Design Volkwin Marg and Hubert Nienhoff with Martin Glass, 2008
Project leaders Martin Glass, Maike Carlsen
Project leader, Brazil Burkhard Pick, Sander-Christiaan Troost
Staff, design Konstanze Erbe, Claudio Aceituno Husch, Martin Krebes, Helge Lezius, Ausias Lobatón Ortega, Dirk Peissl, Nicolai Reich, Stefan Saß, Florian Schwarthoff, Sonia Taborda
Staff, planning Sophie-Charlotte Altrock, Lieselotte Decker, Barbara Düring, Stephanie Eichelmann, Konstanze Erbe, Silke Flaßnöcker, Elke Glass, Fabian Kirchner, Juliana Kleba-Rizental, Helge Lezius, Veit Lieneweg, Lucia Martinez Rodriguez, Adel Motamedi, Sara Taberner, Katerine Witte
Staff, execution Sophie-Charlotte Altrock, Felipe Bellani, Lena Brögger, Claudia Chiappini, Priscila Lima da Silva Giersdorf, Ruth Gould, Jacqueline Gregorius, Juliana Kleba-Rizental, Helge Lezius, Lucia Martinez Rodriguez, Dirk Müller, Dirk Peissl, Ivanka Percovic, Camila Preve, Katerine Witte
Director gmp do Brasil Ralf Amann
Staff, Brazil Florian Schwarthoff, Katerine Witte, Sander-Christiaan Troost, Rodrigo Mathias Duro Teixeira, Anguelica Larocca Troost, Guilherme Maia, Gui Cabral
Cooperation with STADIA, São Paulo; schlaich bergermann und partner, Stuttgart
Structural concept and design, roof schlaich bergermann und partner – Knut Göppert, Knut Stockhusen, Miriam Sayeg, Thomas Moschner, Sebastian Grotz, Tilman Schober, Olesja Martin
Structural engineering, bowl EGT, São Paulo; Larenge, São Paulo, Ruy Bentes, São Paulo
Technical equipment b.i.g. Bechtold Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH; mha, São Paulo, TEKNIKA Projetos e Consultoria ltda, São Paulo, SOENG Construção hidroelétrica ltda, São Paulo, Bosco & Associados ltda, São Paulo, Loudness Sonorização Ltda, São Paulo
Landscape design St raum a (Design phase), Interact, São Paulo
Client Companhia de Desenvolvimento do Estado do Amazonas / Construtora Andrade Gutierrez S.A, Manaus
Seats ca. 43,500
Length of the stadium ca. 240 m
Width of the stadium ca. 200 m
Height of the stadium ca. 35 m
Building period 2010-2013
Certification:
LEED Certified
Located in the middle of the jungle, 1500 km from the sea, Manaus is where the Rio Negro and Rio Solimões run together to form the Amazon, the world’s mightiest river. It is also the capital of the similarly named federal province, a metropolis that was once a centre of the rubber industry but is now, as a Free Economic Zone, a finance center with global trade relationships. It also has a fascinating cultural legacy, which, with the potential of the surrounding rain forests, makes it a very attractive tourist center.
With the design of the new Manaus stadium, the aim was to come up with a very simple but highly efficient stadium that would at the same time specifically symbolize the location, particularly the fascination and natural diversity of the tropical rain forest.
With a capacity of 45,000, the stadium lies directly on the central traffic axis linking the city with the airport. Integrated into a sports park that is also home to a sambodrome, athletics facilities, multi-purpose venues and a swimming center, it is part of the “Arena da Amazônia”, which offers ideal conditions for professional and local sporting events. The basic design was developed in cooperation with our local partner STADIA, São Paulo and with the structural engineers schlaich bergermann & partner, Stuttgart.
Exploiting the natural topography, the stadium is situated on a plinth set into a slight slope that also houses commercial facilities and parking. An encircling ring of boxes, offices and a restaurant for fans separates the upper tier from the lower tier, which is cut into the plinth.
The roof structure is made up of mutually supporting cantilevers, whose steel hollow core girders function simultaneously as large gutters to drain the immense run-off of tropical rainwater. Given the hot, humid Amazonas climate, the roof continues into the façade to provide shade and shelter for spectator circulation areas and vertical access points. The fields of the roof and façades consist of translucent fiberglass fabric. The natural ventilation arising in combination with the façade apertures creates a pleasant microclimate.
Under the banner of a sustainable World Cup, the stadium will be one of the first to be certified as compliant with the LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) criteria of the US Green Building Councils. The integrated ecological scheme takes account of the choice of location, construction sequence, transport routing and primary energy content of individual materials, water resource management, energy consumption, regulation and control systems, waste management and a permanent monitoring of ongoing operations.
As one of the most important centers of ecotourism in South America, Manaus will acquire a characteristic landmark that will do justice even in the long term to the requirement for a responsible treatment of natural resources.
