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BIT Sports Center

Firm LocationBrooklyn, United States
Project locationBeijing, China
CompanyAtelier Alter Architects PLLC
Lead ArchitectYingfan Zhang, Xiaojun Bu
Design TeamZhenwei Li, Kai Qin, Ping Jiang, Wei Huang, Tongwei Liu, Dehu Du, Jiahe Zhang, Ran Yan, Lairong Zheng, Jiaming Mei, Lidong Song, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Jingshi Zhang, Bida Wei, Wei Xiong, Weidi Chen, Xiaoqing Guo, Xueyun Da, Bo Huang, Leilei Ma, Hui Cao
Client Beijing Institute of Technology

The project creates a porous campus that encourages visual and physical access to abundant activities in urban and architecture scale. Transparency in space inspires trans-disciplinary dialogues among students. New social space triggers new networking and new model of education: learning from being inspired, in an active open field. The project offers 15,692 sqm of indoor athletic space, including basketball hall, swimming pool, and spaces for gymnasium, taekwondo, table tennis, etc.