#Greenpoint Stadium - 69,070 - Cape Town [Part 4]

[Mo Rush]

Ring of Fire
Green Point Stadium Design Report

image hosted on flickr

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by juzzy

theres similarities with berlin stadium and the roof of GPS as well as MM with regards to the "window" at the end of the stadium...very nice...

GPS was based on Berlin's roof by the same architect(s) but obviously much improved with no columns, a translucent upper glass layer, designed to cope and move with high winds, a mix of cables and trusses rather than a tensile structure and varying in height.

[Mo Rush]

great updates at Joannes blog which belongs to Joanne.
http://greenpointstadium-and-capetown.blogspot.com/

You can see the facade work is motoring with the overall shape forming and looking insane!

[Lydon]

Originally Posted by Mo Rush

great updates at Joannes blog which belongs to Joanne.

lmao

[Mo Rush]

i hope its not sarcastic. just trying to be clear and respect her wishes. you can get banned for being sarcastic.

[DennisRodman97]

Big Mo u fear this woman too much....

[hoodedvillain]

Mo I know you've already said what the membrane is going to be like.

But 'oh giver of knowledge', could you please remind me. PTE Mesh or something? Is it translucent too?

[juzzy]

Originally Posted by DennisRodman97

Big Mo u fear this woman too much....

that chic will climb through your monitor and chow you...

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by hoodedvillain

Mo I know you've already said what the membrane is going to be like.

But 'oh giver of knowledge', could you please remind me. PTE Mesh or something? Is it translucent too?

Translucent Mesh fabric façade

The entire stadium will be clad in a
light, silver mesh fabric façade. It
allows only 30% of natural light and
thus significantly reduces thermal
radiation and glare while providing
natural ventilation and cooling for
spectators in the stadium bowl. The
capital cost of the cladding amounts to
R206-million. The cladding has
another important environmental
function; that of reducing visual clutter
by creating an even outer façade that
respects the surrounding historic
urban fabric.

IMO it will be very similar to the FIFA HQ.

image hosted on flickr

[Mo Rush]

Although Green Point will use a fibre glass infused PTFE fabric mesh, the effect is well explained by the description of the FIFA mesh facade.

With spectacular visual effects, the textile-like cladding of the Home of FIFA communicates with the observer and with the surroundings. Depending on the point of view, the angle of incidence of light and the time of day, it reveals the view into the inside of the building, or conceals it and reflects the natural surroundings. As the sun crosses the sky, the metallic woven mantle constantly changes: monochrome gray in the early morning gives way to silvery coolness in the blazing midday sun and a warm golden shimmer in the glow of sunset. At night the mesh, with its warp cables of stainless steel and its weft wires of silver-colored, continuously anodized aluminum, becomes a luminous projection screen for an innovative lighting concept devised by the American light sculptor James Turrell. The outstanding high-tech aesthetics of the mesh are coupled with decisive functional advantages. The shimmering mantle constantly permits a view outside from the interior, provides full-value sun protection with room climate control capability, and, thanks to its absolute resistance to weather, has a practically unlimited service life.

an example:

[Ocean4]

Mouthwatering. Can't await the facade fabric mesh rising at GPS.
Hope all cameras are ready, when the first mounting test are gonna happen.

[Durbsboi]

Should be soon, has the weather cleard up down at your end? think some of its here by us now

[SharksBoy]

thank mo for Joanne link. Please do it every time when Joanne update. We must respect Joanne and we must enter her blog. anyway. nice Mesh hope we will see it sometime soon. so 4 month till completion...

[Mo Rush]

Video Gallery


Please click on a link below to view the video

Dave Hugo (Technical Director 2010 Green Point stadium) on the construction progress, Aug 2009
(WMV, 10mb, 512x288)

Christian Schlögl of Joint Venture company, Birdair Pfeier, sub-contractor to Murray & Roberts / WBHO discusses their roof design, Aug 2009
(WMV, 8.7mb, 512x288)

Zuma kicks off 2010 countdown, June 2009
(WMV, 7.5mb, 1m11s, 512x288)

Green Point stadium 'roof lifting', Feb 2009
(WMV, 3mb, 53s, 320x240)

Green Point stadium construction progress, Dave Hugo interview, Dec 2008
(WMV, 7.5mb, 2m14s, 320x240)

Green Point stadium 3D model animation, 2008
(WMV, 5.1mb, 2m25s, 320x240)

Green Goal promotional video, Oct 2008
(WMV, 5.7mb, 5m06s, 320x240)

FIFA president visit - Blatter meets construction workers 1, Sep 2008
(WMV, 2.3mb, 54s, 320x240)

FIFA president visit - Blatter meets construction workers 2, Sep 2008
(WMV, 2.2mb, 49s, 320x240)

FIFA president vist - FW de Klerk speech, Sep 2008
(WMV, 5.3mb, 2m05s, 320x240)

2010 Green Point stadium construction progress, Dave Hugo, Jul 2007
(WMV, 2mb, 56s, 320x240)

City of Cape Town 2010 host logo launch, June 2007
(WMV, 3mb, 1m20s, 320x240)

"90 minutes for Madiba", Newlands, July 2007
(WMV, 3.5mb, 1m30s, 320x240)

"Air space violation" security exercise, March 2007
(WMV, 2.5mb, 50s, 320x240)

[Mo Rush]

Who needs R6.5 million when you have updates updates updates!!!

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[Mo Rush]

[Mo Rush]

Book your Table Mountain premium seats early to avoid disappointment.

[Dames]

Zille's seat above the pitch is gone

This surely doesn't look like the inside of a stadium:

[Ocean4]

Shocking Beautiful.

Mo, where can I by the tickets for the Table Mountain premium seats?

Looking for a ten years ticket.

[herb21]

Originally Posted by Mo Rush

Book your Table Mountain premium seats early to avoid disappointment.

Arnt those in football terms actually quite poor seats? I wouldnt mind sitting there though