N EW P ISA SOCCER STADIUM DESIGN

Abstract P ROGETTAZIONE DEL NUOVO STADIO DI CALCIO DI P ISA

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III Graduation Thesis

N EW P ISA SOCCER STADIUM DESIGN

Abstract

This project concerns structures for a new sports complex consisting in a soccer stadium and two Olympic swimming pools. The three main targets of this thesis are: town- planning, and architectural and functional design (of the stadium only) and, finally, a structural analysis of possibility of a sheeting covering .

With regard to the first point a careful analysis was carried out of the state of the approach roads to the area to create a hierarchy, partly through the presence of a roundabouts and a system of wide avenues. We then arranged 4400 parking-places subdivided into 6 independent sectors , completed by a bus station and a specially constructed railway station on the stretch of railway line between Pisa and Collesalvetti.

In the next stage, we dealt with the formal and functional studies of the stadium; we proceeded to analyze the “aesthetic” options in the perspective of the rules concerning exits, emergency exits, entrances, visibility etc.

Built in two rings, the stadium has no running track and the first ring is partly sunken below ground level, thus permitting a reduction in the total height of the building and providing a substantial reduction in visual impact. Characterized by large glass doors, the elevations are evenly subdivided by 12 pre-fabricated reinforced concrete structures, which contain the access ramps to the second ring. These buildings support 12 lattice girders and the polycarbonate covering of every sector of the stadium.

The final part of this thesis concerns the dimensional structural design of the entire covering; in particular, we deal with checking the girders, which have a 31 m span and an equilateral triangular section with the vertex uppermost and are doubly tapered to either end.

In conclusion, in accordance with the Eurocode 3, we checked two spatial joints and then

made an estimate for their transportation and assemblage.