Arsenal FC Emirates Stadium

Location

London, UK

Dates

April 2002 - August 2006

Architect

HOK Sport Architecture

Structural Engineer

Buro Happold

Project :

New 60,000 seat stadium for Arsenal Football Club, to be built at Ashburton Grove, adjacent to existing Highbury Stadium.

My Role :

  • Finite Element Analysis of overall roof system
  • Detailed 3D finite element analysis of truss end-bearing detail
  • Non-linear snap-through buckling analysis of roof
  • Create Dynamic analysis of response of grandstand to synchronised crowd excitation
  • Creation of sightline generation software to assess crowd sightline quality