BIO-MIMICRY

BEIJING NATIONAL STADIUM

• Interestingly the building also has some
very sophisticated advanced 
energy and environmental conversation
 design features. Favorable natural
ventilation,
• Maximized use of natural lighting,
• Rainwater harvesting and recycling, and;
• Solar photovoltaic power generation
technology.
The “nest” structure, follows the rules of
geometry and contains 36km of unwrapped
steel. The shape of the roof was inspired by yin
yang, the Chinese philosophy of balance and
harmony.
In order to make the structure 'light weight' but earthquake-proof, the strength in 110 000 tons of a new
grade of steel, the purest ever developed in China, including 36km of steel struts, was combined with an
ingenious design.
It is saddle-shaped, but the interlocking steel parts resembling a lattice of twigs, make the name Bird's
Nest an obvious alias.
The design came from the idea of a single thread wrapped round a ball. Layers of logical geometry give
the appearance of randomness and an organic shape. Multiple pentagrams in the interlocking fabric of the
elliptical structure are like the stars of the Chinese flag.