Innovative Stadium Design

Innovative Stadium Design

Fransen, R.
Vermeulen, K.D.

Kamerling, M.W. (mentor)
Borgart, A. (mentor)
Mulders, S.M. (mentor)

Architecture

Building Technoloy

Stand Up Architecture

2012-01-30

Each four years for every World Cup event, 10 large stadiums are needed. These stadiums fulfill their purpose for only one month and afterwards the hosting country will be left with stadiums too big for their own competition or needs. The step from football stadium to multifunctional stadium is already made, in our view the next step is turning a multifunctional stadium into a “multilocational” stadium. This means that the location of the stadium can vary. A variable location results in a transportable stadium, there has been chosen for transport over water. Using the stadium in several countries will save material, space and money. To adapt to different demands of the specific locations and events, a flexible stadium is needed. Building up the stadium out of several modules, able to function on its own and as several configurations is the solution for a flexible stadium. Besides the flexibility, the functionality of the design is normative to create a realistic stadium design. The several modules, a configuration with two tiers (configuration 1) and a configuration with three tiers (configuration 2) are developed for the Innovative Stadium Design. Adaptability and Floating To transport the stadium over water, the stadium will be build on pontoons. For optimal transport, the main requirement was to be able to cross the Panama Canal. This determines the maximum dimensions for the pontoons and guarantees the optimal usage and transportability. All the separate pontoons will have to be stable and will be coupled to one rigid stadium pontoon. For optimal pontoon usage, the stadium has been separated in four elements; the pitch, first and second configuration and the entrance. By using the same entrance pontoons in both configurations, an optimization was made. Assembly and Disassembly To get a realistic and feasible stadium design, the scale of disassembly and the building time are the most important aspects of assembly and disassembly. The stadium design consists of several modules, in which platform design is the starting point. Platform design results in standardization of the modules which limited the number of loose elements and thus the building time. The standardization is visible in the modules which results in the stadium, but also in the added functions like toilets and SUP's. These functions will be added as universal units.

Floating
Assembly and disassembly
Stadium

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2012-02-01

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2012 Fransen, R.
Vermeulen, K.D.