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Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre stands at 1688 Dayue North Road, Qixian Subdistrict, Keqiao District, Shaoxing, beside the Yangshan Stone Buddha Scenic Area and among quarry pits worked since the Sui and Tang dynasties. It was the climbing venue for the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games. Work started on 1 April 2021 and the centre passed completion inspection on 26 February 2022 on a planned site of 15,826 square metres, with 8,950 square metres of floor area (the design team cites 8,747) and a main building under 24 metres high. The complex is split into two blocks. The southern block holds the competition and warm-up areas on its ground floor: three international-standard walls for speed, lead and bouldering face north, 16.5 metres high, about 68.5 metres wide in total, with a maximum overhang of nine metres, while the warm-up area has three walls of identical specification. The northern block contains spectator and media areas on the ground floor, VIP space and the stands above, and security facilities on the third level. The stands provide 2,100 seats, 950 fixed and 1,150 temporary, although one public source gives 762 fixed seats, so event layouts should be confirmed with the venue. The building is shaped as a cocoon: its UHPC ultra-high-performance concrete skin is assembled from nearly 2,000 rectangular and triangular panels, roughly 55 percent open, which cuts solar gain, saves energy and reduces light spill. An energy monitoring system tracks water, electricity and gas, and the 48 competition lights can be switched zone by zone. The centre produced six climbing gold medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games and won the Best of Best award at the 2023 AMP American Architecture Masters. It can be reached by buses 815 and 846 from Shaoxing North railway station, or by Metro Line 1 to Jingshui Road plus bus 831, and it has run public open days every Wednesday since July 2022.