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Nanjing International Tennis Center
Market
Commercial - Sports
Submarkets
Community
Program
Indoor and outdoor tennis courts, 3,000 seat tennis arena (the pearl), Locker rooms, support spaces.
Firm
U+ Design Partners
Teaming Partners
archi-tectonics, NYC with Winka Dubbledum
Year Designed
2021
Description
The Wave & Pearl
Role / Services
Pre-Design, Leading role. Concept Design, Leading and Contributing role. Design Process Management, main point of contact with teaming partner (Archi-Tectonics)
Design Strategies and Innovative Concepts
Waterfront location, and adjacent to hotel. Innovative use of material and structure to create sculptural form to enhance views and connect tennis to nature. This project initially was ranked 2nd in the competition. Later the client came back and decided to go forward with this design, lead by archi-tectonics.
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