This 377,000 sq ft multi-use stadium stands as the central landmark of the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games Park. It converts entirely into a permanent concert and cultural event venue to serve Hangzhou residents and visitors year-round once competitive games conclude.

Breaking the common issue of post-event idle stadiums, the complex delivers long-term urban cultural value. Rooted in traditional Chinese philosophy that advocates openness and modesty, the park landscape becomes a public resource for Hangzhou’s future development, with underground earth-buildings reserved for diversified long-term operations.

The masterplan integrates architecture and landscape into a three-dimensional landform. Two pebble-shaped stadiums form the park’s visual cores, connected by Valley Village shopping mall that crosses beneath roads and rivers. The stadium adopts a “body within body” layout to merge event spaces organically with surrounding green landscape.

Iterative design forms a unique asymmetric outline adaptable to various activities. Its facade combines overlapping brass shingles (inheriting ancient Chinese metal craft) and steel-glass diagrid rings with triangular glass panels. Certified GBEL 3 Star (equivalent to LEED Platinum), the stadium uses sensor-controlled natural ventilation and limits artificial cooling only under spectator seats to cut energy consumption.