The Asia Sailing Center. /亚帆中心。[Photo by Xu Neng] 徐能 摄
By Jin Lu
Located in the Songlan Mountain tourist resort of Xiangshan County in Ningbo, the Asian Sailing Center is the only competition venue of the Hangzhou Asian Games that involves marine construction. Half of the center is on land and the other half is in the sea, and the combined design of sea and land integrates the competition with nature.
The land-based part is mainly a competition training center, consisting of five individual buildings. The sea-based part includes a sea operation platform and two breakwaters surrounding a calm inner bay for various types of boats to berth.
The Asian Sailing Center is located in the Songlan Mountain sea area. The natural conditions are superior, and the wind direction and strength, ocean currents, climate and water temperature are all very suitable for hosting large-scale marine sports events and year-round marine sports activities.
The project covers a land area of 39 acres and a sea area of 115 acres. The main construction content includes a 16,000-square-meter athlete center, competition control center, and logistics service center on land, as well as a 20,000-square-meter competition operation platform, 336,000-square-meter harbor basin, and 240 berths on the sea.
According to the preliminary plan, the center will be transformed into a comprehensive water sports base that integrates "water sports, leisure and entertainment, fitness and health, and vacation tourism" after the Games.