Allianz Arena

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Architecture

Building developer: München Stadion GmbH
Project management: Alpine Bau Deutschland GmbH
Architect: Herzog & De Meuron, Basel
Consultant: Michael Schmidt Lichtplanung, München (lighting solution in the main entrance area)
Location: Munich
Country: Germany

A soccer stadium like a huge dinghy, that shines in different powerful colours. The knowledge of two companies based in the Southeast of Germany rendered possible this unconventional solution.

Siteco, Traunreut, and the company Covertex, Obing. Covertex provided the rhombic air cushions which build the mantle of the stadium. 2800 of those air cushions cover the 60.000 sq.m. surface of mantle and roof.

The uncongested materiality of the membran structure was necessary for the illumination of the mantle of the stadium in white (international matches) alternatively in red (FC Bayern) and blue (TSV 1860 München), the colours of the respective soccer clubs. In order to achieve the desired lighting effects, behind each cushion there are four illuminaires. The body of each illuminaire is 3.50 meters long and contains six fluorescent tubes (58W) and three ballasts. Red, blue and transparent cover discs enable the colour change. A special construction of asymmetrical parabolic mirrors provide a uniform illumination of the cushions. 4.250 special illuminaires of Siteco are mounted in 1.056 membrane cushions.

Nine huge illumaires shaped like balloons provide the main entrance area in front of the stadium with light. Their ballon like bodies consist of flame resistant fibre cloth foil, which are pressureized continiously by a blowing fan integrated in the mast. Four lamps (1000 Watt) are positioned on arms within the balloon; special lighting engineering limits the luminance of the mantle to a quantity of less than 3.000 cd/sq.m.

Like with the Allianz arena itself, even with the balloon like illuminaires technology and aesthetics cohere perfectly.

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