Chinese Archimage Phenomena

Although the Beijing Olympics is over, but the passion of the Olympic spirit is still on. Here is the new released project of Huainan Olympic Park, Huainan, Anhui Province . Can you tell all these balls? Remember the Villa Piano and Violin from last year? It's the same city. [via hngh.gov.vn ] Thanks Koala Shiyun from OMA!

Not just cellphone, Bird's Nest ashtray is also on sale, in silver and gold. Here you go.

Watercube Cellphone Bird's Nest Cellphone Just in case you don't know what I'm talking about. Here are the 2 references of the 2 stadiums of Beijing Olympics. [images via 163 & schneiderism ]

[images via 163 & xinhuanet ] The lights on the plaza around the Bird's Nest, Beijing Olympics Stadium , designed by Herzog & de Meuron , are like mini Nests. According to Xinhua Net, they are amazingly showing up and corresponding to the big Nest. But the material of all the small Nests is just showing the exterior appearance of the imitation of the big one, and the section of the small lamps are with the same proportion as the big one. I am interested in who is the architect or landscape architect of all these mini nestles, and I don't think they are designed by H&deM. It reminds me Galileo 's discussion in his final treatise Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences ( Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno a due nuove scienze , 1638). from Galileo Galilei, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (The Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences, Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche, intorno à due nuove scienze, 1638)

The "fish tank" (also known as water cube) before inflating... [source abbs ]