Prof.
Nichols
St. Nooshin Ahmadi
Yasaman Bagheri
Farzad Golestanirad
An Iconic Building And A Successful Stadium
Moses Mabhida Stadium
The Moses Mabhida Stadium is a stadium
in Durban, South Africa, named after
Moses Mabhida, a former General
Secretary of the South African Communist
Party. It is a multi-use stadium. It was
one of the host stadiums for the 2010
FIFA World Cup.
Moses Mabhida Stadium
Address: Stamford Hill, Durban, South Africa
Capacity: 85,000
Opened: November 28, 2009
Height: 344 feet (105 m)
Stadium: 320m x 280m x 45m
Client: Strategic Projects Unit, Ethekwini
Municipality
Professional Team: Ibhola Lethu Consortium
(Pty) Ltd
Main Contractors: Group 5, WBHO, PANDEV
Joint Venture
Introduction:
The multifunctional stadium is situated on a raised
platform and is accessed from the South by a
broad flight of steps.
The 85,000 capacity stadium sits on an elevated
platform, with a façade of perforated metal
sheeting and a cable-tied canopy roof.
Construction began in 2007 and was completed
November, 2009.
The Ibhola Lethu Consortium (ILC) was responsible
for the design and project management of the
stadium. Schlaic, Bergermann und Partner (sbp)
served as conceptual structural engineers.
Concept of the Stadium Design
Major concept : representing Unity among
the different parts of the nation.
The arch design representing unity has
been inspired by the African Flag.
The arch as a landmark forms an imposing
part of skyline of Durban.
From the sky deck, visitors can enjoy a
spectacular view over the city and the
Indian Ocean.
A World First In The Design Of The Roof Arch Foundation
The stadium stands on saturated
swamp-land that was blanketed with
sea-sand.
In these marshy condition all heavy
structures must be piled down to the
bedrock, 20 meters below the ground
level.
Diaphragm walls chosen because
they were the most practical and least
time consuming.
Foundations are elongated
rectangular boxes with 800 mm thick
reinforced concrete walls. The
northern foundation is 44 m x 7 m in
plan and the two southern foundations
are 30 m x 4 m in plan.
Aerial view of the 240 KN diaphragm wall
reinforcement cage being lifted for transportation
to form part of one of the two southern
foundation.
A World First In The Design Of The Roof Arch Foundation
The main forces transferred through
the arch onto the reinforced concrete
foundations are in excess of 100 MN
applied at an inclination of 38 degree
to the horizontal.
Finally it took five and a half months
and required a total of 4000 (cubic
meter) concrete and 9 Km of anchor
cables, and 800 tons of reinforcing.
A view of northern foundation with the partially
complete arch supported off a steel trestle assisted by
cable tiebacks onto the concrete foundation.
A World First In The Design Of The Roof Arch Foundation
The connection of the arch to its
foundation is facilitated through the
application of a reinforced concrete
plinth.
Southern foundation structure showing cables Concrete plinth where arch meets its foundation
used to post-tension the diaphragm panels. with a trapezoidal shape.
Building Layout
The stadium includes:
Indoor Arena
Institute Of Physical Education
Football Museum
Floor Plan Roof Plan
Moses Mabhida Stadium’s Structure
A 105 M (Two-pronged) Arch
Radial Pre-stressing Cable System
PTFE-coated Roof Membrane (Tensile Roof)
Compression Ring And Façade
Precast Concrete Columns Below And Hollow Box Steel Columns
Above
Raised Platform
The Great Arch
The expansive 350 meter arch (two-pronged) rises
105 meter and carries the weight of the roof’s inner
membrane.
At the northern end, a cable car transports visitors to
the ‘Sky Deck’ at the apex of the arch.
The arch consists of a 5×5m steel hollow box and
weighs 2,600 T
Radial pre-stressing cable system
The arch is connected by cable system to the external
edges of the roof.
The unusual geometry of the cable system is derived
logically from the structure.
Radial pre-stressing cables are attached to the external
edge of the roof all round the stadium and the great
arch on one side, and the inner edge of the roof on the
other.
95mm diameter steel cables.
PTFE-coated roof membrane (Tensile roof)
Roof consists of a 46,000 sqm (500,000 sqft), Teflon-coated glass- fibre membrane
The PTFE-coated roof membrane admits 50% of the sunlight into the arena, while
providing shade with providing protection against glare and rain.
The Bowl
The shape of the bowl results from the interaction
of the circular roof structure with the triple-radius
geometry of the arena.
Around the field, 900m of retaining walls stretches
8m high.
A total of 1,780 pre-cast concrete seating panels
creates the bowl form.
The stadium’s bowl was created by a total of 1780
precast concrete seating panels, with 1750
columns and 216 raking beams.
Compression Ring And Facade
The compression ring and facade are carried on precast concrete
columns below and hollow box steel columns above.
Over 100 columns surround the stadium. The height and angle of
inclination varying around the stadium.
The facade membrane of perforated metal sheeting provides protection
against driving rain, strong winds and direct sunlight.
Perforated facade membrane forming a live pattern of light and shadow
In total 15,000 sqm(160,000
sqft) of facade will surround
the stadium.
Load Tracing
Multi-Frame
Moment Axial Loading
Shear
Deflection
Artificial Lighting - Indoor
The artificial lighting of the stadium is not just functional, but also serves to illuminate
the architecture,.
Artificial Lighting - Outdoor
The roof surfaces on either side of the great arch are illuminated on top by a line of
LEDs mounted directly on the arch.
Atmospheric quality and functional efficiency have been combined to put Durban’s
new icon in the right light.
Material Details
A total of 225 520 T of concrete and 9150 T of reinforcing steel has been used in
the project
concrete slabs for level flours
56*10 meter long steel segments for the arch
95-mm-diameter steel cables
880-m-long steel compression ring
A Green
A World FirstStadium
In The Design Of The Roof Arch Foundation
90 percent of the labor used was local
85 percent of the materials used were locally
sourced.
Some fly-ash from post-consumer use was
used in the cement mix of this beachfront
monolith.
High percentage of recycled steel components
were used
All of the 70000 seats have been manufactured
from 100 percent recycled plastic.
The stadium has a high energy usage during an
event which would last four hours and then low
energy usage during non-event periods.
Process of Construction
Process of Construction of Arch And Compression Ring
Process of Construction of Arch
Process of Construction-Arch and hollow columns Completed.
Process of Construction of Roof
Process of Construction-Arch Completed.
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