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A leading centre 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 centre for 9,000 delegates and a hotel with 410 rooms.
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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.
Achieving the highest certification of China’s Green Building Program, the centre uses smart building management systems with hybrid ventilation, ensuring optimum natural ventilation supported by high efficiency HVAC equipment to enhance indoor air quality and minimise 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.
Conceived as ‘ribbons’ that weave together all the new facilities, bridges above this central courtyard also connect the exhibition halls, conference centre and hotel, to provide indoor circulation between event spaces. The conference centre 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 centre’s development time, investment, and operational costs.
The centre’s fluid architectural language and pleated, deep copper-coloured façade incorporating large, recessed windows, have been designed to balance the CIECC’s immense industrial scale and materiality.
CIECC has rapidly become the preferred venue for large-scale international events. As a new landmark in Beijing's exhibition landscape, the venue was planned from the outset around the principles of "sustainable, low-carbon, and smart". For example, its ground uses new sponge-like sustainable building materials that quickly absorb rainwater, preventing road flooding and alleviating urban drainage pressure – truly translating green concepts into tangible and practical designs.’
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) redefined architecture for the 21st century with a repertoire of projects that have captured imaginations across the globe. Creating buildings uniquely tailored to the communities they serve, ZHA has been awarded the highest honours from professional and academic institutions worldwide. Founded by Zaha Hadid, ZHA is one of the world’s most innovative architectural studios—and has been for almost 50 years. These five decades of detailed research are inscribed within ZHA’s buildings which become more spatially inventive, more structurally efficient, more technologically advanced, and more environmentally considerate with each new design. ZHA’s 500 staff in five offices worldwide are currently developing projects in 34 countries across six continents—combining pioneering design solutions with ecologically sound materials and sustainable construction practices to meet the aspirations of each new generation.
