東京奧運會主場館新設計方案引爭議

Tokyo attempted to put its scandal-hit preparations for the 2020 Olympics back on track yesterday when it finally settled on a Japanese design for the new national stadium.

東京昨日試圖將其醜聞纏身的2020年奧運會籌備工作拉回正軌，它最終選定了一位日本建築師的新國家體育館設計方案。

But the choice of a multi-tiered, part-wooden stadium nicknamed “the hamburger” on social media could ignite further trouble after architects said it bore “remarkable similarities” to a blueprint abandoned in July.

但選擇該方案可能引起更多的麻煩。新設計在社交媒體上被戲稱爲“漢堡包”，是一個多層、部分採用木質結構的體育館。此前有建築師表示，它與今年7月被放棄的方案存在“明顯相似之處”。

The selection of the “trees and green” themed stadium designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma sought to end months of uncertainty. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a specially convened cabinet meeting that the chosen design was a “wonderful plan that meets criteria such as basic principles, construction period and cost”.

選擇日本建築師隈研吾(Kengo Kuma)以“木與綠”爲主題的設計方案是希望結束數月以來的不確定狀態。日本首相安倍晉三(Shinzo Abe)在一次內閣特別會議上表示，選定的設計是一個“很棒的計劃，在基本原則、工期和成本等各方面都滿足標準”。

The 80,000-seat stadium is estimated to cost Y149bn ($1.2bn) — below the government-imposed cap of Y155bn — and is scheduled to be completed by November 2019.

這個設計有8萬個座位的體育館預計將耗資1490億日元（合12億美元），在政府定下的1550億日元上限之內，並計劃在2019年11月完工。

The stadium previously chosen as the centrepiece of the 2020 games, designed by Dame Zaha Hadid, was criticised when the pricetag surged above Y250bn — a doubling of the original estimate that the British architect blamed on rising labour costs in the capital.

早先2020年奧運會主場館選定的是英國建築師扎哈哈迪德女爵士(Dame Zaha Hadid)的設計。在造價飆升至2500億日元以上、是最初估計的兩倍後，該設計遭到批評。哈迪德女爵士將造價翻倍歸咎於東京人力成本持續上升。