Saturday, August 14, 2010

BrainBank: Indoor Olympic Waterparks Are Pretty Slick Edition

I think I gave everything away in the title of this one, but just to elucidate, what you're looking at is the conversion of Beijing's Olympic stadium, the Water Cube, into a full-on water park.

I actually think this repurposing is a really great idea, that more countries should consider. The lavish Olympic stadiums created for each event tend to languish and silently weep money after said Olympics, and are on the whole beautiful pieces of architectural engineering. It only makes sense to find a new use for the discarded megalithic buildings, and introduce hundreds and thousands of people that would otherwise never have a forum to behold their beauty.

Also, indoor water parks are awesome.

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