Case study Textile Architecture Arena World Cup 2018

Client: Architect: Manufacturer: Sportengineering gmp architects & PI Arena Dovleti/Kubantent At the foot of the memorial complex … Low & Bonar developed specific blue ...the Arena was built, near the type of membrane which features the River. It has a capacity of around 45,000 colour of the club which is to overtake spectators. German gmp architects the stadium after the FIFA world cup. from developed the design toge- ther with sbp as structural engineers. By chance the club’s blue and white Apart from being venue of several group rhombi are very similar to the Bavarian games the stadium will host FC Rotor flag in Southern Germany. An interna- Volgograd in the future. Project institute tional public knows the light blue and ARENA (PI Arena), a Russian architects’ white emblem from the Oktoberfest in office founded in 2011, coordinated the Munich. There might even be the op- planning process and was responsible portunity for an Oktoberfest edition in Volgograd Arena World Cup 18 for the execution work during implemen- the newly built Volgograd Arena … tation. The detail planning of the roof was monitored by Maffeis Engineering. Project Name: Volgograd Arena Execution: PG Maximum, PI Arena, Material: VALMEX® MEHATOP® F1 TYPE IV Kurganstalmost (KSM) (Contractor), The grandstand areas have a cover of Quantity : 37.000 sqm white color; 44.000 Stroytransgaz, Maffeis Engineering, blue and white rhombi consisting of sqm light blue color Dovleti/Kubantent membranes made in Germany. Low & Completion: 2018 Bonar provided more than 80.000 sqm Location: Volgograd, of technical textiles in two colours. The Concept: gmp architetcts (design) , sbp roof adds up to the eye-catching venue (design) as a whole – meant to embed this speci- fic stadium in the public memory and es- sentially putting the venue and its loca- tion on the map. Hence Volgograd Arena and the “” statue as its direct neighbour tell the city’s story of the past and the present.