Arena, Stadia & Arenas

Wolfgang Meyer Sport Centre Hamburg-Stellingen

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A competition was held to find an economical solution for the roofing of the existing artificial ice rink and cycling track that could be realized within a short construction period (7 months including foundation work).
The delicate supporting structure, consisting of four main columns and eight cable-braced air columns, is spanned only by a thin membrane made of translucent polyester fabric, which is anchored to the foundations at the edge via masts with cables. The membrane is part of the load-bearing primary structure and not just a space-enclosing shell. The different degrees of translucency of the radial membrane reinforcements at the high points present the force curve in an appealing way.

Categories
Arena, Stadia & Arenas
Location
Hamburg, Germany
Architect
schlaich bergermann partner; Silcher, Werner und Partner, Hamburg
Owner
Freie Hansestadt Hamburg
Project Responsibility
Andreas Keil

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Technical Data

Membrane area
6,700 m²
Span of membrane
20 m
Length of axes
70 x 120 m
Height
25 m
Membrane type
IV
Steel
63 t
Cables
14 t

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