They started with the idea of a box made of bubbles enveloping a set of swimming pools. The concept came quickly and earned everyone’s support. Figuring out how to make it work turned out to be more difficult. For three months in the spring of 2003, a team from the Australian architecture firm PTW, Arup, and China State Construction and Engineering (CSCEC) explored evolutionary biology, arcane 19th-century geometry, and the latest computer-modeling technology, racing against a competition deadline for the design of the National Swimming Center, the main venue for swimming events at the 2008 Olympics.
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