New Mineirão | BCMF arquitetos
FIFA World Cup 2014 Belo Horizonte / Brazil / 2012
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MINEIRÃO, PAMPULHA
Inaugurated in 1965 (original design by Eduardo Mendes Guimarães Júnior and Gaspar Garreto) as the second largest stadium in the world, the Mineirão Stadium is located in the surroundings of the Pampulha Lagoon, close to Oscar Niemeyer’s and Burle Marx seminal work, being part of Belo Horizonte’s main postcard. As Brazil was chosen to host the World Cup 2014, opportunity came about to transform the traditional stadium, which façade is heritage listed, into a contemporary multifunctional sports facility.
The New Mineirão aims to go beyond its primary role as a world-class sports arena, also offering a range of services, commerce, culture and entertainment for the city, becoming a new hub of activities integrated to the modernist landscape of the leisure and touristic Pampulha complex.
The instrument chosen to make this operation possible was a public-private partnership (PPP), determining that the redevelopment of the stadium would be undertaken by a company which, in return, would be granted its use for the next 25 years. The winner of the bid was Minas Arena Consortium, that invited BCMF Architects, renowned for their expertise in sports architecture, to be responsible for the renovation of the whole complex of the New Mineirão, including the Stadium itself as well as the surrounding areas (“Esplanade”).
The task was to review the basic project used as a term of reference for the bidding (by Brazilian GPA&A and German GMP), and to deliver a complete new design for the stadium, in accordance to the demands of the consortium and of the PPP policies. Innovations ranged from responses to new requirements from FIFA and other technical guidelines, to new concepts to integrate the complex to its surroundings context and to enhance its commercial potential, including the complete redefinition of the external architecture (“Esplanade”) and of the new roof extension.
NEW MINEIRÃO
In this context, to transform the “Pampulha Giant” into a modern multifunctional facility, the interventions proposed are both radical and respectful, reinforcing the monumental original structure within the iconic modernist landscape.
As for the original architecture of the Stadium, basically only the outer “shell” remained: the 88 structural semi-porticos, the concrete roof and the upper tiers. The rest of the “core” was completely rebuilt to guarantee the total overhaul inside the arena, including the new extension of the roof, all the new program and infra-structure, besides the lowering of the pitch and the lower tiers redesign, improving the sight-lines for the new capacity of 62.160 seats.
The renovation on the outside is total, with a new 200.000 m² operational platform separating the spectators´ from the accredited flow. The “Esplanade” includes various facilities around the stadium, opened to the public as an immense landscaped plaza, visually linked to the Pampulha Lagoon. This platform is sculpted and molded to the site as an artificial topography, integrated with the immediate surroundings, being perceived as a continuation of the street domain. Thus, the public is attracted by programs strategically distributed throughout the esplanade, creating areas with potential to generate activities and movement during all day, seven days a week.
The project has also sustainable features, using solar energy, reusing rainwater, as well as efficient lighting systems, intelligent control of energy and so on (LEED Certification). After the event, many operational areas which are specific for the 2014 Worl Cup will have other uses (institutional, commercial and leisure programs), contributing for the economic sustainability of the complex.
The New Mineirão points out ways in which sports mega events can leave a lasting legacy to the host-cities. Here, even though interventions are made on a stadium scale, they respond to the demands of larger scales, such as the neighborhood, the landscape and the city itself. Thus, the ambition is that the urban domain should be invited into the realm and scope of the architecture.
TECH CHART
LOCATION Pampulha, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
STATUS: Completed on December 2012
CLIENT Minas Arena/Secopa
CONSORTIUM Nova Arena BH - Construcap, Egesa e Hap Engenharia
CONSTRUCTION COST 320.000.000 U$D
SIZE: 348.900,00m2
CAPACITY: 62.160 spectators
ARCHITECTS BCMF Architects - Bruno Campos, Marcelo Fontes and Silvio Todeschi '>http://www.bcmfarquitetos.com'>
TEAM Patrícia Bueno, Leonardo Paes, Luciana Maciel, Michelle Moura, Mara Coelho, Leonardo Rodrigues, Joana Vieira, Carolina Eboli, Gabriela Jacobina, Henrique Amin, Isabel Garcia, Thiago Bandeira, Camila Belisário, Fani Frkovic, Demetris Venizelos, Daniela Ribeiro, Marta Guedán Vidal, Felix Morczinek, Charlotte Fredriksson and Frederico Almeida
CONSULTANTS Fernando Maculan, Mariza Machado, Coelho and Carlos Teixeira
AR CONDITIONING Conset Engenharia de Projetos
WAYFINDING / GRAPHIC DESIGN Hardy Design (Mariana Hardy)
STEEL FRAMES BM Consultoria
CONCRETE AND STEEL STRUCTURE Engserj
PRE-FAB CONCRETE STRUCTURE: Precon/Premo
HIDRAULICS AND FIREPROOF INSTALATIONS STE Engenharia
ELECTRICAL, ACOUSTICS, AUTOMATION AND SONORIZATION MHA
LIGHTING Arquitetura e Luz
LANDSCAPE HS Jardinagem (with Rose Guedes) and BCMF Arquitetos (with Carlos Teixeira)
STRUCTURAL RECOVERY AND WATERPROOFING Recuperação Patologia e Durabilidade das Construções
TRAFFIC SYSTEM AND FLOWS STUDIES (“LEGION”) : Tectran/Modelle
USINA SOLAR CEMIG
LANDWORKS Tempro
LEED CERTIFICATION CTE
MODELS Base Maquetes and BCMF Arquitetos
RENDERINGS: Casa Digital (Felipe Coutinho) and BCMF Architects
SKETCHES: BCMF Architects (Bruno Campos)
Inaugurated in 1965 (original design by Eduardo Mendes Guimarães Júnior and Gaspar Garreto) as the second largest stadium in the world, the Mineirão Stadium is located in the surroundings of the Pampulha Lagoon, close to Oscar Niemeyer’s and Burle Marx seminal work, being part of Belo Horizonte’s main postcard. As Brazil was chosen to host the World Cup 2014, opportunity came about to transform the traditional stadium, which façade is heritage listed, into a contemporary multifunctional sports facility.
The New Mineirão aims to go beyond its primary role as a world-class sports arena, also offering a range of services, commerce, culture and entertainment for the city, becoming a new hub of activities integrated to the modernist landscape of the leisure and touristic Pampulha complex.
The instrument chosen to make this operation possible was a public-private partnership (PPP), determining that the redevelopment of the stadium would be undertaken by a company which, in return, would be granted its use for the next 25 years. The winner of the bid was Minas Arena Consortium, that invited BCMF Architects, renowned for their expertise in sports architecture, to be responsible for the renovation of the whole complex of the New Mineirão, including the Stadium itself as well as the surrounding areas (“Esplanade”).
The task was to review the basic project used as a term of reference for the bidding (by Brazilian GPA&A and German GMP), and to deliver a complete new design for the stadium, in accordance to the demands of the consortium and of the PPP policies. Innovations ranged from responses to new requirements from FIFA and other technical guidelines, to new concepts to integrate the complex to its surroundings context and to enhance its commercial potential, including the complete redefinition of the external architecture (“Esplanade”) and of the new roof extension.
NEW MINEIRÃO
In this context, to transform the “Pampulha Giant” into a modern multifunctional facility, the interventions proposed are both radical and respectful, reinforcing the monumental original structure within the iconic modernist landscape.
As for the original architecture of the Stadium, basically only the outer “shell” remained: the 88 structural semi-porticos, the concrete roof and the upper tiers. The rest of the “core” was completely rebuilt to guarantee the total overhaul inside the arena, including the new extension of the roof, all the new program and infra-structure, besides the lowering of the pitch and the lower tiers redesign, improving the sight-lines for the new capacity of 62.160 seats.
The renovation on the outside is total, with a new 200.000 m² operational platform separating the spectators´ from the accredited flow. The “Esplanade” includes various facilities around the stadium, opened to the public as an immense landscaped plaza, visually linked to the Pampulha Lagoon. This platform is sculpted and molded to the site as an artificial topography, integrated with the immediate surroundings, being perceived as a continuation of the street domain. Thus, the public is attracted by programs strategically distributed throughout the esplanade, creating areas with potential to generate activities and movement during all day, seven days a week.
The project has also sustainable features, using solar energy, reusing rainwater, as well as efficient lighting systems, intelligent control of energy and so on (LEED Certification). After the event, many operational areas which are specific for the 2014 Worl Cup will have other uses (institutional, commercial and leisure programs), contributing for the economic sustainability of the complex.
The New Mineirão points out ways in which sports mega events can leave a lasting legacy to the host-cities. Here, even though interventions are made on a stadium scale, they respond to the demands of larger scales, such as the neighborhood, the landscape and the city itself. Thus, the ambition is that the urban domain should be invited into the realm and scope of the architecture.
TECH CHART
LOCATION Pampulha, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
STATUS: Completed on December 2012
CLIENT Minas Arena/Secopa
CONSORTIUM Nova Arena BH - Construcap, Egesa e Hap Engenharia
CONSTRUCTION COST 320.000.000 U$D
SIZE: 348.900,00m2
CAPACITY: 62.160 spectators
ARCHITECTS BCMF Architects - Bruno Campos, Marcelo Fontes and Silvio Todeschi '>http://www.bcmfarquitetos.com'>
TEAM Patrícia Bueno, Leonardo Paes, Luciana Maciel, Michelle Moura, Mara Coelho, Leonardo Rodrigues, Joana Vieira, Carolina Eboli, Gabriela Jacobina, Henrique Amin, Isabel Garcia, Thiago Bandeira, Camila Belisário, Fani Frkovic, Demetris Venizelos, Daniela Ribeiro, Marta Guedán Vidal, Felix Morczinek, Charlotte Fredriksson and Frederico Almeida
CONSULTANTS Fernando Maculan, Mariza Machado, Coelho and Carlos Teixeira
AR CONDITIONING Conset Engenharia de Projetos
WAYFINDING / GRAPHIC DESIGN Hardy Design (Mariana Hardy)
STEEL FRAMES BM Consultoria
CONCRETE AND STEEL STRUCTURE Engserj
PRE-FAB CONCRETE STRUCTURE: Precon/Premo
HIDRAULICS AND FIREPROOF INSTALATIONS STE Engenharia
ELECTRICAL, ACOUSTICS, AUTOMATION AND SONORIZATION MHA
LIGHTING Arquitetura e Luz
LANDSCAPE HS Jardinagem (with Rose Guedes) and BCMF Arquitetos (with Carlos Teixeira)
STRUCTURAL RECOVERY AND WATERPROOFING Recuperação Patologia e Durabilidade das Construções
TRAFFIC SYSTEM AND FLOWS STUDIES (“LEGION”) : Tectran/Modelle
USINA SOLAR CEMIG
LANDWORKS Tempro
LEED CERTIFICATION CTE
MODELS Base Maquetes and BCMF Arquitetos
RENDERINGS: Casa Digital (Felipe Coutinho) and BCMF Architects
SKETCHES: BCMF Architects (Bruno Campos)
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MINEIRÃO, PAMPULHA Inaugurated in 1965 (original design by Eduardo Mendes Guimarães Júnior and Gaspar Garreto) as the second largest stadium in the world, the Mineirão Stadium is located in the surroundings of the Pampulha Lagoon, close to Oscar Niemeyer’s and Burle Marx seminal work, being part of Belo Horizonte’s main postcard. As Brazil was chosen to host the World Cup 2014, opportunity came about to transform the traditional stadium, which façade is heritage listed, into a contemporary...
- Year 2012
- Work started in 2010
- Work finished in 2012
- Cost US$ 320,000,000
- Status Completed works
- Type Public Squares / Urban Furniture / Stadiums / Sport halls / Sports Facilities
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