As every four years, the 2024 Olympic Games will bring some of their glory to architecture: The Stade of France, The biggest stadium in France will become the Olympic Stadium For the great summer. After three decades positioned as one of the largest sports coliseations in Europe, the enclosure will acquire a new personality and will be adapted to house from the inauguration to many of the skills of different disciplines and eventually It will also host the Paralympic Games.
The evolution of the iconic stadium makes enough sense, because The building was born for sport. The innovative project It was developed by the Vinci Construction group to house the 1998 World Cup And the demands that surrounded him, such as his cover and multifunctional character, made him a feat of architecture and a referent of stadiums and concerts globallybecause its court has housed important tournaments of disciplines such as rugby or football to concerts of the biggest music stars such as Beyoncé and the K-Pop Blackpink group.
A stadium out of the future
Since its inauguration at the end of January 1998, with a match between the selections of France and Spain, the Stade de France was made of a name in the panorama of the great sands. Its elliptical design, which includes an album that by far resembles a flying dish, quickly placed it as an architectural reference resulting from the Collaboration of the architects Macary, Zublena, Regembbal and Constantini (MZRC). Together, they created a stadium for 80 thousand people capable of modifying their capacity according to the event, which revitalized the city of Saint Denis.
Taking as inspiration the Worldport of AMlocated at the John F. Kennedy airport in New York, the creatives created an aerodynamic building (something also present in other enclosures such as Allegiant Stadium) that stands out for the elliptical album that seems to float. That feat of the engineering in force to date was achieved thanks to placing this structure over 18 steel masts distributed in the perimeter of the stadium that allow the force of winds of up to 145 kilometers per hour to resist, which have never been recorded in the area, according to Vinci data.
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An enclosure with sports versatility
The arrival of the Olympics also detonate the design conversation, from the Olympic torch to the pets, but the enclosures where many of the activities will be developed usually have a special prominence. The only stadium where a Football World Cup and the Rugby World Cup final It also stands out for its concrete structure and its construction made to counterreloj (it was culminated in just two years) that demanded state -of -the -art cranes for the placement of the roof. In addition to providing one of its main characteristics, this element gives a sustainable touch because The rainwater is collected in this cover and is used through a pipe system in the masts that hold the elliptical album.
The architectural experience of the stadium that in a few months will become the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, whose medals have already been presented, It extends inside. The Stade of France stands out because it is one of the transformable enclosures not only to be able to house concerts, but to move from collective sports such as rugby or football to athletics thanks to a retractable tribune that allows you to release 25 thousand seats.