Top officials with the Beijing Municipal City Planning Committee
have confirmed that the final layout of the Olympic Green will be
based on the design of the US architecture company Sasaki
Associates.
The US firm won first prize in the global design competition for
the Beijing Olympics earlier this month, with more than 20,000
votes.
An
expert group from Beijing's major architectural design think-tanks
has begun to negotiate with Sasaki's partners to further improve
the plan and incorporate the advantages of other prize-winning
layouts, China Daily reported Saturday.
The traffic system of the winning plan still needs to be further
improved to meet the requirements of the 1,135-hectare grounds and
neighboring districts, an official, surnamed Zhang, from the
planning committee was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, further research and negotiations are needed on the
arrangement of bus and train stations.
Residents are also having their say on the designs of the Olympic
Green and Wukesong Cultural and Sports Center in western
Beijing.
Visitors to an ongoing design exhibition, which was originally
scheduled to close on Friday but extended to Monday due to the
unexpected visitor flow, have filled several big notebooks with
advice and opinions.
No
design has been chosen yet for the Wukesong Cultural and Sports
Center because every single stadium has to be taken into
consideration, according to Zhang, a chief planner.
Zhang and his colleagues are still comparing the winning plans and
listening to stadium proprietors' ideas before making a final
decision on the Wukesong Center. Enditem
(
Xinhua News
Agency July 27, 2002)