The Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai was the largest tennis facility in Asia (until the construction of the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing) and was designed specifically for the ATP Tennis Masters Tour.
One of the key design features is the unique eight-piece magnolia roof, which resembles a magnolia flower blooming when opening. Magnolia is actually Shanghai’s city flower. The roof will take eight minutes to completely open or close. With these unique roofs, Qi Zhong stadium can host both indoor and outdoor tennis events. When the roof opens, many sunshades are provided around the stadium.
The team has spent millions of RMB for the research on the roof. Each leaf weighs about 2 tonnes and it was built on the ground first. It went through similar test used by China Aerospace. Once the tests are passed, each roof piece was then elevated to its position for installation.
Another impressive construction in China.
Even Roger Federer agrees that!
Click the video below for the fast tour. Pay attention to how the roof petals open.
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Tom Parker // Dec 8, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Looks like a nice stadium. The shot of the roof opening and the evening shot look really beautiful.
Clinton Walker III // Dec 10, 2008 at 3:33 AM
This is a very impressive stadium.