萧山临浦体育馆

Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium stands at 22 Renmin Road in Linpu Town, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, at the heart of the town and the largest indoor sports hall in southern Xiaoshan. It is nicknamed the Soft Cube after the judo-family events it staged. Construction began in 2003, and from January 2020 the hall underwent a full upgrade for the Asian Games. It has 24,040 square metres of floor area across a competition hall and a warm-up hall, and seated 2,733 spectators during the Games; other sources record more than 2,700 fixed seats and around 900 movable ones. The building is rectangular and firmly orthogonal in plan. Its entrance uses a dougong bracket frame drawn from classical Chinese architecture, and the facade is clad in marble characteristic of Linpu, giving the hall a pronounced Chinese character that has been compared to a museum entrance. Inside, two competition areas were laid out in blue and orange for ju-jitsu, supported by lighting, timing and scoring, broadcast and doping control rooms. The gymnasium hosted judo, ju-jitsu and kurash during the Asian Games, with further events during the Asian Para Games. It now operates under the Soft Cube name, taking bookings through the Zhejiang government service app. The renovation drew on Linpu's long cultural history, carrying Chinese motifs through the facade and entrance so that the approach reads as formal and ceremonial. Its position on Renmin Road places it inside the old town grid, close to the market and civic buildings, and it is now the town's main base for youth training. Local schools use the hall during the day and the town's sports association runs evening sessions.