic Village, which can meet the lighting of all sports venues, and the lighting time can be as long as 6 hours every day. The athletes' village, which can accommodate more than 65,438+100000 athletes, is the "largest solar community in the world", and its solar facilities generate 65,438+10000000 kWh of electricity every year, which is equivalent to that of a small power station. The circulating water utilization project costing 65,438+05.9 million Australian dollars can not only ensure all the water used for the Olympic Games every day, but also save 7 million liters of water. It is said that the roof of every venue in the Olympic Village is equipped with a rainwater receiving device, and the powerful recycling equipment will recycle all rainwater and wastewater, which will be used to irrigate the grass and flower beds in the Olympic Park and flush 2,500 toilets in the Olympic Village after tertiary treatment. In addition, the concept of "green" is everywhere: 2000 buses responsible for transporting athletes all use clean energy "compressed natural gas" as fuel to reduce emissions; Introduce 40 million earthworms, set up semi-open earthworm stations in Olympic venues, and use earthworms to degrade plant garbage, food residues and paper. Use natural lighting and ventilation as much as possible. The roof of the stadium is specially designed for Australia's climate environment, so that there can be enough sunshine in the daytime competition. Natural ventilation is considered in the stadium design, and mechanical ventilation devices, refrigerators or fluorine refrigeration air conditioners are not used.
According to reports, most of the venues in Sydney are very simple in design, using as little materials as possible, and they are very flexible in design, so they can be easily dismantled when changing their uses without causing waste. Mainly consider the service life of permanent buildings and components, and minimize repair and maintenance; Temporary buildings can meet the use requirements, but more high-grade materials are used. In order to avoid excess sewage treatment capacity after the Olympic Games, the treatment capacity of sewage treatment plants is designed according to 80% of all sewage during the Olympic Games, and the remaining 20% is sent to other sewage treatment plants for treatment. The recycling of "waste" is also a highlight of the Sydney Olympic Games. Among them, the construction of the main venue of the 2000 Olympic Games used 220,000 cubic meters of waste left after the demolition of other buildings, and 90% of the building wood of the International Shooting Center came from waste recycling. The Olympic Village was pre-sold before the competition. Sydney Athletes Village has 660 townhouses, 1.400 apartments and 500 temporary combined rooms, which can accommodate 1.500 athletes and staff. When building this project, the organizing Committee considered its post-games purpose-to become a living community that can accommodate 5,000 people. During construction, the inner wall of each suite is designed to be detachable; Although athletes only need to eat in the large dining area of the Olympic Village during the Olympic Games, considering the future use, the room is equipped with kitchen facilities. During the Olympic Games, the government rented a house from the owner on a leaseback basis for the athletes to live in. After the Olympic Games, the house returned to its owner. This effectively avoids the vacant and effective use of the house. After the Olympic Games, every room can be turned back into an ordinary house simply by laying carpets, repainting the walls and installing kitchen utensils. Today, the Athletes' Village is part of Sydney's Newington New District, and the community is equipped with schools and shopping centers.
Similarly, in 2002, the NSW government sold the Olympic Park Journalist Village to Hostaux Rand Real Estate Company for nearly $6,543.8+billion. This journalist village used to accommodate more than 6,000 journalists during the Olympic Games and will be transformed into a high-class apartment with 750 independent units after sale. Sydney Olympic Park, an enterprise park built in the Olympic Village, also encountered a business crisis after the Olympic Games. In 2002, for example, stadium australia, the main venue with an audience capacity of 1 100000, held only eight sports events. "Since 2004, the operation of the Olympic Park has improved, thanks to the government's adjustment of the original plan to build the Olympic Park into a sports industry development zone in 2003 and its repositioning as a conference and entertainment center." Exhibitions and commercial performances have become the main profit sources of the stadium. Through the flexible movement of the stands, stadium australia can hold football games, American football and rugby games and baseball games. Now it is the home of Sydney's most popular football team.
In order to attract tourists and increase income, the park's reserved programs also include art exhibitions, movies, open-air concerts, gymnasium open days and so on. "Happy Summer" is a regular activity held in Sydney Olympic Park every weekend, which often reminds visitors of the Summer Olympics held here in 2000. In this series of comprehensive sports and cultural activities, the most popular is the amateur competition that simulates various events organized by the Olympic Games. Men, women and children can sign up and enjoy being an "Olympic athlete".