A model of the first truss structure of the National Stadium
will hit the flagship store for Olympic licensed products on
Wangfujing Street in downtown Beijing Wednesday.
The product on
display
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The steel licensed product is a 1:100 scale model of the truss
structure of the stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest,"
according to information from a launching ceremony on Monday for
the fourth anniversary of groundbreaking for the main stadium of
the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
The material of the model piece comes purely from residual steel
from the stadium and was cast through precise founding
technologies. Licensed by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the
Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), the article is issued with a
limited circulation of 5,000 pieces.
The exterior of the National Stadium is formed by 24 portal
truss frames, and the miniature licensed product is prototyped from
the stadium's first truss structure, or its pile foundation, said
Zhang Hengli, vice-general manager of the National Stadium Co. Ltd,
who joined Tang Yonghong, a BOCOG official, in unveiling the
product.
(BOCOG December 25, 2007)
