REGULARS: QUALITY INSIGHT
World Cup stadium is
top of the table
Palram’s polycarbonate roofing system scored the highest points
in the design of Russia’s riveting Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.
By Tamir Horesh, head of Palram Projects | Photos by Palram
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium required a unique roofing solution that would withstand Russia’s extreme winter conditions.
I
n 2010 when Russia won the bid to host
the FIFA World Cup, it was tasked with
the unfathomable mission to build
12 world-class stadiums by 2018 – some of
which were only completed a few months
before the opening ceremony.
So, when the designers of the Nizhny
Novgorod Stadium required a unique
roofing solution that would withstand
Russia’s extreme winter conditions,
Palram’s polycarbonate roofing system
provided them with the win they needed.
The city of Nizhny Novgorod is located
about 400km east of Moscow, and the
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stadium was built in an area known as the
Spit (Strelki), at the confluence of the two
major rivers: the Volga and the Oka.
The Nizhny Novgorod Stadium hosted
five games in the group stages and the
round of 16, including Croatia’s surprising
win over Argentina, and also hosted the
quarter-finals match between France
and Uruguay.
Following FIFA, the stadium will once
again belong to the city’s home team – FC
Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod. It will also
hold concerts and large-scale events. For
this reason, the designers wanted this
stadium to be designed so it’s available for
use all year round.
Winter temperatures in Nizhny Novgorod
can reach an average low of -13 Celsius,
and it is situated in a region with extreme
snowfall. In December 2017 alone, the city
experienced 48.5cm of snow, falling for 24
consecutive days.
The designers of the stadium were
looking for a roof that could withstand an
unusually high snow load of up to
450kg/m 2 and wind loads of up to
200kg/m 2 . This means that the roof needs
to be extremely strong and resilient and at
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