本项目位于杭州钱江世纪城北单元内，在整个亚运村的核心位置，是亚运会赛事期间的国际区。国际区在赛事期间分别承担行政中心、NOC（亚组委国家地区奥委会National Olympic Committee）服务中心、商业娱乐中心、大型基础服务设施（110kv变电站）等四大主要功能。该设计片区是亚运村功能组成最为重要的公共活动区，也是亚运村对外展示城市形象的主要区域。这个区域的建筑在赛事期间应承担主要的配套服务设施功能，赛后将转化为服务城市的大型公共建筑，满足城市发展对文化、艺术和公共空间的需求。
在设计之初，项目就面临着几个不能回避的问题：一是如何处理复杂的功能和用地条件；二是作为文化传播的窗口如何对传统文化的现代演绎；三是如何对亚运会的运动主题做出回应。为了应对这些问题，设计具体采用了以下的策略。
一城六场—对复杂条件的应对
项目不仅要承担亚运会期间大部分亚运村的公共活动需求，还要兼顾会后的功能转化。同时基地被城市道路分开，内部有大型变电站等城市基础设施，还有几乎同时施工的地铁线从基地穿过。设计师采用化零为整的设计策略，设计结合运动公园，地铁线，变电站等基础设施，从城市的角度体现了建筑及景观一体化设计的原则。设计将建筑用地布置于东侧，西侧的地铁用地主要用于公共活动空间，同时用城市公共连廊将不同功能的单体串联起来，形成了一气呵成的有机整体。而连廊与四个建筑之间围合的六个面对城市的不同方向的开放空间，则结合临近建筑的功能置入不同主题，打造六个活力场。整个建筑和场地相互交错，呈现一种半开放的格局，每一个场地都是有着自己特殊的功能，扮演着朝向城市的不同表情。最终形成”一城六场”的空间特征。具体来说，在南北两侧，升旗广场和引力广场是面对城市的门户。升旗广场、是举行亚运村升旗仪式的地方，是最重要的公共空间之一，整洁，庄严，大气。要充分考虑仪式和活动的需求，其侧面还有进入屋顶村长院的贵宾通道和礼仪花园。引力广场是北侧的主要入口，直面穿行而过的高铁，也会是运动中心的主要室外活动举办场地。而在场地中间的树阵广场是行政中心的后花园，既要有一定仪式感，又相对轻松。在西侧，亲子乐场、休闲慢场和动感球场都面向社区打开，强调公众参与。今后功能转换之后亲子乐场是能够提供给城市的共享亲子公园，休闲慢场是针对老年人的休闲公园，动感球场是中青年人的舞台，全龄健身将成为这里的主题。
一半山水一半城—对文化传达的演绎
杭州亚运会不仅是一场国际体育盛会，更是向世界展现中国文化的一个重要窗口。杭州自古以来就有“一半山水一半城“的城市格局的说法，也成为建筑设计的出发点之一。设计从”富春山居图“和”南宋皇城图“中受到启发，将绵延的山水与城墙相结合，通过建筑化的手法创造了新的空间体验。设计将对”富春山居图”的抽象演绎作为南北两侧主要建筑立面的主题，延展近600米。富春江也是杭州周边江南风景的代表，对于公众有认知和带入感，能够产生丰富的联想。同时富春山居图本身是中国传统文化的代表，两部分剩山图和无用师卷分藏两岸，我们在外立面上将其合而为一，也代表着美好的愿望。对于这部分立面，在外墙的材料的选择上，经过多次实验，最终采用青绿色陶棍作为主料，外观施釉处理，既有青瓷的色泽，又给人温润如玉的感觉，并通过数字化设计的手段，将一幅繁复的山水图卷变成可以四种单元模块巧妙的旋转角度处理，以微妙的色差和阴影关系将”富春山居图”进行抽象演绎和完整呈现，从而展现了充满江南文化特点的立面效果。而整个基座所展现的城墙意向则来源于金属砖的演绎，金属砖采用300x1200mm的模块单元上下错位相拼，模拟传统砖块的砌筑方式，同时设置镂空、半镂空和实体集中不同的单元模块，形成统一中有变化的外观特征和光影效果，最终形成具有韵律感的城墙的意向。
人在画中游—对运动主题的诠释
作为亚运村的核心，国际区需要紧扣运动主题，同时在中国文化背景下促进城市开放空间与多功能服务空间的融合。以运动为线索激发空间最大化地开放，强调公共参与的重要性。其结果是创建了一条2.0km的立体跑道在地面、建筑和屋顶之间连续穿梭，并结合运动休闲公园的打造，将身体的体验性和空间充分相结合，营造了丰富的观游体验。
具体到建筑设计中，有三点：
一是以游线作为线索串联空间，一条近两公里长的跑道贯穿整个场地，并和城墙的设计紧密结合。具体到空间上，以城墙为载体，建立游线和墙之间在“墙下、墙中和墙上”的各种关系。
二是连续的多场景的营造以及相互之间的转换，所谓步移景异。根据功能和所处的位置因地制宜设置场景，以游线相串联。例如沿途设置穿过建筑的魔幻隧道，螺旋上升的环形坡道，可做停留的屋顶花园驿站，夹在城墙之中的小巷，包裹变电站的球场大屏幕，镶嵌于建筑之中的观赛看台等等一系列令人印象深刻的空间。
三是画卷的抽象演绎以及其和城市、人之间的关系。经过抽象演绎的图画作为一个符号，将时间的维度带入设计，在游目骋怀的背后隐藏的是中国传统的观游理念。在路径的设置上，人由远及近，从观画到入画；由外到内，从入画到游画；人在城间行，亦在画中游。亚运会国际区以一体化设计的原则，营造面对公众的开放姿态，希望在面向国际的城市环境塑造进程中体现出自身的文化诉求与自信。
Meanwhile, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains itself is representative of Chinese traditional culture, of which the two parts are separately stored on both sides of the strait. We combine them into one on the facade, which also represents a good wish. For this part of the facade, in the choice of exterior wall materials, after many experiments, turquoise pottery clay louver blades are finally used as the main materials. The facade is glazed, giving both celadon color and a feeling of jade-like warmness and smoothness. With digital design means, a complicated landscape map can be changed into four unit modules.
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains is abstractly deduced and completely presented with graceful angle rotation and subtleties between chromatic aberration and shade, thus showing the facade effect full of cultural characteristics of regions south of the Yangtze River. The intention of the city wall displayed by the whole base comes from the interpretation of metal bricks. The metal bricks adopt 300x1200mm module units to be staggered up and down, simulating the masonry mode of traditional bricks. Meanwhile, hollowed-out, semi-hollowed-out, and physically concentrated different unit modules are set up to form a unified and varied facade features and light and shadow effect and finally form the intention of the rhythmical city wall.
3. “People Strolling in a Painting” - Interpretation of Sports Theme. As the core of the Asian Games Athlete Village, the international zone needs to closely follow the sports theme and promote the integration of urban open space and multi-functional service space under the Chinese cultural background. Sports are taken as clues to stimulate the maximum opening of space and emphasize the importance of public engagement. As a result, a 2.0 km three-dimensional runway is created to continuously shuttle between the ground, buildings, and roofs. Combined with the creation of sports and leisure parks, the physical experience and space are fully combined to create a rich sightseeing experience.
Specific to architectural design, there are three points: First, the traveling route is used as a clue to connect the space in series, and a runway nearly two kilometers long runs through the whole site, which is closely combined with the design of the city wall. Specific to the space, taking the city wall as the carrier, various relationships between the traveling route and the wall are established under the wall, in the wall, and on the wall.
Second, continuous multi-scene creation and mutual transformation generate so-called “view changing as people walk”. According to the function and location, the scenes are set according to local conditions and connected in series with the traveling route. For example, there are a series of impressive spaces set along the way, such as magic tunnels passing through buildings, spiraling circular ramps, roof garden stations for stopovers, alleys sandwiched between city walls, large stadium screens wrapped around substations, and spectator stands embedded in buildings.
The third is the abstract deduction of the picture scroll and its relationship with cities and people. As a symbol, the picture after abstract deduction brings the dimension of time into the design, and what is hidden behind the tour is the traditional Chinese sightseeing philosophy. In the setting of the routes, people enjoy the sight of the landscape and walk into it from far to near. Visitors walk into the painting and stroll within from outside to inside. Tourists walk in the city as if they were strolling in a painting. With the principle of integrated design, the Asian Games Athlete Village creates an open attitude toward the public, hoping to reflect its own cultural aspirations and self-confidence in the process of shaping the international urban environment.
