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The Beira-Rio Stadium is an icon of the city of Porto Alegre. Opened on April 6, 1969, is the home of S.C. Internacional, the football club with 104 years of tradition. For many years, the stadium remained in usable condition with reforms and basic maintenance, deterioration with the natural action of weather and heavy use. Roof coverage was a request from fans, as well as general infrastructure improvements. With the decision to reform and modernize the stadium, projects began to be developed.

In 2012 began the works for modernization of the stadium, and on March 19, 2012 the contract between the International and the construction company Andrade Gutierrez S.A. was signed. The contract includes the maintenance of the main structure of the stadium with new lower tiers and modernization of facilities for general public, including new VIP areas, replacement of old electrical and plumbing systems, complementing the information systems of the stadium, replacing the football field grass (with modification of the drainage system), new roof with metal structure and PTFE membrane and building a garage for 3,000 vacancies.

To get the home of S.C. Internacional ready for the World Cup, Santini e Rocha Arquitetos managed more than 30 architecture and engineering projects inside and outside the Beira-Rio Stadium. These include the new metallic cover, which was already part of the modernization project for the stadium even before the 2014 World Cup.

“The FIFA Requirements Booklet gives priority to security, accessibility and supporter comfort. In the other items, there are several recommendations which are not mandatory but which, if the project does not include them, could lead to exclusion from the World Cup. Hence, we shall work to get the Beira-Rio ready within the proposed deadline, so that it may host World Cup games through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup”, explains architect Cícero Santini.





• Client and Owner: S.C. Internacional Operator - BRIO

• Architecture (conceptual studies, basic projects, technical monitoring)
Hype Arquitetura

• Architecture (executive projects, technical specifications, technical monitoring)
Santini e Rocha Arquitetos

• Architecture (regulatory design, monitoring of approvals)
Hype Arquitetura / Santini e Rocha Arquitetos

• Architecture (Conceptual Design for the World Cup)
Arena / Hype Arquitetura / Santini e Rocha Arquitetos

• Staff: Cicero Santini, Felipe Duarte, Henrique Rocha, Vicente Brandão, Lucas Rocha, Henrique Costamillan e Sergio Ilha Ramos, Mauricio Santos, Gabriel Garcia, Fernando Balvedi,

• Photographer: Marcelo Donadussi and Gabriel Heusi


General
• Land area - 150.000,00 m2
• Total built area - 75.000,00 m2
• Area of occupancy (ground floor ) - 30.000,00 m2
• Height: Existing concrete structure with 21 meters; Cover designed with maximum height of 36.00 m
• Total capacity of approximately 52,000 people in the standard format of occupation.
• Football field with official dimensions , flooring natural grass , irrigation systems and drainage vacuum
• Cover with 54,000 m2 of tensioned membrane ( PTFE )

Built - Occupation
• Commercial area with 44 spaces for shops with an area of 100 m2 each
• 66 spaces for snack sales
• Lounge to the public with total area of 900 m2
• Restaurant with 1,000 m2
• 125 suites
• 59 skyboxes with 1,200 m2 total
• area for offices
• toilets for general public
• 125 VIP boxes for public
• cabins for press

Structure
• Lower Tiers in precast concrete 3,500 m3
• beams and pillars of precast concrete with 1,760 m3
• deep foundations with metal piles and continues helical displacement piles
• Metal structures for roof cover with 3,800 tons

• Spectator seats: 52.000
• Club seats (business seats): 5.000
• Suites (lounges): 184 total