Prize(s) Winners in Exterior Architectural Illumination
Lighting Design/Product Company Tongji Architectural Design Group Co . , Ltd
Lead Designers Yang Xiu, Xu Xiaqing, Wang Xin, Cai Rong, Wei Yanmeng, Lu Yinghui
Other Designer's names Tang Shuoning, Xu Ye, Xu Xing
Architecture Company Tongji Architectural Design Group Co . , Ltd
Client Shanghai Sports Training Base Management Center
Photo Credits Yin Ming
Completion Date August 2023
Project Location Shanghai, China
Entry DescriptionThe Shanghai Bicycle Stadium, located north of the Shanghai Chongming National Sports Training Base, is a world-class cycling venue integrating training, competition, research, and education. Covering 64,729 m² with a building area of 33,300 m², it fills the city’s gap in indoor track cycling facilities and serves as the national team’s southern base.
Situated on Chongming, a national ecological island, the design draws on local reed imagery. The façade adopts concave hyperbolic arcs forming rhythmic white petals. Aluminum and glass panels, shifting between solid and void, create a crown-like composition. The roof reinterprets a bicycle wheel: a spoked cable system produces dynamic serrated radiance, expressing speed and rhythm.
Lighting design reinforces the architectural vision, sculpting form and evoking athletic spirit.
Sculptural Light – Inground uplights emphasize petal-like curves, while pole-mounted floods wash concave surfaces like moonlight on reeds, merging into a glowing crown.
Wheel of Light – Roof-mounted projectors highlight the spoked system, suggesting rotating hubs, amplifying the stadium's identity.
Iconic Light – Multi-scene controls and reserved event interfaces transform the venue into a luminous emblem of international cycling, a nocturnal landmark for Shanghai and a symbol of sports-education integration.
Sustainability ApproachEnergy-saving buildings, intelligent energy-saving control systems, LED high-efficiency lighting fixtures
