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Architecture Design of FIFA World Cup 2010 Soccer City Stadium – Johannesburg South Africa – by Boogertman Urban Edge and Partners

7 December 2009 One Comment

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Architecture Design of Soccer City Stadium
The Soccer City Stadium – Johannesburg will be used for the largest football competition in the world FIFA World Cup 2010, at the opening and the closing ceremony. This stadium will have 95 000 seat. The architectural design of the stadium was selected from a series of concept designs, ranging from acknowledgement of Johannesburg’s disappearing mine dumps; the kgotla (defined by the tree) of the African city state; the African map as a horizontal representation, which included the roof as a desert plane supported on tropical trees set within the mineral wealth of Southern African; to a representation of the protea, our national flower. The calabash, or African pot design, proposed by Boogertman Urban Edge + Partners was selected as being the most recognisable object to represent what would automatically be associated with the African continent and not any other. The calabash, or ‘melting pot of African cultures’, sits on a raised podium, on top of which is located a ‘pit of fire’. Thus the pot sits in a depression, which is the ‘pit of fire’, as if it were being naturally fired. The pit of fire demarcates the security and turnstile line separating the outer areas and the secure inner areas.
Soccer City Stadium Architectural Design
Soccer City Stadium - Johannesburg - Architecture Design
The structural profile of the existing suite levels and upper-tier seating of the existing western grandstand are extended all round to encircle the pitch. The existing lower embankment will be rebuilt to vastly improve the view lines and comfort of the most popular seats in the house. The upper third of the existing embankment is to be raised to form a secondary tier, thus turning the stadium into a 3-tiered, rather than a 2-tiered, stadium.
Architectural Design of Soccer City Stadium
The upper embankment and the rebuilt lower embankment are accessible from the lower concourse, which is fed from the podium level. The two suite levels and the upper tier are accessed via 3-dimensional ramp structures that are contained within the façade of the pot. The suite levels also have separate lift and stair lobbies at each corner for dedicated secure VIP access.
Design of Soccer City Stadium – Johannesburg
The pot’s façade is made up of laminated fibre reinforced concrete panels, in a selection of 8 colours and 2 textures that make reference to the shades and textures of the calabash. The pot is punctured by open or glazed panels which create a suggestion of pattern on the façade that comes into its own when the inside volumes are illuminated. The façade is articulated by 10 vertical slots which are aligned geographically with the 9 other 2010 stadia, as well as the Berlin stadium. These are representative of the road to the final, and it is hoped that, after the World Cup, the scores of each game at each venue will be placed in pre-cast concrete panels on the podium. A visit to the stadium will thus provide one with a full history of the World Cup and all its scores. The upper roof, which is cantilevered from an enormous triangular spatial ring truss, is covered by a PTFE membrane in a colour similar to that of the adjacent mine-dump sand. The bottom of the trusses will be covered by a perforated mesh membrane, thus giving the appearance of a smooth under-slung ceiling.
Process Soccer City Stadium Building
Architecture Design of Soccer City Stadium for FIFA World Cup 2010
All VIP areas and the stadium management offices will be located behind the main western grandstand, with a dedicated VIP entrance. New change rooms, media work areas, auditorium, and VIP parking are located within a new basement under the podium on the western side of the stadium.