JEDDAH - King Abdullah Sports City (60,000)

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Originally Posted by AL_FAYHAA SPORT

Stadium fict is canceled

Anything more on that?

[adeaide]

60,000 seats

[MUHA]

its set to open on 01.03.2014

http://www.arupassociates.com/en/pro...h-sports-city/

[MUHA]

constantly updated pictures:

http://www.earthcam.com/clients/almuhaidib/?cam=mpr1

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[Leedsrule]

What a brilliant design. Shame its in a plce it will not get noticed as much as if it was in europe or a country holding a major tournament.

When will it be finished?

[OKT23]

holy *! This is unbelievable.

[Naif Saudi]

Jeddah really booming to the global

Huge new airport
New large sports city
The world's tallest tower
Rail projects and infrastructure developments

Really Wow

Originally Posted by Leedsrule

What a brilliant design. Shame its in a plce it will not get noticed as much as if it was in europe or a country holding a major tournament.

When will it be finished?

Project will be completed in less than one year

[HiJazzey]

Originally Posted by Leedsrule

What a brilliant design. Shame its in a plce it will not get noticed as much as if it was in europe or a country holding a major tournament.

When will it be finished?

Projected completion date is March 2014.
Sure it won't be hosting any major international competitions soon but it will be home to 2 of the country's biggest and best supported teams: Ittihad and Ahli. Maybe it will get an Asian Champions League final if either team make to the final in 2 years time.

[dinamo_zagreb]

What's this, 20ish cranes on one stadium?

Fuckin' awesome project!

[Cubo99]

why they reduced capacity ? :/ previous proposal was for 70-90k

[M Z A J]

Work in this project very fast

[alexandrudragoi]

very nice stadium..how about the temperture in the area?

[osamah]

Some general information about King Abdullah Sports City.



King Abdullah Sports City Stadium- A ‘jewel in the desert’.


The King Abdullah Sports City (KASC) project aspires to create inspirational, world-class sporting facilities for Saudi Arabia, a launchpad for a paradigm shift in participatory sport among Saudi citizens. The design is intended to imbue this international venure with a strong sense of its specific place and environment; a contemporary architecture that sustains the people and cultures around it.

KASC is located 3km to the north of Jeddah’s International Airport, the hub for the annual Hajj. A fast growing city, this area of Jeddah has massive transport, infrastructure and masterplanning projects currently underway.

The site itself is bounded by the two main northbound arterial routes out of Jeddah. It will contain a 60,000 seat football stadium, 10,000 seat multi-purpose sports hall, 1000 seat athletics stadium, extensive outdoors training and playing facilities and a mosque. The complex, designed by Arup and Arup Associates, will significantly transform the quality and extent of sporting facilities not only to the city, but to the country and region as a whole, providing an interactive sports centre with year-round utilization.

At the center of the masterplan will be Kingdom’s first purpose-built FIFA standard football venue. It will be home to Jeddah’s two Premier League clubs, Al-Ittihad FC and Al-Ahli SC.

Within the project are support functions to serve a major FIFA sporting venue. Including a 5-star quality premium lounge, boxes and VVIP facilities; amenities for visiting top international athletes; and facilities to serve a demanding local and world press.


The Bowl & Concourse
The integrated multi-disciplinary design team has carefully choreographed the total spectator experience from buying a ticket to taking a seat. Every step has been considered holistically to realise the potential for fully immersive and highly exciting events to be staged.
Providing the perfect seating bowl has been at the heart of the design approach. Parametrically sculpted to ensure every seat has exemplary sightlines and as-close-as-possible proximity to the pitch, the outcome is an elegant, curvaceous bowl with maximized number of seats in the most desired east and west sides of the pitch. The form of this bowl defines the shape and form of the stadium itself

Typically football matches in Saudi Arabia take place at night-time with the peak number of matches in the cooler months. As a result Arup were able to design the three tier, 60,000 seat bowl to be completely naturally ventilated. Air is drawn in from the concourses and up out through the centre of the roof. Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) modeling was used to determine the optimum extent of roof and openings within the bowl; balancing the conflicting needs of shading the concrete to avoid radiant heat, giving sunlight to the grass and allowing good ventilation to provide breezes to reach down to the pitch and players.

The main level 3 concourse around the bowl is a unique and very dramatic triple-height space. The concourse is raised above the masterplan and wraps around the stadium to provide a promenade with fantastic views back over the masterplan and towards Jeddah and the nearby creek. This fantastic space will have direct 360 degree views right into the bowl and will be filled with the roar of the crowd.


The Roof & Facade
Structure and architecture are completely integrated. The 3D cantilevered roof trusses and tie-downs create an efficient load-sharing structural system and the geometric foundation for the diagrid, semi-open external screens that shade the concourses, articulating a radical contemporary expression of Islamic patterns, forms and spaces.

Running round the stadium is a structurally efficient ribbon of bracing and tie-down V-frames. This sets up a language of diagonals and provides a grid for a mashrabiya screen of on-and-off solid and perforated diamond infill metal panels giving dappled shade and channeling cool breezes. The bowl behind will provide backlighting at night, allowing the building to glow through the screen.

The bowl is perceived as an extension of the sands around, over which is placed the gem-like roof and shimmering mashrabiya screen. These two elements unite to evoke a jewel-like presence in the desert that responds to its cultural and environmental context.

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Some pictures

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last update

today 21/2/2013

[OKT23]

Why every new stadium/arena have that colour scheme on the chairs? Single colours looks much better.

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