FIFA World Cup: The demountable stadium built with shipping containers reaches completion in Qatar

Colorful shipping containers and a modular steel structure make up Stadium 974, which Fenwick Iribarren Architects has finalized in Qatar ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Formerly known as Ras Abu Aboud, the 40,000-seat sports venue near Doha's port is the first stadium intended to be fully demountable in FIFA World Cup history.

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Fenwick Iribarren Architects has completed Stadium 974 in Doha

Stadium 974 was designed by Spanish studio Fenwick Iribarren Architects with structural engineers Schlaich Bergermann Partner and engineering consultancy Hilson Moran. Its modular structure blocs repurposed shipping containers and a steel structure, parts of which are recycled.

It is constructed partly from shipping containers

The aim is for the stadium to be dismantled and reassembled in a new location after the football tournament in 2022, or repurposed as a series of smaller venues. Its modular design also reduced constructions costs, shape time, and material waste, and organizers said water efficacy methods confirm it will decrease water use by 40 percent likened to a conservative stadium development.

Stadium 974 is named after the number of shipping containers used for its building. The number 974 is also the country's international dialing code. The shipping containers, many of which were used to carriage construction materials to the venue, serve as a nod to Qatar's maritime history and the industrial heritage of the site.

It accommodates 40,000 viewers

While making portions of the stadium's external, some of these steel containers contain stairways, business stands, and bathrooms.

According to the Supreme Committee for the Qatar Football World Cup Qatar 2022, Stadium 974 has been designed by Fenwick Iribarren Architects to achieve the five-star certification in the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) for both its building and design.

The stadium is designed to be naturally ventilated

GSAS rates green structure and infrastructure across the Middle East and North Africa. Certification is obtainable for the design, construction, and processes of a structure, with six stars being the highest attainable rating. For more to know about Qatar World Cup Tickets Click here.

The shape of the stadium and gaps amid the seats facilitate natural ventilation, meaning artificial cooling is not required. This is helped by the stadium's proximity to the sea. The SC hopes also hopes the project will serve as an advanced blueprint for more maintainable stadium designs for future important events.

"The striking Stadium 974 is a proud symbol of sustainability and innovation," supposed SC chairman and engineer Yasir Al Jamal.

"We consider this innovative venue a game-changer for future mega-event hosts," added the SC's secretary-general ​​Hassan Al Thawadi.

The stadium will host its first game on 30 November. Other freshly completed stadiums for the tournament include the Al Thumama Stadium by Ibrahim M Jaidah and the Education City Stadium that Fenwick Iribarren Architects also designed.

Stadium 974 is the only stadium located close to the sea and will also be the first stadium that football admirers will see upon inward in Qatar for the tournament, due to its nearness to Hamad International Airport.

A total of 974 shipping containers have been castoff

Away, new architecture projects that have made use of repurposed shipping containers contain a housing compound for the homeless in LA and a black holiday house in New York.

Other revocable buildings featured on Dezeen include Triodos Bank, a timber-framed office snuggled in Dutch woodland, and the egg-shaped Tij Station in the Netherlands.

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