February 8,
At the same time that Gu Ailing won the championship in the Shougang Ski Jump,
This platform resembles a "crystal shoe"
And the cooling tower standing next to it is also on fire!
(Shougang Ski Jump) is like moving a part of nature's snow-capped mountains into the city, and it looks almost perfect!
— American freestyle skier Alexander Hall
It feels like you're in a virtual world or online game.
— American freestyle skier Nick Goper
It felt like being in the mountains.
— Swedish freestyle skier Magnussen
The venue is fantastic and I was able to jump in this cool place.
— British freestyle skier Costie Muir
This former steel plant is now a competition venue, how good is the Shougang Ski Jump, which is praised by Chinese and foreign Winter Olympic athletes?
Dunhuang Feitian meets Beijing Shougang, achieving "Snow Flying"
The Shougang Ski Jump, which is frequently praised by foreign athletes, is the only snow competition venue in the central city of Beijing, and its design is inspired by the "flying sky" in the murals of Dunhuang in China, and the shape of the ribbon flying in the air is very suitable for the curve of the big jumping platform track.
At the same time, the meaning of "flying" and the English word "Big Air" of the ski jump project have the meaning of leaping and flying into the air, hence the name "snow flying".
Six-armed flying sky Mogao Caves Cave 148 (Image source: Network)
"Snow Flying" appearance (Source: Figureworm Creative Network)
The steel-structured Shougang Ski Jump is completely in line with today's Shougang Park in terms of structural aesthetics. The "flying sky" element integrated into the Dunhuang murals of the World Cultural Heritage makes this modern design full of "Chinese style".
A large jumping platform next to the cooling tower
Beijing is not a city that can have a lot of snow in winter, which is why when skiers from all over the world gather on the Shougang Ski Jump, most people invariably lament, "This is a special experience.".
These exclamations and praises are exactly what the IOC and the International Snow Federation wanted to achieve when they wanted to build a snow competition venue in Beijing.
The promotion of ski jumping is an important reason for the International Snow Federation's decision to place the ski jump in Shougang Park, located in Shijingshan District, Beijing. Putting the big jump in the city, the audience's accessibility is higher, and they are naturally more willing to watch, which increases the attention to the sport.
But it is not so easy to find a construction area with the least "sense of violation" in the 8.63 square kilometers of Shougang Park, which is full of industrial relics.
Landscape around the Shougang Ski Jump (Source: Beijing Planning Natural Resources)
At that time, the situation of the park was that there were many complex industrial remains, and the volume of the big jump platform was relatively large, in order to reduce its impact on the existing industrial heritage, so it was hoped that its height could be controlled under the skyline.
Shougang Ski Jump under construction (Source: Beijing Planning Natural Resources)
In accordance with such requirements, the Shougang Ski Jump finally rose next to the cooling tower, and specially matched with a difficult inclined elevator to match the structure and location of the cooling tower.
One dual-purpose: transform into an aerial skill track in 48 hours
One of the innovations of the Shougang Ski Jump is that it is also a competition venue for snowboarding and freestyle skiing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
In the past, the venue of the snowboard jumping platform was mostly a temporary jump platform built with scaffolding, which was demolished after the race; the track of freestyle skiing aerial skills was often built on the mountain, using the natural drop formed by the mountain terrain to cause slope difference, but in fact, there was almost no difference between the two projects in the skiing and landing links, if the slope curve was reasonably changed, it was possible to achieve "one and two uses".
Therefore, the cross-sectional structure of the Shougang Ski Jump not only meets the requirements of the Big Jumping Competition, but also completes the conversion to the aerial skill venue within 48 hours by attaching the temporary unit structure, which is also the first case in the world.
Shougang Ski Jump (Source: Shougang News Center Yuan Dexiang / Photo)
After the Winter Olympics, shougang ski jumping platform has become the world's first permanently retained and used ski jumping venue, which can host sports competitions at home and abroad, become a training venue for professional athletes and sports teams, and permanently serve the development of ice and snow sports in China.
From competitive sports to urban culture
As an important Olympic heritage of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, this ski jumping platform will become a link from competitive sports to urban culture, and the industrial relics of Shougang Park will also be "reborn" little by little.
After the Winter Olympics, shougang park will be an open area for the general public and become a place for tourism and mass sports and fitness. At the same time, Shougang Big Jump can also host commercial competitions such as the World Cup and the World Championships.
In addition to hosting some professional events and national team training in the future, the ski jump itself will also become a large urban sculpture. The permanently preserved grand jump can be used as a stage backdrop, becoming an iconic venue representing Beijing's close ties with the Olympics.
Image source: Figureworm Creative Network
The cooling pump station of Shougang's old factory area, which was transformed into a ticket inspection hall and event management office area during the Winter Olympics, will be transformed into a multi-functional complex after the game, because the column interior is hollow, and the room for transformation is large, and it may be transformed into a banquet hall in the future.
The old main oxygen plant will also be transformed into an integrated service building during the Winter Olympic Games.
At the same time, the track was built with a water outlet, and the big jumping platform can not only ski, but also be transformed into water skiing, grass skiing and other projects according to demand in the future.
For a snow venue that is located in an urban area and will be retained forever, for Beijing, the "city of the two Olympic Games", and even for the winter Olympic movement, this is of great significance. Shougang Ski Jump is not only a sports venue, but also a cultural image of the city.
The content of this article is based on Beijing Daily, Beijing Planning and Construction Frontier, and NetEase News