2016 Archive : Cuauhtémoc Stadium

Project Details

Fabric 1

Nowoflon ET
Producer: Nowofol GmbH
Supplier: Nowofol GmbH

Engineer Name 1
Andrés Villaseñor

Engineer Company 1
Dünn Lightweight Architecture

Design Name
Roberto Muñoz

Design Company
Dünn Lightweight Architecture

Architect Name
Roberto Muñoz

Architect Company
Dünn Lightweight Architecture

Fabrication Name
Dünn Lightweight Architecture

Fabrication Company
Dünn Lightweight Architecture

Subcontractor Name
DSS Dynamic Steel Structures

Subcontractor Company
DSS Dynamic Steel Structures

Project Manager Name
Marcelino González

Project Manager Company
Dünn Lightweight Architecture

Installation Name
Dünn Lightweight Architecture

Installation Company
Dünn Lightweight Architecture

Please describe the project specifications

The Cuauhtémoc Stadium, FC PUEBLA team home, is the firts stadium in America covered on the entire facade with ETFE. The surface of the facade has 30,000 square meters made with ETFE. All the design and engineering work made by Dünn Lightweight Architecture.

What was the purpose of this project? What did the client request?

Create a new and iconic facade for the stadium using ETFE technology; all this with an extremely tight schedule.

What is unique or complex about the project?

Originally with the façade the Cuauhtémoc stadium would be made with a glass material of different colors which means that it had already an engineer and previous analysis. Dünn gave the re-engineering a conceptualized original design, adding to the value, reducing the overall weight and cost, also, the appearance utilizing the material ETEFE, which has a lot of competitive advantages in comparison with the glass.

What were the results of the project?

The facade is made up of 124 randomly placed ETFE panels that form mosaics in different shades of blue, white and transparent. At day time the facade is visible in its original colors, at night time the facade can be illuminated with different colors through the use if LED lighting creating a live screen. The Cuauhtemoc has the largest single layer ETFE facade in the world today.

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