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Structure-ID: s0004315
Created on: 07/24/02
Modified on: 11/18/04


OAKA Olympic Stadium

ΟΑΚΑ-Ολυμπιακό Στάδιο
Completed in: 1982
Status: in use
Location: Marousi, Athens, Athens, Attica, Greece
Olympic village & Stadium, Athens
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Structural Type:
roof: Arch-supported membrane structure
Function / usage:
Stadium / Arena
Part of: Olympic Summer Games 2004

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Renovation (-2004)
Designer Santiago Calatrava Valls

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Contractor Empedos S.A.
Renovation (-2004)
Structural engineering Sinclair Knight Merz roof
  Studio Gorgio Romaro
Contractor Aktor S.A. roof
  Archirodon Construction (Overseas) Co. S.A.
Steel construction Costruzioni Cimolai Armando spa roof
Subcontractor Enerpac

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Dimensions
  seats 74 767
Renovation
roof   arch span 300 m

Notes & Comments
The roof hangs in a giant arc of 80 m high. Each arc consists of two 3,5 m diameter tubes with a span of 304 m and support the new state-of-the-art roof. Movement of arc and roof construction weighing 8500 ton is done simultaneously using Enerpac PLC-controlled hydraulic systems with four 150 ton pull cylinders with 2 m stroke. These double-acting cylinders are attached to shoes in a sliding and guiding system pulling the arc with roof assembly step-by-step into the final position.

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkBBC News: Athens puts stadium to the test (10.06.2004) English
External LinkBBC Sport: Olympic roof takes shape (10.05.2004) English
External LinkCNN: Athens' Olympic roof rises at last (10.05.2004) English
External LinkEnerpac: Hydraulic Positioning of Olympic Stadium Roof English
External LinkENR: Builders of Athens Olympics Struggle to the Finish Line (22.03.2004) English
External LinkStrand7: Athens Olympic Stadium Restyling English
External LinkWikipedia: Ateenan olympiastadion Finnish
External LinkWikipedia: Atens Olympiastadion Swedish
External LinkWikipedia: Atina Olimpiyat Stadı Turkish
External LinkWikipedia: Estadi Olímpic d'Atenes Catalan
External LinkWikipedia: Estadio Olímpico de Atenas Spanish
External LinkWikipedia: Estádio Olímpico de Atenas Portuguese
External LinkWikipedia: Olimpika Stadiono de Ateno Esperanto
External LinkWikipedia: Olympic Stadium (Athens) English
External LinkWikipedia: Olympijský stadion (Athény) Czech
External LinkWikipedia: Olympisch Stadion Spyridon Louis Dutch / Flemish
External LinkWikipedia: Stade olympique (Athènes) French
External LinkWikipedia: Stadio Olimpico di Atene Italian
External LinkWikipedia: Stadion Olimpiade Athena Indonesian
External LinkWikipedia: Stadion Olimpijski w Atenach Polish
External LinkWikipedia: Stadium Olimpik Athens Malay
External LinkWikipedia: Stadium Olympicum Atheniense Latin
External LinkWikipedia: Ολυμπιακό Στάδιο Αθήνας Greek (modern)
External LinkWikipedia: Олимпийский стадион (Афины) Russian
External LinkWikipedia: האצטדיון האולימפי (אתונה) Hebrew
External LinkWikipedia: أستاد أثينا الأولمبي Arabic
External LinkWikipedia: アテネ・オリンピックスタジアム Japanese
External LinkWikipedia: 雅典奥林匹克体育场 Chinese
External LinkWikipedia: 아테네 올림픽 경기장 Korean

Relevant Literature
* 18 500 tonnes d'acier installées en dix mois, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 25 June 2004, n. 5248 .
* Le stade olympique prend forme, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 23 April 2004, n. 5239 .
* Ibáñez Climent, Fernando   Cubierta del estadio Olímpico de Atenas, presented at IV Congreso de la Asociación Científico-Tecnica del Hormigón Estructural - Congreso Internacional de Estructuras, Valencia, 24-27.11.2008.
* Krause, Andreas   Citius, altius, fortius, in "Baumeister", August 2004 v. 101 .
* Kuhnhenn, Karl   Projektmanagement für das Olympiastadion Athen 2004, presented at 1. Symposium Stadien, 21.+22.10.2003, Leipzig.

 
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