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Zaha Hadid Architects Completes Capital International Exhibition & Convention Centre in Beijing

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Beijing’s new Capital International Exhibition & Convention Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, sets a new standard with sustainable design and innovation.

A leading center of commerce, culture, and government, Beijing has seen significant growth in the city’s service and digital technology industries. This continued expansion of Beijing’s corporate sectors has increased demand for the city to host conventions, international conferences, and industry expos attended by delegates from throughout China and around the world.


Meeting this growth, the new Capital International Exhibition & Convention Center (CIECC) by Zaha Hadid Architects is Beijing’s largest and most advanced exhibition and convention venue, expanding the city’s existing facility to over 611,000 sq. m with nine new exhibition halls as well as three new reception halls, a conference center for 9,000 delegates and a hotel with 410 rooms.

Located on Line 15 of the Beijing Subway network within the city’s Shunyi District adjacent to Capital International Airport, the CIECC’s central north-south axis serves as the primary connector between the nine exhibition halls, providing navigational clarity, maximum flexibility, and efficiency as well as creating a central courtyard and gathering place within sheltered outdoor event spaces and landscaped gardens.
Conceived as ribbons that weave together all the new facilities, bridges above this central courtyard also connect the exhibition halls, conference center, and hotel to provide indoor circulation between event spaces.

The conference center and hotel are located to the north of the site, defining a new public square for exhibitions and events. The movement of people, goods, and vehicles throughout the CIECC is divided into three distinct routes to aid circulation, provide optimal adaptability, and avoid disruption to different concurring events.

The CIECC’s composite roof system of symmetric geometries creates an insulated, lightweight, large-span structure providing column-free spaces that can be quickly adapted to changes in exhibitions and nature of use. This modular fabrication and construction minimized the center’s development time, investment, and operational costs.

The center’s fluid architectural language and pleated, deep copper-colored façade incorporating large, recessed windows have been designed to balance the CIECC’s immense industrial scale and materiality.

Achieving the highest certification of China’s Green Building Program, the center uses smart building management systems with hybrid ventilation, ensuring optimum natural ventilation supported by high-efficiency HVAC equipment to enhance indoor air quality and minimize energy consumption. Rainwater collection throughout CIECC’s extensive footprint, grey water recycling, and photovoltaics for on-site energy generation will reduce water and energy demand from the city’s municipal supply.

Capital International Exhibition & Convention Centre Project Details:

Architect: ZHA
Location: 
Beijing, China
Status: Built
Completion Year: 
2025
Size:
 611,000 sq. meters
Photography: © Virgile Simon Bertrand 

The project description is provided by ZHA.

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