Lansdowne Road Stadium

Location

Dublin, Ireland

Dates

May 2005 - July 2009

Architect

HOK Sport Architecture

Structural Engineer

Buro Happold

Awards

RIBA Regional Awards (EU) 2011
ECCS European Steel Design Award 2011
Green Awards Green Building Award 2011

Project :

Redevelopment of Lansdowne Road Stadium, demolition of the existing stadium and redevelopment of the site for a new 50,000 seater stadium and associated infrastructure.

My Role :

  • Work through scheme of roof structure from competition stage right through to planning
  • Develop parametric geometry model of roof structure and integrate with analysis software
  • Perform structural finite element analysis and design on roof truss members
  • Carry out preliminary dynamic analysis on grandstand seating cantilevers
  • Perform sight-line study on possible seating tier arrangements and optimise for quality