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Moerland P., Reinardy J P. R. , Schenk F. , Thompson I. , Uys E.,
Allianz Arena:A new football stadium for Munich, Germany, The Arup Journal 1/2006

General contractor:
Alpine Bau Deutschland GmbH
Bowl and roof structural design (competition/scheme): ArupSport - Fergus
Begley, Stephen Burrows, Burkhard Miehe, Darren Paine
Bowl structural design (construction): Arup GmbH
Aysen Agirbas, Ute Bobzin, Christopher Clifford, Thomas
Dossenberger, Konrad Ecker, Jens Eisner, Joachim Guesgen,
Sorabh Gupta, Volker Hass, Eva Hinkers, Christiane Kleinke,
Patrick Luermann, Volker Luschnitz, Rudiger Lutz, Pieter
Moerland, Jochen Ristig, Nina Rutz, Florian Schenk, Ian
Thompson, Christian Wrede
Roof structural design(construction):
Sailer Stepan and Partner GmbH, Munich
Faade structural design: R+R Fuchs, Munich ETFE
Faade manufacturer: Covertex GmbH, Obing
Building services design: TGA-Consulting, Munich Checking engineer:
Dr D. Linse, Munich Illustrations: 1, 3, 13, 14 Covertex/B
Ducke; 2, 6, 11, 12 Ulrich Rossmann-Arup; 4 Herzog & de
Meuron; 5, 9, 10 Nigel Whale; 7ArupSport; 8 Herzog & de
Aside from the seating bowl, the stadium occupies around 160 000m2 of floor
area, arranged over seven levels (Fig 8). The lowest, E0, is reserved for team changing
rooms and recreation areas, the press, some plantrooms, and car and bus access and
parking. Level E1 is mainly used for VIP parking, and together these levels contain some
1100 car parking spaces. Level E2, effectively ground level, serves as the main concourse
and provides access to the lower and middle tiers (= 44 000 spectators). It also houses

concession areas and lavatories. Fan restaurants, shops, and the Hall of Fame are on level
E3, the business club on E4, and VIP boxes positioned on the east and west sides of E5
(the Allianz Arena is unusual in that it has two, rather than one, hospitality floor levels
behind an enlarged middle tier). Level E6 gives access to the upper tier, and finally E7 is
reserved for plantrooms and operational services, containing all technical equipment
apart from sprinkler tanks and few ventilation plants. Vertical services distribution
follows the stair cores from top to bottom. Ventilation and smoke extract units are
included for the internal parking areas on levels E0 and E1.
Overall structural concept
The structural system for the bowl is based on multi-storey reinforced concrete sway
frames with some stability provided by the eight stair and lift cores. The frames are
approximately 8m apart and placed concentrically on 96 gridlines around the pitch. Some
variants and auxiliary gridlines were required in the corners. The cantilever roof
comprises steel trusses spanning up to 60m to cover the entire seating area. This solution
was preferred by the contractor, as it fitted the construction sequence much better.
ArupSport previously showed that overall material savings were possible with alternative
solutions such as a suspended spoke wheel roof, but the cantilever was favoured mainly
on grounds of programme and sequence.