2010 Lecture Series - Knut Goeppert - Design and Construction

Structural engineer Knut Goeppert will present an exciting insider perspective on the design and construction of the new Green Point Stadium's roof as part of the 2010 Lecture Series at the Green Point Stadium Visitor Centre

Award-winning structural engineer and author, Knut Goeppert is the Managing Director at Stuttgart (Germany)-based Schlaich Bergermann und Partner - a company that has been involved in 15 Soccer World Cup stadia over the last 10 years, and is currently working on four of South Africa’s 2010 stadiums.

“The Green Point Stadium is special,” he says. “We see it in the same league as our Olympic Stadium designs in Munich (1972) and Berlin (refurbishment for the World Cup Final 2006). Different from many recent large scale stadia, the 2010 Green Point Stadium will be an elegant and sustainable solution, structurally sound and unique.”

The 36 000 square-metre hanging roof is curved to give the stadium a flowing look from every perspective. It will be translucent to take full advantage of natural light.

Because of Cape Town’s notorious south-easter, the roof will be weighted down using 3 500 tons of steel and 1000 tons of glass. Construction of the roof, which began in September, will take almost a year to complete.

2010 Lecture Series:

Date: 13 November 2008
Venue: Green Point Visitors Center
Location: Green Point Stadium | Cape Town
Time: 17:15
Price: R100

The 2010 Lecture Series is a bi-monthly series of lectures by speakers who are integrally involved in the planning and implementation of national projects towards 2010, whose views are of special interest to the public.

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