Stadio Communale Travettore di Rosà

by | 9 Nov 2020 | Sports Grounds, Stadia, Stadiums

When structure becomes architecture

Stadio Communale Travettore di Rosà

Didonè Comacchio Architects

Situation

The Italian studio Didonè Comac­chio Archi­tects has built a covered grand­stand for the muni­cipal stadium of Travet­tore di Rosà in Italy, which derives its grace and elegance from its reduced formal language — enti­rely in the style of Classic Moder­nism. A covered spec­tator area with 300 seats was required.

The Stadio Commu­nale Travet­tore di Rosà is the home of the FCD Trans­vector (Secunda Cate­goria, that is the 8th league) near Vicenza. It was opened in summer 2020.

Majestic

With a few gestures, the archi­tects create a clear and covered space that sits like a hinge between the natural envi­ron­ment and the pitch.

The roof of the Stadio Commu­nale Travet­tore di Rosà reminds very maje­s­ti­cally of the coffered ceiling of the New National Gallery in Berlin. It is supported by two massive concrete slabs, and they are also at right angles to each other and poin­ting the way.

Strict

The rectan­gular roof struc­ture, 30.5 meters long and 10.5 meters wide, consists of a grid of steel girders that form a coffered ceiling. A single, linear, hori­zontal element made of steel can be expe­ri­enced.

The lighting is located in the panels. It is covered by a dark metal grid in the color of the roof.

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Ceremonial

These two rein­forced concrete bodies and the concrete steps under this roof provide a cele­bra­tion appro­priate to Italian soccer. Struc­ture becomes archi­tec­ture. The strict form demands full concen­tra­tion on art.

These are simi­la­ri­ties to Mies van der Rohe’s New National Gallery. Here, art simply consists of a match in the eighth Italian league.

Soccer is art when it appears simple. This also applies to archi­tec­ture.

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Project data

Architect

Didonè Comac­chio Archi­tects
Via dei Prati, 14
I — 36027 — Rosà, Vicenza

Project team

Paolo Didonè, Devvy Comac­chio, Gian­marco Miolo, Denis Stop­pi­glia, Lorenzo Fravezzi

Trag­werks­pla­nung:
Ing Stefano Scomazzon (i+da)
Betonbau:
Impresa edile F.lli Bizzotto
Stahlbau:
Lorenzin srl

Physical address

Stadio Commu­nale Travet­tore di Rosà
Via Cà Diedo
I — 36027 Rosà VI

Opening

2020

Photograph

Simone Bossi Photo­grapher

Author

Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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Xi’an International Football Centre

by | 20 Aug 2020 | Design, Sports Grounds, Stadiums

Welcoming

Xi’an International Football Centre

Zaha Hadid Architects

Situation

The new Xi’an Inter­na­tional Foot­ball Centre will be 60,000-seat stadium for national and inter­na­tional matches as well as dome­stic league games, youth trai­ning acade­mies, enter­tain­ment perfor­mances and cultural events. The centre will be located in Xi’an’s Feng­dong New District with its stations on the city’s expan­ding metro network.

With a popu­la­tion of nine million people and two profes­sional foot­ball clubs, Xi’an will be a host city of the 2023 Asian Foot­ball Confe­de­ra­tion (AFC) Asian Cup in China. Taking its legacy mode of opera­tions as the starting point of the design, the stadium has been desi­gned to provide optimum condi­tions for foot­ball and maxi­mize its use by gene­ra­tions after the 2023 tour­na­ment.

Open façades

Inte­grated within the ortho­gonal urban grid of Fengdong’s busi­ness district, Xi’an Inter­na­tional Foot­ball Centre‘s open façades invite the city into the heart of the buil­ding to enjoy its public spaces, recrea­tion and dining faci­li­ties throug­hout the day. Located in a series of shaded south-facing garden terraces with views over the city to Qing Moun­tain, these amen­i­ties will also serve spec­ta­tors visi­ting the stadium during foot­ball matches, cultural events and perfor­mances.

The swee­ping lines of the façade protect the stadium from nort­herly winds and convey the fluid forms of the roof that shel­ters the saddle-shaped seating bowl which maxi­mizes the spec­tator seating provided at midfield.

Roof

The design employs an ultra-light­weight long span cable-net roof struc­ture, resul­ting in a minimum load and mate­rial foot­print that in turn reduces the stadium’s primary struc­ture. Wide peri­meter roof over­hangs shelter faci­li­ties within the buil­ding’s enve­lope while the large, shaded, open-air terraces and public concourses incor­po­rates exten­sive plan­ting on all levels, provi­ding comfor­table condi­tions in Xi’an’s hot conti­nental summer climate.

Supported by the tensioned cable-net struc­ture, a trans­lu­cent membrane over the seating protects spec­ta­tors from incle­ment weather and direct sunlight while also allo­wing the most amount of natural light to reach the playing surface, promo­ting the growth of grass on the pitch to provide playing condi­tions of the highest stan­dard.

Geometry

Digital model­ling has defined the geometry of the spec­ta­tors’ seating bowl to opti­mize proxi­mity and views to the field of play from all 60,000 seats, gene­ra­ting the most exci­ting atmo­sphere for foot­ball and ensu­ring an outstan­ding match expe­ri­ence for all players and spec­ta­tors.

China’s ancient capital and core of the Silk Road, Xi’an has a long history of welco­ming visi­tors from around the world. In the global arena of foot­ball, the Xi’an Inter­na­tional Foot­ball Centre conti­nues this tradi­tion and builds a lasting legacy of new civic spaces, sports and recrea­tional faci­li­ties for the city.

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Project data

Architect

Zaha Hadid Archi­tects (ZHA)

Patrik Schu­ma­cher, Charles Walker, Nils Fischer
Jakub Klaska, Lei Zheng
Shajay Bhooshan, Vishu Bhooshan, Jianfei Chu, Chun-Yen Chen, Hung-Da Chien, Marina Dimopoulou, Cesar Fraga­chan, Michael Forward, Matthew Gabe, Stratis Geor­giou, Charles Harris, Yen-fen Huang, Han Hsun Hsieh, Yihoon Kim, Henry Louth, Martha Masli, Mauro Sabiu, Xin Swift, Adeliia Papulzan, Pablo Agustin Vivas

Partner Architect

Intel­li­gent Design for Emer­ging Archi­tec­ture (iDEA)

Yan Gao, Jianyou Yang, Bin Wu, Fiona Huang, Jingshan Zhong, Shis­hang Deng, Qiongli Lu, Ting Liu, Xinyu Kou, Daria Morkov­kina, Haixia Zhang

Address

Xi’an Inter­na­tional Foot­ball Centre
CN — Feng­dong, Xi’an

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Zaha Hadid Archi­tects

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Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú

by | 23 Jan 2020 | Stadiums

­More than a feeling

​Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in Mexico City

Francisco González Pulido & Alonso de Garay

Situation

After 16 cham­pi­on­ships and more than 70 years of history as the leading base­ball team of Mexico, Los Diablos Rojos del Mexico needed a new home stadium.

The new Estadio Diablos is called the Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium, after the team’s owner Harp Helú. The stadium is dedi­cated to be an urban complex rather than a single sports buil­ding.

Los Diablos Rojos’ new stadium is located within the Magda­lena Mixhuca sports complex, which was origi­nally built for Mexico City’s 1968 Olym­pics, and now serves as a public venue for athletic and cultural events.

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Roof

Estadio Diablos has a monu­mental light­weight roof struc­ture resembling Diablos’ trident, which drasti­cally contrasts the predic­table roof geometry that has histo­ri­cally defined base­ball stadiums around the world. Indi­ca­tive of the sky, the roof design is sharp, trans­lu­cent, lumi­nous and dynamic.

Canti­le­vered canopies cover 11,500 of the seats, which are laid out on two sides of the base­ball diamond behind the batter. The other two sides contain 8,500 seats that are left exposed to the elements.

The gabled forms are built of large steel trusses holding PTFE (Poly­te­traf­luo­roethy­lene) sheets, a synthetic mate­rial that is water­proof and slightly trans­lu­cent. Their slopes gather rain­water which is processed and reused on site.

Tradition

In contrast to the visual light­ness of the roof, the base level is cere­mo­nial and draws from many cultural cues. Desi­gned using local mate­rials from the Valley of Mexico and inspired by the pre-Hispanic era, the plaza level design has specific refe­rences to the court of the ancient Meso­ame­rican ball­game and empha­sizes the connec­tion between the earth and the heavens.

The guiding concept was to estab­lish the duality between prehis­panic Mexico through the base and contem­po­rary Mexico through the roof of Centro Depor­tivo Alfredo Harp Helú which blends tradi­tion, inno­va­tion, austerity and tech­no­logy into one space.

The proces­sion from Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium grounds into the ball­park alludes to clim­bing an ancient Meso­ame­rican temple. As the spec­tator approa­ches the grand entrance, they are confronted with six trun­cated pyra­mids cladded in indi­ge­nous volcanic rock. Once inside, a ring connects all the seats and func­tions into one expe­ri­ence with unob­s­tructed views to the field.

Goals and visions

The archi­tec­tural design of the Diablos Rojos Stadium is the result of a colla­bo­ra­tion between the Mexican archi­tects Fran­cisco González Pulido (FGP-Atelier, Chicago, IL) and Alonso de Garay (Taller ADG, Mexico City).

The key goal for Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium is the vision of a great public space, where the open space is as important as the built space, which is a promi­nent archi­tec­tural feature within Mexican culture. Successful spaces must encou­rage strong social enga­ge­ment, incor­po­rate Mexican tradi­tions and respect exis­ting natural condi­tions. Ther­e­fore, the new stadium is seam­lessly inte­grated to four major public spaces with very distinct charac­te­ristics.

Other public amen­i­ties surroun­ding the main stadium include an outdoor market, batting cages, and an organic garden.

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A gift

Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium aims to reduce energy consump­tion, waste and emis­sions. The design strives for a Net-Zero buil­ding using passive systems with minimal HVAC inte­gra­tion and active water reduc­tion systems. This goal of sustainable design inclu­ding minimal ecolo­gical impact sets a strong prece­dent for a new stan­dard of buil­ding within Mexico.

Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium is more than a stadium, it is Mexico’s ball­park. Our chall­enge was to make the stadium a social and cultural center. As Estadio Azteca is the home of Mexican foot­ball, we strive for Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium to become the home of Mexican base­ball. Estadio Diablos is inclu­sive. It is a gift from Los Diablos Rojos to the Mexican people.
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Client

Structure

Werner Sobek

Construction costs

156.000.000 €

Architects

Fran­cisco Gonzalez Pulido
FGP Atelier

Alonso de Garay
Taller ADG

Photos

Rafael Gamo

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Address

Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú
(Diablos Rojos Stadium)
Av. Viaducto Rio de la Piedad
Ciudad de los Deportes Magda­lena Mixi­huca
Granjas México
08400 Ciudad de México
CDMX,
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Opening

2019

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Forest Green Rovers Eco Stadium

by | 21 Jan 2020 | Design, Design, Stadiums, Stadiums

Knock on wood

​Forest Green Rovers Eco Stadium

Zaha Hadid Architects

Situation

The Forest Green Rovers Eco Stadium is to become more than just a stadium. Users Forest Green Rovers are the ” gree­nest foot­ball club in the world “, their presi­dent is Dale Vince, the founder of Ecot­ri­city. The stadium will be the centre­piece of the £100 million, 40-hectare sports and green tech­no­logy park deve­lo­p­ment funded by Ecot­ri­city.

The Green Rovers Eco Stadium was desi­gned by Zaha Hadid Archi­tects, and their inte­rest in explo­ring new forms, mate­rials and tech­no­lo­gies is — proven.

However, at the moment there is not much that indi­cates that this ambi­tious project will become reality.
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Vision

Forest Green Rovers have estab­lished a holi­stic vision for the site to retain its pastoral quali­ties whilst adding new faci­li­ties for the town.

While the stadium will be the centre­piece, the project creates a new public realm with both recrea­tional and occu­pa­tional uses, enab­ling the entire site to contri­bute to the town — not only on match days, but every day of the year.

Design

The design retains and enhances the exis­ting meadow land­scape of the site whilst adding the stadium and other func­tions for the town. Embo­dying low carbon cons­truc­tion methods and opera­tional processes, it will be the first all timber foot­ball stadium with almost every element made of sustain­ably sourced timber inclu­ding its struc­ture, roof canti­le­vers and louvered clad­ding.

As a buil­ding mate­rial, timber is highly durable, recy­clable and beau­tiful. The proxi­mity of the stadium’s struc­tural elements to each other has also been deter­mined to enable the seating terraces and floor slab to be made from timber. In most other stadiums, these elements are concrete or steel.

The stadium’s roof is covered with a trans­pa­rent membrane, which contri­butes to turf growth, mini­mizes stark shadows for players and fans and reduces the volu­metric impact of the stadium from distant views in the surroun­ding land­scape.
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Atmosphere

With the team’s commu­nity and supporters at its core, fans will be as close as five meters from the pitch and the posi­tion of every seat has been calcu­lated to provide excel­lent, unrest­ricted views of the entire field of play. The stadium’s conti­nuous spec­tator bowl surroun­ding the pitch will maxi­mise matchday atmo­sphere.

The stadium’s design incor­po­rates the club’s future growth. Initi­ally for 5,000 spec­ta­tors, incre­asing to 10,000 with the club’s success, expan­sion from phase 1 to phase 2 can be achieved without the costs of major cons­truc­tion works.

Carbon

Forest Green Rovers’ new stadium and Eco Park aims to be carbon neutral or carbon nega­tive, inclu­ding measures such as the provi­sion of on-site rene­wable energy gene­ra­tion.

Dale Vince, Ecot­ri­city founder and Forest Green Rovers chairman, said: “The really standout thing about this stadium is that it’s going to be almost enti­rely made of wood – the first time that will have been done anywhere in the world.

“The importance of wood is not only that it’s natu­rally occur­ring, it has very low embo­died carbon – about as low as it gets for a buil­ding mate­rial.

“And when you bear in mind that around three quar­ters of the life­time carbon impact of any stadium comes from its buil­ding mate­rials, you can see why that’s so important – and it’s why our new stadium will have the lowest embo­died carbon of any stadium in the world.
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Eco Park

Half of Eco Park will consist of state-of-the-art sporting faci­li­ties, inclu­ding the new stadium, grass and all-weather trai­ning pitches, publicly acces­sible multi-disci­pli­nary faci­li­ties, and a sports science hub.

The other half will comprise a green tech­no­logy busi­ness park with sustain­ably built commer­cial offices and light indus­trial units, giving Eco Park the poten­tial to create up to 4,000 jobs, inclu­ding room for the continued expan­sion of green energy company Ecot­ri­city, who have submitted the overall proposal and who are already the biggest employer in Stroud with 700 people located across four sites.

The proposal will also see the deve­lo­p­ment of a nature reserve on the site, a poten­tial public trans­port hub, inclu­ding a Stroud Park and Ride, as well as help with the resto­ra­tion of the Stroud­water canal.

Local parish coun­cils initi­ally endorsed the entire project, but rejected it in the summer of 2019.

Whether and how things will continue is curr­ently comple­tely uncer­tain. A shame.

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Project data and compa­nies involved

Client

Forest Green Rovers Foot­ball Club
Ecot­ri­city

Renderings

Zaha Hadid Archi­tects (ZHA)

 

Architect

Zaha Hadid Archi­tects (ZHA)

Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schu­ma­cher, Jim Heverin, Sara Klomps, Kart­hi­keyan, Aruna­chalam, Sara Akbari, Muriel Boselli, Avery Chen, Saman Dadgo­star, Cynthia Du, Paulo Flores, Fabian Hecker, Jakub Klaska, Vincent Konaté, Igor Pantic, Edgar Payan, Sven Torres, Theodor Wender, Richard Wase­n­egger

Address

Forest Green Rovers Foot­ball Club
The New Lawn Stadium Another Way
Nails­worth GL6 0FG
Verei­nigtes König­reich

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Allianz Arena Munich

by | 17 Jan 2020 | Stadiums

Above the clouds

Replacement of the Air Lifting Cushions in the Allianz Arena Munich

Companeer

Situation

The Allianz Arena is almost certainly the most beau­tiful and most spec­ta­cular stadium in Germany. This is mainly as a result of the archi­tec­ture of Herzog de Meuron and the shape-defi­ning facade and roof elements. And of course thanks also to Bayern Munich FC …

The roof struc­ture of the Allianz Arena included a total of 19 hydrau­li­cally-movable cushion elements. They were used for venti­la­tion, but were very main­ten­ance-inten­sive and often only of limited use. In addi­tion, they conti­nuously dirtied the under­hang tracks beneath the stadium roof.

The stadium is owned by Allianz Arena München Stadion GmbH, a 100% subsi­diary of FC Bayern München AG. The faci­lity manage­ment tech­ni­cians respon­sible here initiated the project. A refur­bish­ment of the exis­ting tech­no­logy was not an option for economic reasons.
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Problem & Solution

The air lifting cushions were to be replaced by a more robust solu­tion — a solu­tion that still had to be installed at a height of 52 metres. Compa­neer comes into play with such compli­cated tasks. In colla­bo­ra­tion with specia­list plan­ners and compa­nies, the stadium specia­lists from Munich first deve­loped the concept for repla­cing the hydraulic cushion elements. Then the opera­tion was corrob­orated toge­ther with the property super­visor R + R Fuchs PartGmbB.

Elec­tri­cally driven lamella slat elements were used to replace the compli­cated and elabo­rate hydraulic cushions.

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Helicopter Operations

In an initial step, four of the nine­teen lifting cushions were replaced in 2018. These first had to prove them­selves over a summer and a winter period. This resulted in minor adjus­t­ments but, overall, the new slat elements proved their worth even under diffi­cult climatic condi­tions. Even at severe sub-zero tempe­ra­tures, the slats could be opened at any time.

In two further cons­truc­tion phases, the remai­ning 15 lifting cushions were replaced by new elements, each weig­hing just under 1.5 tons – but at a height of 52 metres. For this, a trans­port heli­c­opter and a lot of skill were always neces­sary and duly employed. The maximum permis­sible payload of the heli­c­opter was almost comple­tely exhausted.

Compa­neer also super­vised the contract award and the subse­quent project manage­ment on the cons­truc­tion site, inclu­ding coor­di­na­tion on the day of the flight. Ever­y­thing worked out just fine.

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Project data and compa­nies involved

Project Management

Compa­neer GmbH
Parkstr. 22
D — 80339 München 

 

Metal Construction

Erhard Brandl GmbH & Co. KG
Eich­stätter Str. 16
D — 85117 Eiten­sheim

 

Address

Allianz Arena
Werner-Heisen­berg-Allee 25
D — 80939 München

Helicopter

Wucher Heli­c­opter GmbH
Hans-Wucher-Platz 1
A — 6713 Ludesch

 

Height and connection work

Membranbau Sieber GmbH
Seeoner Str. 10
D — 83119 Obing

Photos

Compa­neer GmbH
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Opening

2013

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Johannes Bühl­be­cker
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For Forest

by | 23 Sep 2019 | Advertorials, Advertorials, Installations & Events, Stadiums

Flower pot stadium

FOR FOREST at Wörthersee stadium in Klagenfurt

Littmann Kulturprojekte

Klagenfurt

8 September 2019 marks the opening of FOR FOREST – The Unen­ding Attrac­tion of Nature, a tempo­rary art inter­ven­tion by Klaus Litt­mann and Austria’s largest public art instal­la­tion to date. Brin­ging toge­ther art, nature and archi­tec­ture in an unpre­ce­dented way, this monu­mental art inter­ven­tion sees the trans­for­ma­tion of Wörthersee foot­ball Stadium in Klagen­furt into a native central Euro­pean forest, with almost 300 trees, some weig­hing up to six tons each, carefully installed on the exis­ting pitch. FOR FOREST is open daily, free to access and on view until 27 October 2019.

Inspired by The Unen­ding Attrac­tion of Nature, a drawing by Austrian artist and archi­tect Max Peintner (b. 1937) that Litt­mann disco­vered almost thirty years ago, FOR FOREST finally brings that vision to life.

Climate

Rallying in support of today’s most pres­sing issues on climate change and defo­re­sta­tion, FOR FOREST aims to chall­enge our percep­tion of nature and ques­tion its future. It seeks to become a memo­rial, remin­ding us that nature, which we so often take for granted, may someday only be found in speci­ally desi­gnated spaces, as is already the case with animals in zoos.

Over­seen by Enea Land­scape Archi­tec­ture, the forest is composed of a diverse range of species such as silver birch, alder, aspen, white willow, horn­beam, field maple and common oak. Once trans­planted the forest will take on a life of its own, chan­ging colours as the season turns and attract wild­life.

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Experience

Wörthersee Stadium is Austria’s most modern stadium, and was offi­ci­ally opened in Klagen­furt in September 2007. It is the home of SK Austria Klagen­furt, a league 2 club Second league club with an average atten­dance of 1,000 visi­tors.

Seating up to 30,000 spec­ta­tors, the surroun­dings of Wörthersee Stadium drama­ti­cally shapes the visitor expe­ri­ence. From 10am until 10pm daily, audi­ences will expe­ri­ence a unique panorama of trees, day and night, under natural light or by flood­light. Encoun­tering FOR FOREST will trigger a multi­pli­city of responses and emotions, and depen­ding on the time of day or night the trees will form an ever-chan­ging land­scape. This capti­vating panorama will pave the way for a whole new perspec­tive and under­stan­ding of forests.

 

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After the event
After the free art inter­ven­tion at the stadium ends on 27 October 2019, the forest will be carefully replanted on a public site in close proxi­mity to Wörthersee Stadium at a scale of 1:1 and remain as a living ‘forest sculp­ture’. Parallel to this, a pavi­lion is planned in order to docu­ment the project for the long-term.

FOR FOREST is the trigger for a vibrant programme of related satel­lite events and exhi­bi­tions across the city of Klagen­furt.

FOR FOREST was made possible thanks to Swiss private supporters, contri­bu­tions in kind, as well as tree spon­sor­ship.

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Landscape architect

Enea GmbH  
Buech­strasse 12
8645 Rapperswil-Jona
Switz­er­land

 

Address

Südring 207
9020 Klagen­furt am Wörthersee
Austria

Installation

Litt­mann Kultur­pro­jekte
Spalen­torweg 13
4051 Basel
Switz­er­land

Photos

Gerhard Maurer
UNIMO

Stadium architect

Albert Wimmer ZT-GmbH
Flach­gasse 53
1150 Vienna
Austria

 

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Al Janoub Stadion

by | 20 May 2019 | Stadiums

Shade and shelter

Al Janoub Stadium in Qatar

Zaha Hadid Architects

About

Inau­gu­rated on 16 May 2019 by hosting the Amir Cup Final of the Qatar Stars national foot­ball league, Al Janoub Stadium was the first new stadium commis­sioned for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Zaha Hadid Archi­tects (ZHA) toge­ther with Aecom began desig­ning the stadium along with its new precinct for the city in March 2013.

As one of the venues for the Qatar World Cup, the stadium will host the group and quarter-final matches of the tour­na­ment. It is located in the city of Al Wakrah, 20km south of Doha and connected to the capital via the Red Line of the new Doha Metro system.

Architects

Studio London
10 Bowling Green Lane
London EC1R 0BQ
United Kingdom

Client

Supreme Committee for Deli­very & Legacy of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™

Structural engineering:

Schlaich Berger­mann und Partner

Legacy

The client’s brief was for a 40,000-seat foot­ball stadium for the 2022 World Cup which could be reduced to a 20,000-seat capa­city in its legacy mode follo­wing the tour­na­ment. 20,000 seats is the optimum capa­city for legacy use as the home ground to Al Wakrah Sport Club profes­sional foot­ball team of the Qatar Stars national league. These tempo­rary seats have been desi­gned to be demoun­table and trans­por­table to a deve­lo­ping country in need of sporting infra­struc­ture for post-tour­na­ment usage.

Further tempo­rary accom­mo­da­tion such as conces­sions are required for the addi­tional capa­city of FIFA World Cup tour­na­ment mode. This has been built as a tempo­rary overlay outside the perma­nent foot­print and enclo­sure of the stadium in its legacy mode.

Address

Al Wukair
Qatar

Aerial view

Tournament mode

Legacy mode

Roof

Al Janoub stadium has an operable roof desi­gned by Schlaich Berger­mann Partner and a seating bowl cooling system that ensures the stadium can be used during Qatar’s summer months. The operable roof has been desi­gned in sympathy with the clad­ding using pleated PTFE fabric and cables.

When its deployed, the roof operates like a sail to cover the oculus above the field of play and create a shel­tered envi­ron­ment for foot­ball during the summer. Passive design prin­ci­ples along with computer model­ling and wind tunnel tests were used to maxi­mise the effec­ti­ve­ness of the physical enclo­sure to ensure player and spec­tator comfort.

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Tradition

Given the stadium’s context within the coastal city of Al Wakrah, the client asked that its design reflects the mari­time tradi­tions and history of the loca­tion, in parti­cular, the tradi­tional boat of the region, the dhow. ZHA responded with a design that incor­po­rates these cultural refe­rences in an abstracted manner and combines them with prac­tical responses to the climate, context and the func­tional requi­re­ments of a foot­ball stadium. The abstrac­tion trans­forms the literal into some­thing new and appro­priate for a foot­ball stadium; allo­wing multiple inter­pre­ta­tions of these cultural refe­rences both in terms of how they are applied and how they are read.

The stadium’s roof design is an abstrac­tion of the hulls of dhows turned upside-down and huddled toge­ther to provide shade and shelter. This is expressed in the stadium’s enve­lope geometry, details and selected mate­ria­lity, inclu­ding the roof’s beam struc­ture that echoes the inte­rior struc­ture of a d’how’s hull.

The facades of Al Janoub stadium are slanted outwards, tapered in eleva­tion and remi­nis­cent of the plea­ting of a dhow’s sails. The image of the dhow is further empha­sized through the large over­hang of the stadium’s eaves that incor­po­rates strips of metal clad­ding remi­nis­cent of the timber struc­tures used in a dhow.

Opening

2019

Photographs

Stadium:
Hufton+Crow

Event:
Luke Hayes

Text

ZHA

Video

Arabic motifs

The stadium’s opaque roof and wall areas are expressed as pleated cross sections. This feature, which has its origins in Arabic motifs and calli­graphy, adds texture to the outer shell and also empha­sizes the stadium’s unique geometry. The external clad­ding mate­rials are deli­bera­tely selected from a limited palette of mate­rials and choice of colours; namely white for the roof and wall clad­ding, and darker colours for the areas below the eaves, inclu­ding the lower level curtain walling with its orna­mental lattice screen print that provide shading.

The colour scheme for the external buil­ding enve­lope dove­tails with its geome­tric forms and rein­forces the arti­cu­la­tion of the outer skin. The roof clad­ding and opaque surface areas above the eaves are white or off-white in colour with a gloss surface finish that is remi­nis­cent of sea shells and empha­sizes the pleats which add texture to the buil­ding enve­lope. The embossed eaves and the lattice screen print of the glazed lower-level facades are metallic bronze in colour, adding a sense of rich­ness and depth to the design. The choice of a bronze metallic finish of these worked surfaces pays homage to the tradi­tions and arti­stry of Islamic craft­sman­ship.

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Legacy mode

Voids

Al Janoub stadium sits on a large land­scaped podium that takes visi­tors from grade to the entry level main entry concourse located at the middle of the seating bowl’s tiers. This podium connects the stadium into the adja­cent land­scape and reduces its scale. Large para­bolic voids within the podium signify diffe­rent acti­vity zones. On the eastern side, voids allow for the majo­rity of spec­ta­tors to arrive and depart from the stadium. The north eastern void will include a commu­nity market whilst the south eastern void hosts an acti­vity park. To the west, the para­bolic void within the podium allows for vehicle access and drop off at grade for the players, offi­cials and digni­ta­ries.

The stadium was desi­gned in conjunc­tion with a new precinct so that its sits at the heart of an urban exten­sion of the city, crea­ting commu­nity based acti­vi­ties in and around the stadium on non-event days. Al Janoub stadium will be a memo­rable venue and desti­na­tion during the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup and after­wards, at the centre of its Al Wakrah commu­nity.

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Feyenoord City

by | 17 May 2019 | Design, Stadiums

Stronger by sports

Feyenoord City in Rotterdam

OMA

Situation

A histo­ri­cally signi­fi­cant stadium due to its distinc­tive design, with the oval stands posi­tioned close to the pitch so audi­ence and players are in inti­mate proxi­mity, De Kuip is known for its unique and intense atmo­sphere.

Built 80 years ago, the current stadium of Rotterdam-based foot­ball club Feye­noord no longer fulfills modern demands. To faci­li­tate the foot­ball club’s expan­ding ambi­tions both in the national and Euro­pean foot­ball leagues, multiple plans for a new and reno­vated stadium have been made and presented over the past decade, none of which received final appr­oval.

In 2016, Operatie NL, OMA and Feye­noord proposed a diffe­rent approach: the cons­truc­tion of a new stadium combined with the deve­lo­p­ment of the surroun­ding neigh­bor­hood.

Architect

OMA
Office for Metro­po­lian Archi­tec­ture
Heer Bokelweg 149
3032 AD
Rotterdam
Nether­lands
 
Team:
David Gianotten, Kees van Casteren, Shinji Takagi
Andrea Taboc­chini, Andrew Keung, Aris Gkit­zias, Emma Lubbers, Hanna Jurkowska, Lex Lagen­dijk, Max Scherer, Stefano Campisi

Client & User

Stadion Feije­noord NV
Feye­noord Rotterdam NV

Feyenoord City Masterplan

In colla­bo­ra­tion with the foot­ball club and the muni­ci­pa­lity of Rotterdam, OMA has deve­loped the Feye­noord City Master­plan, intro­du­cing a new 63,000-seat stadium that will func­tion as cata­lyst for the urban deve­lo­p­ment of Rotterdam Zuid, one of the neigh­bor­hoods of the city in need of reju­ve­na­tion and economic injec­tion. After careful conside­ra­tion of three poten­tial project sites, a loca­tion at the water­front, northwest to the neigh­bor­hood De Veranda, was selected.

OMA’s master­plan for Feye­noord City consists of five main elements: a new and larger stadium for Feye­noord, reno­va­tion of De Kuip, and deve­lo­p­ment of the Urban Bridge, the Strip and the Kuip Park.

Old vs. new

Address

Feye­noord Stadium
Van Zandvliet­plein 1
3077 AA Rotterdam
Nether­lands

Aerial view

De Kuip

The current stadium De Kuip is to be reno­vated and rede­ve­loped into apart­ments, commer­cial space, an athle­tics sports center and a public square. The area surroun­ding the stadium, de Kuip Park, will offer green space for sports and leisure acti­vi­ties as well as resi­den­tial units.

De Strip, a three-dimen­sional pede­strian walkway, will connect the old stadium with the new stadium and include new public and commer­cial space as well as parking faci­li­ties. Addi­tio­nally, Feye­noord City will be connected to the Laan op Zuid through The Urban Bridge, a prome­nade for slow traffic.

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Participation

Located between the river Maas, the railway and the highway, the stadium is posi­tioned at an infra­struc­tural node, ensu­ring acces­si­bi­lity by car, bus and public trans­port. The new infra­struc­ture and stadium deve­lo­p­ment is accom­pa­nied by an exten­sive social program with sports at its core.

Feye­noord will set up a new multi sports club for the resi­dents of Rotterdam Zuid, and coope­rate with the surroun­ding neigh­bor­hoods to encou­rage sports parti­ci­pa­tion.

Opening

2024

Photos & illustrations

OMA
Frans Parthe­sius, Cour­tesy of OMA

Text

OMA

Program

In total, the program of Feye­noord City consists of 255.000m² housing; 64.000m² commer­cial space inclu­ding a new cinema, restau­rants, hotels, and shops and 83.000m² public program inclu­ding a sports expe­ri­ence centre and sports fields.

Besides provi­ding a new home to foot­ball club Feye­noord and reno­vating De Kuip for future uses, OMA’s Feye­noord City master­plan aims to spark the rede­ve­lo­p­ment of Rotterdam Zuid, acti­vate its water­front and to recon­nect this part of the city to the surroun­ding neigh­bor­hoods.

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Washington Redskins Stadium

by | 15 May 2019 | Design, Stadiums

A walk in the park

Washington Redskins Stadium

by BIG

Drive-in amphitheater

Set at the bottom of a stepped, grass covered drive-in amphi­theater, BIG envi­sions a new Washington Reds­kins Stadium that will expand the game-day expe­ri­ence beyond the building’s walls – turning tradi­tional tail­ga­ting into a communal picnic expe­ri­ence during game days.

Architect

BIG
Bjarke Ingels, Thomas Chris­toff­ersen
Agustin Perez Torres
Alan Tansey, Beat Schenk, Bryan Maddock, Charles Kim, Kai-Uwe Berg­mann, Maureen Rahman, Peter Lee, Phillip MacDou­gall, Sanam Salek

Programme

In the off season, Washington Reds­kins Stadium and its grounds become a public park and concert venue for the commu­nity.

The project will also include over 50,000 sf of exhi­bi­tion space for a Reds­kins Museum as well as 100,000 sf of office space, club rooms and trai­ning faci­li­ties as a part of the 1.4 million sf plan.

The new stadium will be located in the Tri-State Washington D.C. area, the home of the Reds­kins since 1937.

Client

Washington Foot­ball Inc.

User

Washington Reds­kins

Bowl

Washington Reds­kins Stadium is desi­gned to opti­mize game days, with a circular layout that is elevated to increase the capa­city of blea­chers at the 50 yard line. BIG’s open arran­ge­ment forgoes the tradi­tional, tiered design of most American Foot­ball stadiums to create one big bowl where all the fans can see each other and cheer on their respec­tive teams in unison. Two 8,000 sf score­board will accom­mo­date display screens and game details, brin­ging crowds across the stadium toge­ther.

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Bridges vs. fences

Outside, the stadium is wrapped in a golden metal mesh, which is pushed inwards and outward to create areas for entrances and conces­sions. Around it, a moat will ease access to the stadium through a series of bridges that elimi­nate the need for a stan­dard fences or gates. In the warm months, when not in use, the moat will act as a wave pool and lazy river and during winter, an ice rink.

Illustrations

BIG

Text

BIG

Tailgating

The parking amphi­theater will be planted with rein­forced grass, so cars can drive directly up to the stadium while keeping the surroun­ding field lush and green for use as a park.

The raised terrain created by the stepped field will be supported by 5 levels of under­ground parking with space for 25,000 cars. It will also accom­mo­date six areas for conces­sions and VIP tail­ga­ting.

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Great gestures

At its highest point, the surroun­ding park is pushed down to create the Reds­kins Museum and the HQ and to accom­mo­date four full-sized trai­ning fields. By night, the green amphi­theater is able to trans­form into a perfor­mance venue with space for 100,000 people.

Even if the imple­men­ta­tion of this project is not certain, Washington Reds­kins Stadium still includes great gestures and ideas that we would very much like to find in other and smaller stadiums and sports grounds as well.

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Wanda Metropolitano Stadium

by | 1 May 2019 | Stadiums

Move closer

Atlético Madrid’s new Wanda Metropolitano stadium

Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos

About

Atlé­tico Madrid’s new Wanda Metro­po­li­tano stadium, with a capa­city of 68,000 spec­ta­tors, is the result of the expan­sion of the former athle­tics stadium of the Commu­nity of Madrid (Estadio de la Comu­nidad de Madrid) finished back in 1994. The former buil­ding had also been desi­gned by CyO to accom­mo­date athle­tics compe­ti­tions and foot­ball matches, with an appro­xi­mate capa­city of 19,000 spec­ta­tors.

The surface area of the current stadium is 54,537 m² and the entire grounds are 88,150 m². CyO was commis­sioned in order to reach a capa­city of 68,000 spec­ta­tors and thus build a foot­ball stadium with the UEFA “5 star certi­fi­ca­tion” to host Euro­pean finals like the Cham­pions League Final on 1 June 2019.

Further­more, it was also neces­sary to create an image that could be iden­ti­fied with main user Atlé­tico de Madrid Foot­ball Club.

Architects

Cruz y Ortiz Arqui­tectos
Project team: Blanca Sánchez (project manager), Teresa Cruz (responsable roof cons­truc­tion), Óscar Mínguez (site manager), David de Cos (buil­ding services direc­tion), Giordano Baly (inte­rior desi­gner), Miguel Velasco (fire consul­tant desi­gner), Sergio Mota, Fco. Javier Moreno, Pablo Ortiz, Rodrigo Ruiz

Client & User

Dirección General de Patri­monio del Ayto.
de Madrid
Atlé­tico de Madrid

Structural engineering:

Schlaich Berger­mann und Partner
MC2
Wacker
Geoprin

Characteristics

In the design of the new stadium, the visi­bi­lity of and proxi­mity to pitch and players have been a prio­rity. The strong recom­men­da­tions of UEFA and FIFA have also been considered. The closest point to the touch­line is situated in the North-Eastern corner where the stands are barely 5.89 meters away from the pitch. The exten­sion also had to meet a series of very specific condi­tions regar­ding tech­nical requi­re­ments like safety in case of evacua­tion and the specific requi­re­ments gene­rated by high level and risky foot­ball matches.

Concrete, which is respon­sible for the load-bearing struc­ture of the buil­ding and its final form, contri­butes to the main charac­te­ristics of unifor­mity and homo­ge­nity.

Address

Wanda Metro­po­li­tano
Avda. Luis Aragonés,
s/n. 28022 Madrid
Spain

Aerial view

Lowering levels

The new pitch was built lowe­ring the level of the original pitch in a way that allows spec­ta­tors to get closer to the action without distur­bing visi­bi­lity condi­tions. The most important areas have been placed on the original stand given its symbolic nature, such as the area for players, presi­dency, VIPs and the press.

The expan­sion area predicts the neces­sary spaces for spec­tator services such as bars, toilets, shops etc. The cons­truc­tion also includes two under­ground floors, the first of which to serve the needs of the lower stands and parking and the second desi­gned enti­rely for parking. The stadium offers 4,000 parking spaces for fans (1,000 inside the buil­ding.)

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Stand extension

The original stadium was built with only the western stand. After comple­tion, new stands surround the entire pitch: the lower tier, the middle tier, and the upper or third tier. Between second and third tier, the private boxes are located.

CyO opted for the solu­tion in which the stands would not be accessed through corri­dors but through the higher part of the last row. This means that spec­ta­tors already get a phan­ta­stic view of the playing field when ente­ring the inner bowl. In this way, a full image of the stadium, an all-around audi­ence as close as possible to the pitch has been achieved.

The stands consists of

  • lower tier composed of 28 rows, with a capa­city of 23,000 spec­ta­tors
  • middle tier of 13 stands for VIPs with access from 0.00m level and capa­city for 14,000 spec­ta­tors
  • upper tier supported on a peri­meter buil­ding of 32 rows that, along with the current stand of the Peineta, offer a total capa­city for 30,200 spec­ta­tors. Here, public access, VIP boxes and comple­men­tary services (toilets, bars etc.) are located.

A conti­nuous bay has also been built, over­han­ging the lower part of the upper stand, with 94 boxes with a capa­city of appro­xi­m­ately 1,500 spec­ta­tors. Simi­larly, booths have been made available for the press located in the current boxes of the Peineta for a total of 150 commen­ta­tors.

Opening

2017

Photographs

Jose Antonio García, Chema Rey, Diego González Souto, FCC, Club Atlé­tico de Madrid, Luís Asín, Cruz y Ortiz Arqui­tectos, Pegenaute

Text

Cruz y Ortiz Arqui­tectos

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The roof

The roof is one of the iconic elements of the new stadium and was carried out in colla­bo­ra­tion with Schlaich Berger­mann und Partner. For CyO, the roof is the formally important element that completes the stadium. It is a homo­ge­ni­zing element that unites former stadium and exten­sion, cove­ring all spec­ta­tors. The roof has appro­xi­mate dimen­sions of 286 meters between the north and south ends and 248 meters east-west. In fact, its total surface area is about 46,500 m2.

The main struc­ture of the roof is composed of an exte­rior double compres­sing ring of steel and an inte­rior double trac­tion ring and two groups of radial cables. The light roof protects 96% of the spec­ta­tors like a big blanket adap­ting diffe­rent situa­tions and provi­ding unity. Its design is included in the typo­logy of tensile struc­tures.

The roof consists of membranes of fibre glass and Poly­te­traf­luo­roethy­lene (also called PFTE or Teflon), a trans­lucid mate­rial that has been used in other big stadiums like Mara­caná or the Olym­pia­sta­dion Berlin.

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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

by | 30 Apr 2019 | Stadiums

When the Spurs go marching in

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

by Populous

About

Desi­gned by Popu­lous, the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium did host its first game on Wednesday 3rd April, when Tottenham Hotspur met Crystal Palace in the Premier League (2–0). The stadium heralds a new era for Tottenham Hotspur Foot­ball Club and has created a major land­mark for both Tottenham and London. With a capa­city of 62,062, the new stadium becomes the biggest club stadium in London and, by incor­po­ra­ting a fully retrac­table pitch, the first in the world to be custom-built to stage foot­ball and NFL games.

Architects

Popu­lous
14 Blades Court
Deodar Road
London SW15 2NU
United Kingdom

Client & User

Tottenham Hotspur Foot­ball Club

Best for both worlds

The stadium will host its first NFL game in Autumn 2019, show­ca­sing its unique ability to accom­mo­date the tech­nical and opera­tional requi­re­ments of the world’s two most popular sports.

Desi­gned to perfectly accom­mo­date both elite foot­ball codes, the natural turf pitch is fully retrac­table, split­ting into three pieces before sliding under­neath the South Stand to reveal a state-of-theart arti­fi­cial pitch beneath. This unique design provides full flexi­bi­lity for the venue to host a range of sports, concerts and events without compro­mi­sing the inte­grity of the grass playing surface.

Address

782 High Rd
Tottenham
London N17 0BX
United kingdom

Aerial view

Match day atmosphere

The stadium has been desi­gned to gene­rate one of the best match day atmo­spheres in the world, with unin­ter­rupted sight­lines and spec­ta­tors closer to the pitch than at any compa­rable ground in the UK. The stands are angled at 35 degrees — the stee­pest angle that UK guide­lines recom­mend — to create a tighter, atmo­spheric stadium bowl which focusses towards the southern ‘home end’, where 17,500 spec­ta­tors will come toge­ther to gene­rate a ‘wall of sound’ in the largest single-tier stand in the UK.

The areas at the front of the stand, as well as the away support’s section, have been future-proofed for safe stan­ding, with a first-ofits-kind design that gives equal prece­dence to safety and comfort. The rows of seating are sepa­rated by an ergo­no­mic­ally profiled bar set at 900mm for clear sight lines. Each of the seats, which provide the same levels of comfort and leg room as in all other areas of the stadium, is fitted with a lock to ensure it can be secu­rely fixed in the upright posi­tion.

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A sense of arrival

Now completed, the stadium’s sculpted appearance has become clear; wrap­ping and folding its way around the stadium before reaching the home end, where a glass façade arches upwards to reveal the huge single-tier home stand, and a curved roof, which melds toge­ther with the stadium struc­ture to create a graceful and elegant clean cover over the seating bowl. The façade is dynamic, respon­sive to the chan­ging light. By day, the façade’s perfo­rated screens parti­ally shroud what’s going on inside, but at night they act like a lantern, high­lighting the acti­vity within.

A five-storey high glass atrium at the south end will provide a new meeting place for home supporters before and after the match inclu­ding an open food court bathed in natural light. This spec­ta­cular entrance provides a glimpse of life within the stadium and has been desi­gned to create a sense of arrival from the station.

Opening

2019

Photographs

Hufton + Crow

Text

Popu­lous

Inspired by White Hart Lane

General admis­sion home team ticket holders are able to explore the full length of the general concourse with a wide range of food and drinks options and three pub-style bars inspired by the club’s former home, White Hart Lane, and the local area. In addi­tion, the general concourse also features a series of pop up and brand acti­va­tion spaces, inclu­ding a club merchan­dise shop.

Located under­neath the 17,500-seat single-tier South Stand, within a stun­ning five-storey atrium flooded with natural light, is the Market Place. Offe­ring a range of diverse expe­ri­ences available for fans to try throug­hout the season, designs for food and drink outlets take inspi­ra­tion from London’s vibrant street food market scene.

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Memorable experiences

Popu­lous’ design responds to Tottenham Hotspur’s brief to create memo­rable expe­ri­ences for its supporters and ever­yone else who visits the multi-use stadium. To achieve this, unri­valled views of live Premier League action have been supple­mented with a vast range of food and drink, retail and premium expe­ri­ences, which will add to the match day expe­ri­ence.

Notable features include:

  • 17,500-seat single-tier ‘home end’ stand — the largest of its kind in the country
  • A fully retrac­table turf pitch with a state-of-the-art arti­fi­cial playing surface beneath for NFL matches and other large-scale events
  • The Market Place, a new fan zone in the South Stand atrium, with street-food style market stall, the 65m Goal Line Bar — Europe’s longest bar — and a microb­re­wery operated by local brewer Beaver­town
  • A choice of fine dining premium expe­ri­ences inclu­ding the H Club, a Michelin star calibre Members’ Club
  • The Tunnel Club, a glass-walled private members club allo­wing fans a “behind-the-scenes view” of the players making their way to and from the pitch, as well as access to seats located behind the First Team tech­nical area
  • The Sky Lounge, where guests can enjoy the pano­r­amic views across London from the highest point available in the stadium.

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Juliska Stadium

by | 27 Mar 2019 | Stadiums

Bonus Track

Reconstruction of Juliska Stadium in Prague

by Polytan

Client

Ministry of Defence of the Czech Repu­blic

User

ASC Dukla Praha
Memo­riál Josefa Odložila
FK Dukla Praha

Sports surfaces

Polytan GmbH
Gewer­be­ring 3
86666 Burg­heim

Text

Barbara Mäurle
Seifert PR GmbH
Zettachring 2a
D — 70567 Stutt­gart

Photographs

Andreas Keller / Polytan

History

The Juliska Stadium was opened in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Repu­blic, in 1960. Having under­gone exten­sive altera­tions in 1975, the stadium now holds around 18,800 spec­ta­tors with seating for 8,150, some sections of which are covered. The sports faci­lity has a 105 x 68 metre real grass playing field surrounded by a tartan track, which makes it suitable for foot­ball as well as track and field athle­tics. The stadium is owned by the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Repu­blic.

Juliska Stadium used to be the home ground of the FK Dukla Prag foot­ball club, an army team which cele­brated its grea­test sporting successes in the 1950s and 1960s. The club of the same name was promoted back to the top flight of Czech foot­ball in the 2010/11 season, thus enab­ling it to relive past glories. And the track and field athletes of ASC Dukla Prag can look back on the club’s illus­trious history, with Olympic medal­lists and world cham­pions such as Jan Železny, Roman Šebrle, Tomáš Dvořák, Barbora Špotá­ková among others.

As well as matches in the top divi­sion of Czech foot­ball, the annual Memo­riál Josefa Odložila athle­tics meeting is also held here.

Re-topping systems

The ageing running track was fully refur­bished by Polytan between July and September 2018.

Re-topping systems are a profes­sional solu­tion for worn running tracks in need of renewal. Old surfaces can be physi­cally and visually renewed to provide optimum trai­ning and compe­ti­tion condi­tions once more.

Re-topping systems are a very econo­mical solu­tion for refur­bis­hing athle­tics tracks and sports faci­li­ties as the exis­ting elastic subs­truc­tures can be used again, meaning they are used over the long term and do not need to be disposed.

The track

Rekortan PUR, a water-imper­meable, multi-layer poured in-situ system also made by Polytan, was chosen as the new retop­ping system. This high-speed sports surface offers very fast acce­le­ra­tion combined with optimum shock absorp­tion proper­ties, making it the ideal base for personal bests, new records and inter­na­tional elite sport.

The tartan track was certi­fied for this purpose by the IAAF after being refur­bished. The Capri blue outside section does not need to meet the requi­re­ments of runners, so it was fitted with an all-round surface from Polytan. This has a smooth surface with good ball bounce beha­viour and is gene­rally used for multi­pur­pose faci­li­ties such as in schools.

The colours

Not only does the refur­bished tartan track in Juliska Stadium have a surface which is ideally suited to running shoes with spikes thanks to its new inters­persed granules, it has also been laid in some glea­ming new colours. As well as the conven­tional brick red circular track, the two D‑shaped inside sections were installed in a glowing rosé colour and the outer circum­fe­rence in a bright Capri blue at the client’s request.

Rosé and Capri blue are among the 24 stan­dard colours of Polytan. Inno­va­tive synthetic mate­rials and sealing systems are used to make them insen­si­tive to factors such as heat, UV rays, frost and rain or mecha­nical influences during opera­tion.

SmarTracks technology

Juliska Stadium was the first stadium in the Czech Repu­blic to have Polytan Smar­Tracks installed. This is a data logging system which takes accu­rate measu­re­ments and faci­li­tates daily trai­ning diagno­stics without costly tech­nical struc­tures. As well as perfor­mance diagno­stics, Smar­Tracks includes a precise time-measu­re­ment system. It keeps a record of running time, speed, step length, step frequency and jump height. The analysis tool is thus suitable for disci­plines such as short‑, middle- and long-distance running, hurdles and relays. Another special feature is that this tech­no­logy can be used to record the move­ment data of several athletes simul­ta­neously and then compare them.

The Polytan Smar­Tracks system is based on the inter­play of three compon­ents:

  1. Smar­Tracks magnetic timing gates embedded in the track out of sight.
  2. A wais­t­belt with a sensor weig­hing just 12 g; it is worn by the athlete but does not rest­rict freedom of move­ment. It can simply be worn as a belt or clipped on.
  3. The tried-and-tested Smar­Tracks diagno­stics soft­ware by Polytan partner Humo­tion. This company specia­lises in captu­ring and analy­sing human motion data.

Inci­den­tally, it wasn’t just the running track that bene­fited from the sophisti­cated tech­no­logy in Prague – so did the pole vault area, which now offers optimal trai­ning condi­tions as a result.

History

The Juliska Stadium was opened in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Repu­blic, in 1960. Having under­gone exten­sive altera­tions in 1975, the stadium now holds around 18,800 spec­ta­tors with seating for 8,150, some sections of which are covered. The sports faci­lity has a 105 x 68 metre real grass playing field surrounded by a tartan track, which makes it suitable for foot­ball as well as track and field athle­tics. The stadium is owned by the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Repu­blic.

Juliska Stadium used to be the home ground of the FK Dukla Prag foot­ball club, an army team which cele­brated its grea­test sporting successes in the 1950s and 1960s. The club of the same name was promoted back to the top flight of Czech foot­ball in the 2010/11 season, thus enab­ling it to relive past glories. And the track and field athletes of ASC Dukla Prag can look back on the club’s illus­trious history, with Olympic medal­lists and world cham­pions such as Jan Železny, Roman Šebrle, Tomáš Dvořák, Barbora Špotá­ková among others.

As well as matches in the top divi­sion of Czech foot­ball, the annual Memo­riál Josefa Odložila athle­tics meeting is also held here.

Re-topping systems

The ageing running track was fully refur­bished by Polytan between July and September 2018.

Re-topping systems are a profes­sional solu­tion for worn running tracks in need of renewal. Old surfaces can be physi­cally and visually renewed to provide optimum trai­ning and compe­ti­tion condi­tions once more.

Re-topping systems are a very econo­mical solu­tion for refur­bis­hing athle­tics tracks and sports faci­li­ties as the exis­ting elastic subs­truc­tures can be used again, meaning they are used over the long term and do not need to be disposed.

The track

Rekortan PUR, a water-imper­meable, multi-layer poured in-situ system also made by Polytan, was chosen as the new retop­ping system. This high-speed sports surface offers very fast acce­le­ra­tion combined with optimum shock absorp­tion proper­ties, making it the ideal base for personal bests, new records and inter­na­tional elite sport.

The tartan track was certi­fied for this purpose by the IAAF after being refur­bished. The Capri blue outside section does not need to meet the requi­re­ments of runners, so it was fitted with an all-round surface from Polytan. This has a smooth surface with good ball bounce beha­viour and is gene­rally used for multi­pur­pose faci­li­ties such as in schools.

The colours

Not only does the refur­bished tartan track in Juliska Stadium have a surface which is ideally suited to running shoes with spikes thanks to its new inters­persed granules, it has also been laid in some glea­ming new colours. As well as the conven­tional brick red circular track, the two D‑shaped inside sections were installed in a glowing rosé colour and the outer circum­fe­rence in a bright Capri blue at the client’s request.

Rosé and Capri blue are among the 24 stan­dard colours of Polytan. Inno­va­tive synthetic mate­rials and sealing systems are used to make them insen­si­tive to factors such as heat, UV rays, frost and rain or mecha­nical influences during opera­tion.

SmarTracks technology

Juliska Stadium was the first stadium in the Czech Repu­blic to have Polytan Smar­Tracks installed. This is a data logging system which takes accu­rate measu­re­ments and faci­li­tates daily trai­ning diagno­stics without costly tech­nical struc­tures. As well as perfor­mance diagno­stics, Smar­Tracks includes a precise time-measu­re­ment system. It keeps a record of running time, speed, step length, step frequency and jump height. The analysis tool is thus suitable for disci­plines such as short‑, middle- and long-distance running, hurdles and relays. Another special feature is that this tech­no­logy can be used to record the move­ment data of several athletes simul­ta­neously and then compare them.

The Polytan Smar­Tracks system is based on the inter­play of three compon­ents:

  1. Smar­Tracks magnetic timing gates embedded in the track out of sight.
  2. A wais­t­belt with a sensor weig­hing just 12 g; it is worn by the athlete but does not rest­rict freedom of move­ment. It can simply be worn as a belt or clipped on.
  3. The tried-and-tested Smar­Tracks diagno­stics soft­ware by Polytan partner Humo­tion. This company specia­lises in captu­ring and analy­sing human motion data.

Inci­den­tally, it wasn’t just the running track that bene­fited from the sophisti­cated tech­no­logy in Prague – so did the pole vault area, which now offers optimal trai­ning condi­tions as a result.

Address

Juliska Stadion
Na Julisce 28
160 00 Praha 6 — Dejvice
Tsche­chien

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Video

Opening

2018

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  • Dipl.-Ing. (engi­nee­ring degree) Archi­tect, TU Berlin
  • Long­time edito­rial head with “sb”, an inter­na­tional journal for the archi­tec­ture of sports
  • Trai­ning in web design, online marke­ting, etc.
  • Inter­na­tional archi­tec­tural compe­ti­tions with IOC and IPC
  • Trade fair and congress orga­ni­sa­tion
  • Head of the “NRW Bera­tungs­stelle Sport­stätten“ (“NRW Advice Centre for Sports Venues”)
  • Lecturer at the German Sport Univer­sity Cologne
  • Plan­ning of the Prus­sian Stadium in Münster (for groß­mann engi­neers, Göttingen)
  • Replan­ning a foot­ball stadium in Berlin-Köpe­nick
  • Nume­rous publi­ca­tions, i.a. “From Round Leather to Soap Bubbles – The Deve­lo­p­ment of Foot­ball and its Archi­tec­ture”
  • Board member and youth coach at SV BW Weitmar 09

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