2024-11-14T23:28:32-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150326072/mad-architects-newly-completed-quzhou-sports-park-hovers-over-the-zhejiang-province-in-china Katherine Guimapang 2022-10-06T14:12:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b0/b058a9c7ca1b1dada55243b1d4e3adf4.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/madarchitects" target="_blank">MAD Architects</a> has shared photos of their newly-completed signature stadium that&rsquo;s part of the Quzhou Sports Park in Zhejiang, China.</p> <p>In our <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150194829/mad-architects-initiates-construction-of-massive-quzhou-sports-campus-in-china" target="_blank">April 2020 coverage</a> of the project, construction of the mega development was underway. At that time, image renders showcased a massive urban park promising the "fa&ccedil;ade disappears into the terrain, covered by greenery so that it becomes the landscape itself." Two years later, the development's&nbsp;700,000-square-meter (7.5-million-square-foot) centerpiece emerges.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bc/bc731178341725485d318cbb02fde136.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bc/bc731178341725485d318cbb02fde136.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Aerial view of Quzhou Stadium. Image &copy; CreatAR Images. Courtesy of MAD Architects.</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ba/ba20455fcff18392a13cde1804a35dea.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ba/ba20455fcff18392a13cde1804a35dea.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image &copy; CreatAR Images. Courtesy of MAD Architects.</figcaption></figure><p>The massive 30,000-seat sports venue is considered to be one of the world&rsquo;s largest "earth-sheltered buildings." Located within the historic city of Quzhou, 258.6 miles (400 kilometers) southwest of Shanghai, the stadium's exterior is said to "reflect&nbsp;the mountain ridge within distant view of the site while its landscape evokes those of planets imagined by vi...</p>