Last Friday October 11, Valencia CF presented to Valencia City Hall the project for the new stadium on Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas.
elDiario.es has had exclusive access to the project report (complete at the end of the information) which presents as main novelties the facade, a roof which houses 100% of the stands and a car park with 900 spaces. Its capacity will be 70,044 places. However, the images captured in the documentation do not reveal a design significantly different from what was already known.
Concerning the budget, according to the documentation to which this newspaper had access, “the portion awaiting execution would amount to 139.7 million euros, instead of the 119 million which were estimated in the basic phase, while that the complete general material execution budget for the work would amount to 202.7 million euros which, with overheads and industrial profit, would amount to 241.2 million euros without VAT included.
According to the project, “the new stadium facade was designed by overcoming some initial conditions which, in principle, could have been considered serious obstacles, a very complex geometric base and a very tight budget, but in reality both have acted as a catalyst for the chosen solution itself.
From an engineering perspective, “the goal was to find an efficient structure that was easy to manufacture and install. This facade will in turn serve as a guardrail for the halls.
The substructure of the facade is made up of “steel profiles which support the facade cladding; It follows the wavy shape of the petals of the existing floors and new stair cores. This substructure is divided into 4 levels which coincide with the existing concrete slabs.
According to the report, “the main significant change is occurring in the overall picture. “It is the development of a new concept of facade and roof which, superimposed on the structure already executed, clearly establishes a difference compared to the previous project and which follows a new project philosophy consistent with the values of the new club property.
The current project, “without losing an iota of spectacularity and retaining a corporate, recognizable and elegant image, is a building more respectful of its environment, lighter, open and airy with a better relationship between the visitor and the city that houses it. surrounded. . A permeable and open facade, composed of metal strips which together create a curvilinear, parametric and three-dimensional skin, and which serve as a backdrop to the imposing presence of the set of metal pillars which support the new light roof.
The new roof is designed “as an integral system composed of tensioned cables and steel beams. This in itself is an engineering marvel, developed jointly with SBP partner Schlaich Bergermann, international structural engineering, specialist in the ideation, calculation and development of these unique structural typologies.
The new roof projected for the stadium “is much lighter and brighter than the initial solution, where the latest technology in this type of building was used to save enormous structural spans, while all locations remain covered, with the best structural efficiency in the use of steel.
The roof of the stadium is “undoubtedly the most technologically complex element of the building. Its design, of apparent simplicity, resembles a veil which would fall on a series of vertical posts. Given its colossal size, approximately 40,000 m², the most advanced mathematical and technical models were used to achieve the lightness and slenderness of the structural elements.
Concerning parking, “a new configuration of the East parking lot is proposed, adjusting the geometry and the number of spaces, now the maximum authorized by municipal ordinances is reached (900 spaces) according to the only existing effective access located on rue Amics del. Corpus.”
In this stadium project, “several areas are represented as ‘unused premises belonging to another license’ for areas that are supposed to be used within the sports venue itself, such as the future club museum, company stores , catering and leisure areas, as well as other areas of authorized tertiary use.
These additional uses “for purely sporting purposes are considered to fall outside the scope of this work and activity authorization because they could slow down the treatment of the stadium. Its detailed formal definition remains to be determined, but as soon as the processing of the main building begins, these “minor” licenses will be released and can be developed in parallel specifically for each of these premises, the club’s intention being that they will all be inaugurated at the same time.
