In partnership with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, PTW and Arup will begin construction on the new swimming centre by the end of this year with a completion date set for 2006.
This is the first venue among the 18 planned sports centres for the 2008 Games to have a signed design contract.
Following the 2008 Games the swimming centre can be adapted to a single-scale water entertainment and sports centre for local residents.
According to experts, the shape of the joint design, a box-like shape using transparent Teflon as the roof with 'bubbles' inside, is in tune with the National Stadium, also located at the Olympic Green, whose design resembles a bird’s nest.
The Beijing 2008 Olympic organising committee has selected Australian architects PTW and Arup to design the new swimming centre to be built for the Games.
