By Andrew Liszewski
The dragon-like structure you see under construction in these photos is the ‘World Games Stadium’ in Taiwan, which is being built for the upcoming World Games. And what looks like dragon’s scales from afar are actually 8,844 solar panels which is enough to satisfy all of the stadium’s energy needs, and then some. The 14,155m2 roof has the potential to generate 1.14 gigawatt hours of electricity every year, which is actually enough to power 80% of the stadium’s surrounding neighborhood when it’s not in use. It was designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, cost around $150 million to build and can hold 55,000 spectators.
And in case you were wondering, the World Games is kind of like the Olympics, except that the 30 different competitions include diverse sports like sky diving, billiards, frisbee, sumo and tug of war. In other words, events I’d actually like to see.
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Why doesn't the USA ever build awesome structures like this? Do you have to be Asian to come up with this stuff? At least we have Milwaukee and their attempts at funky architecture.
wow… man it's so amazing, when it will complete I'll must go to see it throughout.
so good man.. I should go to see it through.
addicting games
such nice place i was wonder should i go there
wow… man it's so amazing, when it will complete I'll must go to see it throughout.
so good man.. I should go to see it through.
addicting games
such nice place i was wonder should i go there
It was designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito