project
San Nicola Stadium
General information
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Location address
Bari
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Location country
Italy
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Year of construction
1990
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Name of the client/building owner
Comune Di Bari
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Function of building
Stadia
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Degree of enclosure
Open structure
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Climatic zone
Mediterranean - mild winters, dry hot summers
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Primary function of the tensile structure
- Sun protection
Description
60000 seat stadium, for the 1990 soccer World Cup, with full size athletics track. The main stand is a `floating' concrete bowl made up of precast segments with lightweight steel cantilevered roof covered with 13000m2 PTFE/glass membrane canopies.
Description of the environmental conditions
Material of the cover
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Cable-net/Fabric/Hybrid/Foil
Fabric
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Material Fabric/Foil
Glass
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Material coating
PTFE
Main dimensions and form
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Covered surface (m2)
13000
Duration of use
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Temporary or permanent structure
Permanent
Involved companies
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Architects
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
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Engineers
Arup
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Suppliers
Verseidag-Indutex GmbH