DRAGON STADIUM in Kaohsiung, Taiwan - The Solar-Powered

Kaohsiung Stadium
With its open design the Kaohsiung Stadium, also known as World Game Main Stadium, not only mark an advance in construction techniques but differs from the classic stadiums traditionally closed.
Opened in July 2009 for the World Games held in Taiwan, at a cost of $ 150 million, an area of 25,553 meters square and designed by Toyo Ito, taking into account the requirements to qualify as "green building"
The stadium takes its name from Kaohsiung, the port city where he was raised in southern Taiwan, 400 kilometers south of Taipei, the capital city.
It is an open circle with a question mark that is often compared with the symbol of the dragon, wagging his tail, animal very present in Asian culture.
The solar panels give the roof a scaly appearance similar to metallic snakeskin.
It is no coincidence that water and wind play an important role in the design of the stadium roof. Feng shui literally means wind and water is a traditional Chinese system of aesthetics that dictates that design and placement of objects is the best to harness the positive flow of universal energy.
By following these dictates and aided by the Central Weather Bureau, it was determined what the summer wind direction and the computer simulation showed the designers of the stadium as the structure can maximize the effect of natural cooling by wind. Therefore, the sides and roof of the stadium are not closed in a circle but rather create a tunnel through which air passes that refreshes the viewer during the hot summer.
It has 3 floors of stairs and two basements. Its capacity is for 55,000 spectators, 28,080 seats and 26,920 upper-deck in the bottom.
This is in the back of the stage and consists of green areas and ponds with tropical plants and palms. On one side of this area has built a fast track to handle emergencies that may arise.
A concrete base is used to hold a complex structural framework consisting of pipes and steel beams spiral that sustain nearly 9,000 solar panels.
The upper platform is supported by a reinforced concrete structure in a ring on which the stands were erected.
In some areas at the entrance, utilities, newspaper offices or stair access the columns of the concrete structure are curved around the stadium with capricious forms that accompany the design.
All raw materials used in the main stadium is 100% recyclable and Taiwanese manufacturing.
The stadium has 8844 solar panels along the 14,000 m2 of surface. This cover can supply up 1.14GWh of electricity annually, reducing the annual output 660 tons of carbon dioxide. The stadium has an average of 3,300 lux of illumination.
The builders had to create new materials during construction and fix the solar panels so that they serve to protect the spectators, for not only provide energy but are directly the roof of the stadium. These new roofing materials combined with the solar panels were studied by computer to determine the impact of earthquakes and typhoons could have on them. Computer models also helped to determine the correct orientation of the roof to protect spectators from the tropical sun of Kaohsiung.
The roof also collects rainwater for use inside the stadium. A system of pipes carrying water to underground storage tanks, where it is sterilized and then returned to be used for grass or source.

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