Beijing Lodo Island — 600 m² Mobile Real Ice Rink with Integrated Refrigeration
Project Case: Beijing Lodo Island — 600 m² Mobile Real Ice Rink with Integrated Refrigeration
Not every ice rink needs a permanent building. When the location is temporary and the timeline is tight, mobile rink technology steps in.
Project Snapshot
Item
Detail
Location
Beijing, China
Type
Mobile real ice rink
Area
600 m²
Core equipment
Integrated refrigerating unit
Completed
2022
Lodo Island is a 600 m² mobile real ice rink deployed in Beijing, built around an integrated refrigerating unit — a compact, self-contained chiller package that handles the entire rink from a single equipment module. No dedicated plant room, no permanent building modifications, no fixed infrastructure.
Why Mobile, Why Real Ice
Temporary rinks often default to synthetic ice panels — plastic sheets you spray with lubricant and call a rink. The skating experience is nowhere close to real ice, and anyone who has tried both knows the difference within ten seconds of stepping on. Lodo Island went real ice, which meant solving the refrigeration, piping, and ice maintenance challenge in a format that could be installed, operated, and removed without leaving a trace.
The integrated refrigerating unit is the key piece. Rather than a traditional split system with a remote condenser and a separate pump skid, the integrated unit packs the compressor, condenser, pump, and controls into one housing. This simplifies installation dramatically — fewer connections, less on-site pipe work, faster commissioning.
What 600 m² Mobile Rink Engineering Looks Like
At 600 m², this is a significant mobile rink — not a novelty-sized patch of ice. The ice mat requires approximately 600-700 linear meters of HDPE pipe at standard spacing, connected to the integrated chiller through flexible headers. The system runs glycol solution as the secondary refrigerant, circulating at approximately -12°C to -15°C to maintain an ice surface temperature of -4°C to -5°C.
For a mobile rink in Beijing, seasonal conditions matter. If deployed in winter, the ambient temperature actually works in your favor — the chiller runs at lower load, energy costs drop, and ice quality is easier to maintain. If deployed in summer, especially during Beijing's July-August heat where temperatures can hit 38°C, the refrigeration load spikes and dehumidification becomes essential. The integrated unit is sized to handle the worst-case scenario, not the average.
What This Project Demonstrates
A well-engineered mobile rink at 600 m² fills a real gap in the market. It is big enough to feel like a proper skating experience — hosting 80-100 skaters at a time — but small enough to fit into an event space, a plaza, or a commercial atrium. The integrated unit approach also means faster turnaround: from empty site to operating rink in under two weeks, and reverse removal in under one.
For event operators, festival organizers, and short-term venue activations, this is the sweet spot: real ice quality with mobile economics.Looking for a mobile or temporary ice rink solution?
We supply integrated refrigerating units and full mobile rink packages — from 200 m² to 1,000 m². Tell us your location and timeline, and we will put together a preliminary equipment layout and power estimate.
