Philippine Arena
- Not to be confused with the Philippine Stadium, a football stadium, also underconstruction near the Philippine Arena.
| Philippine Arena | |
|---|---|
 The Philippine Arena, under construction as seen from NLEX. | |
| Location | Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14°47′46″N 120°57′16″E / 14.79611°N 120.95444°ECoordinates: 14°47′46″N 120°57′16″E / 14.79611°N 120.95444°E |
| Broke ground | August 17, 2011 |
| Built | August 4, 2011 to February 4, 2014 (expected) |
| Opened | July 24, 2014 (expected) |
| Owner | Iglesia Ni Cristo |
| Operator | New Era University |
| Construction cost | US$213 million[1] (₱9.2 billion) |
| Architect | Populous |
| Project manager | Generations Design Asia Inc. |
| Structural engineer | Buro Happold |
| General contractor | Hanwha Engineering and Construction[2] |
| Capacity | 50,500 (max. 55,000) |
| Field dimensions | 243 metres length, 193 meters width, 62 metres height |
Philippine Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena being constructed at Ciudad de Victoria, a 75-hectare tourism enterprise zone in Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines.[3] With a capacity of up to 55,000,[4] it will be the world's largest indoor domed-arena [5] It is the centerpiece of the many centennial projects[6] of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) for their grand celebration on July 27, 2014.[7] The legal owner of the arena is the INC's educational institution, New Era University.[8]
Building details
Concept
The initial design concept of the Philippine arena is inspired by Narra tree, the mother tree of the Philippines, and the root of the Banyan tree.[9]
Architecture
Populous, a Kansas City-based global mega-architecture firm, designed the arena through their firm in Brisbane, Australia. The arena has been master planned to enable at least 50,000 people to gather inside the building and a further 50,000 to gather at a ‘live site’ or plaza outside to share in major events. The arena is a one-sided bowl. The lower bowl will be the most frequently used part of the building and the architectural design allows for easy separation of the lower bowl from the upper tier, by curtaining with acoustic and thermal properties.[10]
Structure
The arena will be built on 99,200 square meters of land and will have a dome of 36,000 square metres.[11] The roof will span some 160 meters and only 150 meters smaller in diameter than the new Singapore National Stadium (310m) in Singapore, but it will contain 9,000 tons of steel which will come from Korea. It will be assembled at the site and will be erected up to its final position 62 meters in height, or about fifteen stories high. The building will be safely founded on pile construction. For earthquake loads, about a third of the dead load of the building was designed.[12]
Landscape
PWP Landscape Architecture, the firm who landscaped the National September 11 Memorial & Museum,[13] designed the landscape for the arena and the whole complex of Ciudad de Victoria. For the arena, a series of outdoor plazas, gardens and performance venues form the setting for the development including: The North and South Arrival Plazas, The Promontory Plaza, The Great Stairs, and Ciudad de Victoria Plaza that are all related to each other with two cross axes (N-S and E-W) that intersect at the Promontory Plaza.[8]
Uses
The arena will not only hold major church gatherings, it will also operate as a multi-use sports and concert venue, capable of holding a range of events from boxing and basketball to live music performances but no soccer or field events as to its limited size. There is clear "line of sight" for every seat from each tier, even for various arena configurations such as church ceremonies, boxing, tennis, concerts or indoor gymnastics. The overall vision of the masterplan will eventually see inclusion of shopping centers a hospital and large scale residential developments.[10][14]
In popular media
The Philippine Arena was featured in a documentary called Man Made Marvels: Quake Proof. It aired on December 25, 2013 in Discovery Channel and focused on making structures in the Philippines more safe from natural disasters such as earthquake and typhoons.[15]
References
- ↑ Newcomb, Tim (August 31, 2011). "Building Bigger: World’s Largest Indoor Arena Set for the Philippines". Time. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ Choi, He-suk (August 18, 2011). "Hanwha E&C to build world’s largest domed arena near Manila". The Korea Herald. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Ciudad de Victoria and the Philippine Arena". TwoEco, Inc. February 10, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ Navarro, June (April 22, 2013). "POC eyes INC-owned stadium as training site". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ Tim Newcomb (August 31, 2011). "Building Bigger: World’s Largest Indoor Arena Set for the Philippines". Time (magazine). Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ Joel Pablo Salud (November 5, 2012). "Dawn of the New Guard". Philippine Graphic (magazine) (Makati City, Philippines: T. Anthony C. Cabangon) 23 (23): 23. OCLC 53164818.
- ↑ "Populous Designs World’s Largest Arena in Manila in the Philippines". Populous. August 29, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "New Era University Philippine Arena". PWP Landscape Architecture. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Philippine Arena". Haeahn Architecture. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "New Manila Arena pushes boundaries of Arena Design". Populous. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ Ramon Efren R. Lazaro (February 13, 2013). "Prices of agriculture lands in Bulacan town rise". Business Mirror. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ↑ Peter Hipolito (September 11, 2011). "Chris Sparrow on the Groundbreaking of the Philippine Arena 04:30". Christian Era Broadcasting Services Inc. YouTube. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ "National 9/11 Memorial". PWP Landscape Architecture. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
- ↑ June Navarro (April 22, 2013). "POC eyes INC-owned stadium as training site". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ↑ Umbao, Ed (December 27, 2013). "INC’s Philippine Arena Featured on Discovery Channel (Video)". Philippine News. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
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