Xinhua News Agency, Lausanne, June 23 (reporter Gao Peng, Prince Jiang, Liu qu) the undulating glass curtain wall is full of movement, overlooking a flying peace dove…… The inauguration ceremony of the new headquarters building of the International Olympic Committee was held in Lausanne on the 23rd to present a gift for the 125th anniversary of the founding of the International Olympic Committee.
The building called “Olympic House” was designed by the famous Danish 3XN building design office and cost about $0.145 billion. It took nearly four years to complete.
Members of the International Olympic Committee, heads of 206 member associations of the International Olympic Committee, heads of international individual sports organizations, representatives of athletes, Swiss federal government, about 700 guests including Lausanne Municipal government officials attended the inauguration ceremony of the new headquarters of the International Olympic Committee. Facing the members of the Olympic family at the inauguration ceremony, Bach said “Welcome home!” Open his speech. He said: “When starting the construction of this new home project, we hope it is not just an office building. We hope to bring everyone, the Olympic family and all IOC staff together under the same roof. In this sense, the Olympic House is the embodiment of our unity.”
Bach is quite “proud” of the “new home” of the International Olympic Committee “. He said that the concepts of transparency, unity, collaboration and sustainability advocated by the International Olympic Committee are reflected in every corner of the “Olympic House.
Jane Amundsen, senior partner of 3XN building design office, said that considering the symbolic significance of the Olympic Games and the needs of the International Olympic Committee, the design plan of “Olympic House” mainly focuses on three key elements: dynamic, flexibility and sustainability.
The new headquarters building of the International Olympic Committee is located on the beautiful Lake Lemon. In order to create the integration of the building and the surrounding landscape, the designer designed a natural transition green slope outside the “Olympic House”, which lasted from the park to the skin of the building, so as to effectively reduce the impact of the building on the environment.
Transparent double-layer glass curtain wall is one of the characteristics of “Olympic House”, which includes a straight inner layer and a curved multi-sided outer layer. The undulating glass wall appearance produces a completely different visual perception at different angles. Its internal design reduces structural restrictions as much as possible, and its space layout is open and flexible. It can not only meet various working styles now and even in the future, but also contribute to communication and interaction among employees. The reporter also noticed that from the ring-shaped public staircase to the Olympic five rings, a golden olive tree sculpture was placed in the middle of the ground floor of the building, and the Olympic mark was everywhere in the building.
It is understood that “Olympic House” has been rated as one of the most energy-saving glass buildings in the world. Amundsen said that the low-flow faucet and rainwater collection device greatly reduced the water consumption of the building, while the solar panels located on the roof reduced the demand for grid power.
The International Olympic Committee decided to start the new headquarters plan in 2014. After the completion of the “Olympic House”, the staff of the International Olympic Committee originally scattered in four places will all be concentrated here.
In April 1915,in order to avoid the interference of the war on the Olympic movement, Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement, decided to move the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee from Paris, France to Lausanne, Switzerland, since then, Lausanne has formed an indissoluble bond with the Olympic movement.