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Beijing 2008 Olympic Equestrian Venues - Shatin Core Venue
北 京 2008 奧 運 馬 術 比 賽 場 地 - 沙 田 主 場 地
Location
Completion Date 2007
25 Yuen Wo Road, Shatin, New Territories, HK
Client/ Developer
Project Manager
Architects
Civil & Structural Engineer
Building Services Engineer
Quantity Surveyor
Landscape Architect
Sustainable Design / Specialist Consultant
Facility Manager
Main Contractor
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Timothy Court & Company (Concept Design Architect)
Ronald Lu & Partners (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Local Architect)
Arup (Hong Kong) (Applicant)
Arup (Hong Kong)
Rider Levett Bucknall Ltd.
ACLA Limited
ARUP (Hong Kong)
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
China State Construction Engineering (HK) Ltd.
When the Ineternational Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Hong
Kong’s status as a co-host city on 5 July 2005, The Hong Kong Jockey
Club had just two years to produce equestrian venues in time for the
2007 Test Event. With such a short timeframe, four years less than the
traditional Olympic schedule, an innovative plan combining existing
amenities with those facilities required for the Olympics was drawn up
and the result is the facilities would set new world standards in terms
of quality, environmental consideration, cost effectiveness and legacy
value in the history of the Olympics.
The Olympic Equestrian Venue at Shatin is where all but one of the
Olympic equestrian events will take place. Surrounded by superb
training facilities built by the Club on the Hong Kong Sports Institute
and on the Shatin Racecourse in-field at Penfold Park, the Olympic
main competition arena has been created out of a former football field
and athletic track, transforming into an Olympic playing field with
seating for around 18,000 spectators for the world’s best human and
equine athletes. In order to provide a more comfortable environment,
the Club has provided an air-conditioned main stabling complex
comprising four stable blocks and an equine clinic and altered the
multi-purpose hall in the Hong Kong Sports Institute to an all-weather
air-conditioned indoor training arena. This is the first and only Olympic
equestrian accommodation and training facilities to be equipped with
air conditioning.
In helping to achieve the goal of a ‘Green Olympics’, the construction
works, building materials and energy-saving measures were adopted
where feasible to meet or exceed best international practices. To
name a few, trees have been preserved
and additional ones planted around the
main competition and training arenas,
and construction timetables have been
carefully scheduled to avoid disturbing
egret habitats. Rubber ‘crumbs’ were
recycled from old tyres for the internal
equine walkways, and some jumps were
made from recycled telegraph poles.
The horse stalls themselves have been
manufactured from recycled bamboo. In the stabling complex, the
architectural design with solar shading and use of pre-fabricated
construction elements were adopted to reduce solar gain and
construction waste. The exceptionally high roof and windows in
clerestory to enhance stack effect for natural ventilation, and electric
fans have also been installed to help circulate the air and create a gentle
breeze effect. The daylight design together with energy-efficient lighting
installation and water-cooled air-conditioning system combined with
free cooling system to supplement air conditioning during which
outdoor environmental condition is suitable which offer energy savings
of up to 30% on conventional installations. In addition, all Olympic
stable waste will be sent to a vermicomposting plant where millions
of earthworms will transform the stable waste into environmentally
friendly, organic fertilizer. This helps slow down the overloading of
landfills in Hong Kong, reducing the creation of non-environmentallyfriendly
gases in the landfills and so lessening the greenhouse effect.
As most of the facilities for the event will be retained after the Olympics
are over for future sporting and community use, they will leave a
long-term legacy for the public’s benefit. For instant, Penfold Park
will be retained for public as an interactive equine park, and facilities
at the Hong Kong Sports Institute will be refurbished and upgraded
to provide a much-improved training environment for Hong Kong’s
athletes. Besides, Sand footings from the equestrian arenas will be
re-used to upgrade local riding school facilities. In addition, the
reuse of floodlighting system in main arena was also considered in
the design stage, which can be reverted back for various athletic use.
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