Steaua Stadium
Provided Service
Construction Design
Location
Bucharest
Awards
1st Prize - AICPS Awards “Project of the Year” 2021 "Architecture and public investments" Distinction - AAB2021
Coordinator
The new Steaua Stadium is a multifunctional sports arena that can host both football and rugby matches, with a capacity of approximately 31,000 seats, covered grandstands and plan dimensions of approximately 211 x 162m.
The building is thus designed to house mixed functions in the basement, including an underground car park, sports and media areas, sports training areas and related spaces. The arena will also include offices, a hotel, shopping spaces and a sports club museum.
The building is divided into four distinct construction areas: the two grandstands and the two lawns. Of these, the west (official) grandstand has an Ug + Gf + 4F height regime, and the rest of the areas have the Ug + Gf + E height regime.
From a structural point of view, a mixed solution was chosen that uses prefabricated reinforced concrete (steps, “raker beam” beams), monolithic reinforced concrete (pillars, floors, beams, walls, stairs) and a metal structure for the roof. The foundation system uses 1m thick insulated foundations, connected with balancing beams in the case of the north, south and east grandstands and the outer basement adjacent to the west grandstand, continuous foundations for the perimeter wall and pillars on which the outer ring of the roof discharges, and general radio for the west grandstand.
The building is thus designed to house mixed functions in the basement, including an underground car park, sports and media areas, sports training areas and related spaces. The arena will also include offices, a hotel, shopping spaces and a sports club museum.
The building is divided into four distinct construction areas: the two grandstands and the two lawns. Of these, the west (official) grandstand has an Ug + Gf + 4F height regime, and the rest of the areas have the Ug + Gf + E height regime.
From a structural point of view, a mixed solution was chosen that uses prefabricated reinforced concrete (steps, “raker beam” beams), monolithic reinforced concrete (pillars, floors, beams, walls, stairs) and a metal structure for the roof. The foundation system uses 1m thick insulated foundations, connected with balancing beams in the case of the north, south and east grandstands and the outer basement adjacent to the west grandstand, continuous foundations for the perimeter wall and pillars on which the outer ring of the roof discharges, and general radio for the west grandstand.
Address
45 Ghencea Boulevard, Bucharest
Architect
Graphic StudioContractor
Construcții ErbașuMEP Design
MC General Construct
The project involved the implementation of special measures, adapted to a construction of such magnitude. Thus, the foundation ground was improved in order to achieve a uniformity of its capacity to reduce differentiated settlements.
Another measure adopted involved the analysis of the effects produced by thermal actions, taking into account two design situations: the operation process and the execution process. The aim was to minimize the effect of thermal actions, being made joints in floors provided with metal connecting elements and joints with
“lock-up” devices that allow limited movement when they occur slowly but function as a rigid connector when movement occurs rapidly.
Regarding the roof, its metallic structure was divided into 10 sections that work independently horizontally to actions induced by temperature variations but work together to seismic actions.
Another aspect that had to be taken into account is the evaluation of the wind action on the stadium structure, which cannot be included in the current design norm. A study was conducted at the UTCB Aerodynamics and Wind Engineering Laboratory . The study involved a numerical model of the stadium and a physical model tested in the wind tunnel and made available the distribution of pressure coefficients on the roof.
Description
Multifunctional arena, 31,000 seats with multiple facilities including underground parking, hotel camp, office space and sports club museum
Features
Gross Area:
Special Technologies:
80 000 sqm; 31 000 seats
BIM system design; Use of lock-up devices; Design to avoid the resonance effect induced by spectators; Numerical and experimental studies in the laboratory to evaluate the action of the wind
Challenges
Realization of the general design of the construction, in design & build regime, with a term of 18 months from the beginning of the design until the completion of the construction
Project manager
Description
Multifunctional arena, 31,000 seats with multiple facilities including underground parking, hotel camp, office space and sports club museum
Features
Gross Area:
80 000 sqm; 31 000 seats
Special Technologies:
BIM system design; Use of lock-up devices; Design to avoid the resonance effect induced by spectators; Numerical and experimental studies in the laboratory to evaluate the action of the wind
Challenges
Realization of the general design of the construction, in design & build regime, with a term of 18 months from the beginning of the design until the completion of the construction
Project manager