LONG SPAN STRUCTURES
C H I N Q U I H U E S TA D I U M
CASE STUDY
CHINQUIHUE STADIUM
ARCHITECTS: CRISTIAN FERNANDEZ ARQUITECTOS
YEAR: 2013
MANUFACTURERS: ARMSTRONG CEILINGS, HUNTER DOUGLAS,
LINEA OFFICE ETERSOL, METECNO, POLYTAN
THIS PROJECT IS CONCEIVED FROM THE LOGIC OF A CONSTRUCTIVE,
MODULAR AND PREFABRICATED SYSTEM, SUITABLE TO BUILD THE PROJECT IN
PHASES. THEY ARE CLAD IN ALUMINUM PANELS, OPAQUE OR
MICROPERFORATED, GENERATING OPAQUE OR SEMI TRANSPARENT PLANES.
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM OF NEW BLEACHERS IS DESIGNED BASED ON PRECAST
REINFORCED CONCRETE ELEMENTS, MOUNTED ON PREFABRICATED
COLUMNS AND BEAMS OR ON A FEW ELEMENTS MANUFACTURED ON SITE.
THE GALVANIZED METAL TRUSSES ARE REPEATED
RHYTHMICALLY, SETTING THE CLOAK THAT COVERS THE
STADIUM.
THERE IS A STRONG FORMAL ANALOGY BETWEEN THE
CONSTRUCTIVE METHOD OF THE STADIUM AND THE
CONSTRUCTION OF BOATS ... THE ROOF, STRUCTURED BASED
ON TRUSSES, AND ENVELOPE OF THE STADIUM, ARE IN THE
CONSTRUCTIVE LOGIC OF A BOAT, WITH ITS RIBS, FRAMES
AND PLATING.
AMENITIES
2
GENERALLY SPEAKING, A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF WHAT IS
BUILT IS MODULAR, REPETITIVE AND PREFABRICATED,
WITH LOCAL CHILEAN MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING,
MAKING IT FEASIBLE AND REALISTIC TO KEEP THE
PROJECT WITHIN THE PROPOSED COST AND SCHEDULE.
A STADIUM WITH CHARACTERISTICS THAT EMBODY
THE IDENTITY AND CREATE A STRONG IMAGE TO PUERTO
MONTT.
CHINQUILLUE STADIUM IS SET ON THE EDGE OF
THE CANAL AND OPPOSITE THE ISLAND OF TENGLO. THIS
SITE PROVIDES THE STADIUM WITH A PRIVILEGED VIEW,
THIS BECOMES A PARTICULAR AND UNIQUE FEATURE,
WHICH IS ALREADY PART OF THE IDIOSYNCRASY OF THE
CURRENT STADIUM.
THE ELLIPTICAL DESIGN OF THE NEW PROJECT MAKES A
GESTURE OF OPENNESS TO THE LANDSCAPE, AS THE
EAVES IN THE ACCESS AREA ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH
CLOSE THIS GREAT FIGURE, ARE AT A LEVEL BELOW THE
VIEWING ANGLE FROM THE BLEACHERS, ALLOWING A
CLEAR AND FRAMED VIEW OF THE CHANNEL AND THE
ISLAND.
AMENITIES
3
THUS, BESIDES MEETING ALL THE PROGRAMMATIC AND
FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS, THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE
NEW STADIUM FRAMES ITS PRIVILEGED VIEW OF THE
CANAL, AND GIVES THE CITY AN EMBLEMATIC BUILDING
THAT ACCENTUATES THE PUERTO MONTT IDENTITY. A
BUILDING THAT MEETS IN A CLEAR MANNER, THE
PROGRAMMATIC AND FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF
THE COMMISSION. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT IS
FEASIBLE TO PARTIALLY REDUCE THE REQUIREMENTS AND
AREAS FOR THIS STADIUM WITH A CAPACITY OF 10,000
IN THE LOGIC OF A DESIGN COMPETITION, WHAT MATTERS AT
THIS STAGE IN RELATION TO THE PROGRAM AND ITS
FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS, IS TO GIVE A SIMPLE AND CLEAR
STRUCTURE TO THE BUILDING, WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
RECEIVE THE INEVITABLE AND NECESSARY AMENDMENTS AND
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM..THE PROGRAM IS
STRUCTURED IN THREE LEVELS; COURT LEVEL, BLEACHERS LEVEL
AND ABOVE BLEACHERS LEVEL, IN ADDITION TO DISTINGUISHING
THE CENTRAL OR NEUTRAL SECTORS, AND THOSE FOR DIFFERENT
TEAMS.
AMENITIES
4
THE CLOSED AND ELLIPTIC FORM PROPOSED IN OUR DESIGN ALLOWS THE BUILDING TO LEAN STUNNINGLY TOWARDS THE
AVENUE, WITH A LARGE HORIZONTAL FACADE, DISPLAYING THE NEW STADIUM AND MAKING IT MORE TRANSPARENT.THIS
MEETING POINT BETWEEN THE STADIUM AND THE STREET BECOMES THE MAIN ACCESS, BOTH VEHICULAR AND
PEDESTRIAN, TO THE SITE. THIS GIVES THE STADIUM A NASCENT URBAN AND SYMBOLIC PRESENCE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF
PUERTO MONTT.THE 90° ROTATION OF THE TRUSSES GENERATES A PROTECTIVE OVERHANG IN THE ACCESS, AND A LONG
FACADE WHERE THE PUBLIC ACCESSES AND TICKET OFFICES ARE LOCATED.
AMENITIES
5
AMENITIES
6
AMENITIES
7
AMENITIES
8
AMENITIES
9