Arena, Stadia & Arenas

Olympic Park Rio 2016 – Aquatics Stadium

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A temporary 18,000 seat arena was created for hosting the Olympics and Paralympics swimming and aquactics polo competitions. The temporary building structures of stands and roof, conceived for later reutilization, were designed to allow simple disassembling, transportation and later assembling operation.
The roof is comprised by identical steel trusses that longitudinally cross the 100 m span and valley cables that grant to the PVC membrane the required shape and structural stability. The façade made out of steel vertically disposed tubes form a harmonic arrangement with the roof, granting to the arena a high architectural and engineering standard, compatible to an Olympic venue.

Categories
Arena, Stadia & Arenas
Location
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Architect
gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
Cooperation
Lumens, Sustentec, AECOM
Owner
Prefeitura Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
Project Responsibility
Knut Göppert

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Technical Data

GFA
36,887 m²
Ground area
35,898 m²
Length
136.8 m
Width
101.7 m
Height
31.65 m
Facade area
15,097 m²
Roof area
13,912 m²
Seats
18,000

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