Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Indoor sports facility at Beijing University of Technology, China
The Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium is an indoor arena on the university's Chaoyang District campus, completed in 2007 with 7,500 seats and 2,700 square metres of floor space. Its design was chosen in a public vote from three shortlisted schemes, the winning entry B01 by the Architectural Design and Research Institute of South China University of Technology.
The facility opened in 2007 as part of the university's infrastructure development. It was designed as a modern sports center to support competition and training for the expanding student community.
The arena hosted badminton and rhythmic gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Since then it has served as a training base for Chinese badminton teams and as a sports and recreation centre for students and nearby residents.
The arena stands on the Beijing University of Technology campus in Chaoyang District, Beijing. Construction began on 30 June 2005 and the building was completed on 8 October 2007, with test events held on 10 October and 5 December that year. It seats 7,500 spectators and has 30,000 square metres of total floor area.
The design was chosen by public vote: scheme B01, by the Architectural Design and Research Institute of South China University of Technology, beat entries from the China Architecture Design and Research Group and from KCAP with Arup. Construction began on 30 June 2005, and the arena was finished on 8 October 2007, before test events that October and December.
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