Beijing’s largest exhibition & convention venue, CIECC expands the city’s existing facility to over 611,000 sq. m with 9 new exhibition halls, 3 reception halls, a conference centre for 9,000 delegates and a hotel with 410 rooms.
Located on Line 15 of the Beijing Subway and adjacent to the city’s Capital International Airport, CIECC’s central north-south axis serves as the primary connector between the nine exhibition halls; providing navigational clarity, maximum flexibility & efficiency, as well as creating a central courtyard and gathering places within sheltered outdoor event spaces and landscaped gardens.
Bridges above this central courtyard also connect the exhibition halls, conference centre and hotel, providing 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 CIECC is divided into three distinct routes to aid circulation, provide optimal adaptability and avoid disruption to different concurring events.
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 CIECC’s immense scale.
Achieving the highest certification of China’s Green Building Program, the centre uses smart building management systems with hybrid natural ventilation. Rainwater collection throughout CIECC’s extensive footprint, grey water recycling, and photovoltaics for on-site energy generation reduce water and energy demand from the city’s municipal supply.