WH-Arena – Timber Arena
Vienna, Austria
Timeframe 2020
Type ARENA – 20.000 seats
COMPETITION Final round
Architect & Engineer Sterling Presser
Structural & Facade Engineer THORNTON TOMASETTI
Building physics THORNTON TOMASETTI
LANDSCAPE A24 Landschaft
Traffic A24 Landschaft
Energy efficiency and
Sustainability TRANSSOLAR
MEP TRANSSOLAR
FIRE Engineer KUNZ - Die Innovativen Brandschutzplanner
GmbH
ARENA ExperTS WOO Architects
Lighting designer Ateliers de l'Eclairage
Lighting Artist Yann KERSALÉ
Rendering SOL
3D PRINTING XTRUDE.BERLIN
Client Wien Holding
Stage Competition
WH-Arena – Timber Arena
Vienna, Austria
Our vision for the WH-Arena project is to create a new sustainable landmark for the theme of 'green architecture' and at the same time to find a high-quality architectural solution that presents the arena with its ancillary buildings and the outdoor space in an overall ensemble.
The basic idea of the WH Arena is to root nature in symbiosis with its surroundings. The WH Arena works on all levels, it is efficient and flexible in terms of event programmes, energy, sustainability and ensures a safe venue at a time when terror and pandemic issues need to be considered.
It acts as an urban catalyst, a local and global icon that is integrated into Vienna's urban profile by day and night. The dialogue between the arena, the ancillary buildings and the public space creates a unique combination in which the new arena and its ancillary buildings play as big a role as the outdoor space they create. The wooden skin functions as a tree skin. It is a load-bearing element that protects the inner part, which moves and grows. The inner part, which works with all the functional and structural requirements in harmony with local customs, offers a unique experience. The building maximises the use of a natural, beautiful and warm material that connects us with nature and shows us a sustainable future.
WH-Timber Arena
Concept
Lighting concept Yann Kersalé
Site plan
Facade
Concept diagrams structure
Construction sequence
Plan Drawings
Elevation
Sustainability
Sterling
Presser
Architects
Engineers
BERLIN, Germany
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