www.bahadirkul.com Location : Konya / Turkey Project Year : 2012 - 2014 Capacity : 42.000 Site Area : 250.000m2 Total Floor Area : 90.000m2 Client : Municipality of Konya Konya City Stadium is located on the north of the city, 9 km away from the city center on an area of 450,000 m2. A sports hall, swimming pool, veledrom and a concourse is also available. The transportion is provided by the railway system, private vehicles and public transport. Konya City Stadium, is designed with an approach of harmonizing the cultural codes with contemporary structure. The exterior of the structure is in white-green colors which symbolizes the city football team. Geometrical forms which also can be seen in Seljuk structures as well as the triangular, pentagonal and hexagonal forms are used. Planning of the structure is based on UEFA criterias. The stadium has no concourse. The total seating capacity of the stadium which is 38,000 is seperated as the lower with a capacity of 17,000 people, the upper with a capacity of 21,000 in the grandstand. The seating area settlement is called as the east, west, south and north. A sufficient number of toilets and buffet areas were planned under all the grandstands for the audience. The football field is covered with artificial turf that's heated from below based on the FIFA and UEFA criterias. The top part of this area is covered with high technical featured materials (pitch, cover, etc.) which enables the arena to be used for different functions. The grandstands are reinforced with concrete, and roof and the facades are made of steel. Wall and roof is covered with composite panel and quadroclad panels, aluminum interlock systems and solar olimpic polycarbonate and tinted green glass is used in wall and roof covering. Metal pans with a width of 30 cm and depth of 15 cm is used to create a consant canal which defines the forms, provides the drainage of roof and façade water, and assembly the linear led lightning system. The covered areas under the grandstands and the grandstand main carrier is reinforced with concrete. The concrete areas are made of brut concrete. Athlete locker rooms, training areas, the referee and jury rooms and various size of rooms for media and VIP entrances are planned on the western grandstand which also has a main carrier made out of of concrete. Technical units and management offices are also in this region. Durable, robust and easy to clean aesthetic materials are used on the walls and on the ceiling. Athletes use this elevation to reach playground. The grandstands are 2 floored and designed to be in the form of an arch with 44 steps. The distance of the grandstands to the field is between 9-11 m. The most distant audience from the football field is planned to be 90 m away from the center. Audience, media, lounge, VIP, athlete, and security guards entrances and circulation areas are seperated from each other. The stair blocks of the upper and the lower grandstands are seperated. The building has a total of 16 lifts which of 4 provide service. There's a tourniquet for every 500 audience. There's a covered parking lot in the basement of all the grandstands. Radiant heaters are positioned under the roof for the audience comfort and a sub-heating system is used in order to protect the turf under heavy weather conditions. A parking lot with a capacity of 1500 vehicles, guest team parking lot, VIP and protocol parking lots and service roads are planned outside the first fence. The box offices are also on the first fence.

• published: 03 Mar 2014
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