Star architect Jacques Herzog, the manbehind the new Olympic Stadium in Beijing, tells SPIEGEL his arena is asubversive place where people can meet in locations not easilymonitored by officials. He also defends his decision to build for aregime criticized for human rights violations. SPIEGEL: Mr. Herzog, in the coming weeks billions of peoplewatching the Olympics will be looking at your architecture. You canclaim to have built the world`s most famous arena. Where will you besitting during the opening ceremony in Beijing?Herzog: I have no idea. Until a few months ago, we didn`t even know whether we would be invited to the festivities at all.
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