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ARC101 Theory of Architecture - SRM University

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Water Cube, also known as the National Aquatics Center<br />

The WaterCube's b' designwasa<br />

Team Masterpiece: the Chinese<br />

partners felt a square was more<br />

symbolic to Chinese culture and<br />

its relationship to the Bird's Nest<br />

stadium, while the Sydney based<br />

partners came up with the idea<br />

<strong>of</strong> covering the 'cube' with<br />

bubbles, bbl symbolizing i water.<br />

It should be noted that<br />

contextually the cube symbolizes<br />

earth whilst the circle<br />

(represented by the stadium)<br />

represents heaven.

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