Hazza Bin Zayed stadium, designed by global architecture, urbanism and design practice Broadway Malyan, has topped out in Al Ain, UAE.
Featuring 25,000 seats for the spectators, the Hazza Bin Zayed stadium is the first construction phase of a mixed-use scheme in Al Ain. Comprising over 1.5 million square feet of development, the stadium and mixed-use scheme will include hospitality, commercial and residential space.
Providing a central year-round location for sports and football enthusiasts, families, friends and businesses to come together, the stadium is designed as the most modern, state-of-the-art facility in the Middle East. The stadium project includes six-storey office building, public realm works, sports centre as well as training, fitness and kids zone facilities. The external works of the project includes roads, car parking, playing fields, and landscaping. It features over 3,000 premium seats and onsite parking for over 2,000 vehicles. The stadium also boasts one of the highest ratios of premium seating in the world for football stadia with the close-up auxiliary area of 5.4 metres providing spectators an unrivalled fan experience.
The construction of the stadium is a combination of structural steel and reinforced concrete on piled foundations with aluminium and composite external cladding and a palm bowl envelope. The stadium is not enclosed and is designed with full architectural treatment to the external facades. It features an unusual flowing roof, which will shade the pitch during late afternoon play. The design of the stadium is in-line with FIFA requirements that will enable it to host national and international events.
The geometry of the roof is developed in order to provide full shading over the field of play and the stands for every day during the year after 5:30 pm - reducing the solar energy gains during events to a minimum but allowing natural turf to grow. The striking roof geometry consists of a primary steel structure with a PVC/PES membrane cladding. The exterior palm bole facade consists of a steel diagrid structure with 612 individual orientated membrane panels to achieve maximum shading but also to allow possible views from the inside. The membrane panels in combination with the primary steel structure is an homage to the palm bole - an emblem of the Oasis of Al Ain. A modular system has been developed in order to rationalize the facade and cladding system, allowing a simple and fast installation on site.
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Type of Structure: cantilever roof structure with
membrane cladding, diagrid facade structure
with membrane panels
Owner: AAFAQ Holdings LLC
Completed on: 2014
Architect: Pattern Design Limited, London
Contractors: BAM international
Technical data:
Roof membrane: 13,500 m² PVC/PES and
10,500 PVC/PES mesh, 1,650 t structural steel
Facade: 9,200 m² glass/PTFE membrane,
870 t structural steel
Louver structure: 3,700 m² PVC/PES membrane
Seats: 28,000
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