Qatar Foundation Stadium
This stadium is part of the Health and Wellness Precinct, within Qatar Foundation Education City and is proposed as a host venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and one of the principal sports complexes in Qatar. Additionally the Health & Wellness Precinct includes an indoor aquatic center with two Olympic size pools and a diving pool, a multipurpose sports pavilion housing an indoor athletics track and tennis academy, plus external training fields.
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The stadium will have a tournament capacity of 40,000 spectators, which can be later reduced to 25,000. This is thanks to the design that facilitates dismantling of the upper seating tier.
The designers also carried a pioneering R&D program for the stadium cooling system design, which aims to ensure the safety of players and spectator comfort.
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The design made computational fluid dynamics analysis to design an intelligent stadium cooling system which uses a series of passive measures, including bespoke stadium roof geometry, to protect the stadium bowl from the harsh external conditions and minimize energy use.
The project is targeting a LEED Gold certification rating and incorporates a variety of additional sustainable design aspects such as green roofs, photovoltaic and solar thermal panels, energy use reduction initiatives and water recycling.
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- courtesy of RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
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- courtesy of RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
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- courtesy of RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
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- courtesy of RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
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- courtesy of RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
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- courtesy of RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
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- courtesy of RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
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- courtesy of RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
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- courtesy of RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
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- courtesy of RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
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- courtesy of RFA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
