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- World's Largest Indoor Domed Arena/Theater
Location : Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue,
Bulacan, Philippines
Coordinates : 14°47′46″N 120°57′16″E
Broke ground : August 17, 2011
Built : August 4, 2011 to June 11, 2014 (expected)
Opened : July 24, 2014 (expected)
Owner : Iglesia Ni Cristo
Operator : New Era University
Construction cost : US$213 million (₱9.2 billion)
Architect :Populous
Project manager : Generations Design Asia Inc.
Structural engineer : Buro Happold
General contractor : Hanwha Engineering and Construction
Capacity : 50,500 (max. 55,000)
Field size : 243 metres length, 193 meters width, 62 metres height
Coordinates : 14°47′46″N 120°57′16″E
Broke ground : August 17, 2011
Built : August 4, 2011 to June 11, 2014 (expected)
Opened : July 24, 2014 (expected)
Owner : Iglesia Ni Cristo
Operator : New Era University
Construction cost : US$213 million (₱9.2 billion)
Architect :Populous
Project manager : Generations Design Asia Inc.
Structural engineer : Buro Happold
General contractor : Hanwha Engineering and Construction
Capacity : 50,500 (max. 55,000)
Field size : 243 metres length, 193 meters width, 62 metres height
The Philippine Arena is a multi-purpose
indoor arena being constructed at Ciudad de Victoria, a 75-hectare tourism
enterprise zone in Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines. With a
capacity of up to 55,000, it will be the world's largest indoor arena once
completed. It is the centerpiece of the many centennial projects of the Iglesia
Ni Cristo (INC) for their grand celebration on July 27, 2014. The legal owner
of the arena is the INC's educational institution, New Era University.
Building details
Concept
The initial design concept of the Philippine arena is inspired by Narra tree, the mother tree of the Philippines, and the root of the Banyan tree.
The initial design concept of the Philippine arena is inspired by Narra tree, the mother tree of the Philippines, and the root of the Banyan tree.
Architecture
Populous, a Kansas City-based global mega-architecture firm, designed the arena through their firm in Brisbane, Australia. The arena has been master planned to enable at least 50,000 people to gather inside the building and a further 50,000 to gather at a ‘live site’ or plaza outside to share in major events. The arena is a one-sided bowl. The lower bowl will be the most frequently used part of the building and the architectural design allows for easy separation of the lower bowl from the upper tier, by curtaining with acoustic and thermal properties.
Populous, a Kansas City-based global mega-architecture firm, designed the arena through their firm in Brisbane, Australia. The arena has been master planned to enable at least 50,000 people to gather inside the building and a further 50,000 to gather at a ‘live site’ or plaza outside to share in major events. The arena is a one-sided bowl. The lower bowl will be the most frequently used part of the building and the architectural design allows for easy separation of the lower bowl from the upper tier, by curtaining with acoustic and thermal properties.
Structure
Nearly finished interior of the arena, April 2014.
The arena will be built on 99,200 square meters of land and will have a dome of 36,000 square metres. The roof will span some 160 meters and only 150 meters smaller in diameter than the new Singapore National Stadium (310m) in Singapore, but it will contain 9,000 tons of steel which will come from Korea. It will be assembled at the site and will be erected up to its final position 62 meters in height, or about fifteen stories high. The building will be safely founded on pile construction. For earthquake loads, about a third of the dead load of the building was designed.
Nearly finished interior of the arena, April 2014.
The arena will be built on 99,200 square meters of land and will have a dome of 36,000 square metres. The roof will span some 160 meters and only 150 meters smaller in diameter than the new Singapore National Stadium (310m) in Singapore, but it will contain 9,000 tons of steel which will come from Korea. It will be assembled at the site and will be erected up to its final position 62 meters in height, or about fifteen stories high. The building will be safely founded on pile construction. For earthquake loads, about a third of the dead load of the building was designed.
Landscape
PWP Landscape Architecture, the firm who landscaped the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, designed the landscape for the arena and the whole complex of Ciudad de Victoria. For the arena, a series of outdoor plazas, gardens and performance venues form the setting for the development including: The North and South Arrival Plazas, The Promontory Plaza, The Great Stairs, and Ciudad de Victoria Plaza that are all related to each other with two cross axes (N-S and E-W) that intersect at the Promontory Plaza.
PWP Landscape Architecture, the firm who landscaped the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, designed the landscape for the arena and the whole complex of Ciudad de Victoria. For the arena, a series of outdoor plazas, gardens and performance venues form the setting for the development including: The North and South Arrival Plazas, The Promontory Plaza, The Great Stairs, and Ciudad de Victoria Plaza that are all related to each other with two cross axes (N-S and E-W) that intersect at the Promontory Plaza.
Uses
The arena will not only hold major church gatherings, it will also operate as a multi-use sports and concert venue, capable of holding a range of events from boxing and basketball to live music performances but no soccer or field events as to its limited size. There is clear "line of sight" for every seat from each tier, even for various arena configurations such as church ceremonies, boxing, tennis, concerts or indoor gymnastics. The overall vision of the master plan will eventually see inclusion of shopping centers a hospital and large scale residential developments
The arena will not only hold major church gatherings, it will also operate as a multi-use sports and concert venue, capable of holding a range of events from boxing and basketball to live music performances but no soccer or field events as to its limited size. There is clear "line of sight" for every seat from each tier, even for various arena configurations such as church ceremonies, boxing, tennis, concerts or indoor gymnastics. The overall vision of the master plan will eventually see inclusion of shopping centers a hospital and large scale residential developments
In popular media
The Philippine Arena was featured in a documentary called Man Made Marvels: Quake Proof. It aired on December 25, 2013 in Discovery Channel and focused on making structures in the Philippines more safe from natural disasters such as earthquake and typhoons.
The Philippine Arena was featured in a documentary called Man Made Marvels: Quake Proof. It aired on December 25, 2013 in Discovery Channel and focused on making structures in the Philippines more safe from natural disasters such as earthquake and typhoons.
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