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Arena Zagreb / UPI-2M
Miljenko Hegedic
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Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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Project Team: ALAN LEO PLESTINA, Lic.Arch., TAMARA STANTICBRI, Lic.Arch.,

NENAD BORGUDAN, Arch., SANJA TUSEK, Arch., ANAMARIA PLESTINA, Arch.,
KREO CERAJ, Lic.Ceng., MARKO URAN, Constr.Techn., NEVENA KUZMANIC,
Arch., DINKO UGLESIC, Arch., IVAN CIKES, Lic.Arch., VEDRAN JUKIC,
Lic.Arhc.,IVICA ZMIA, Arch.Student, MARKO NIKIC, Arch.Student., REA GIASCHI,
Civil Eng. Student
Structural Design: BERISLAV MEDIC, Lic.Ceng., GORAN JANJUS, Lic.Ceng., HRVOJE
MIHAL, Lic.Ceng., ANDREJ MARKOVIC, Lic.Ceng., DARKO MAKAR, Constr.Techn.,
TOMISLAV ILIKOVIC,Ceng., RUZICA PALIJAN, Lic.Ceng., HRVOJE SARIC,
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Area: 90340.0 sqm

Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Miljenko Hegedic, Robert Les, Vanja Solin, Davor Konjikusic, UPI-2M,
Tomislav Ilickovic
Arena Zagreb is the multifunctional indoor arena with 15.000 seating capacity built to host
the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship. It is located in the south-western part of
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Zagreb, Croatia. Thanks to its iconic design and position at one of the main city entrances, it
has immediately become a landmark of the city.
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The unique shape of this building is strongly inspired by its significance in the city context,
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and has been achieved by synergy between its architecture and structure.Shaped as an
oval ribbed white bowl, 86 large pre-stressed, pre-fabricated concrete curved columns form
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polycarbonate envelope which enables various light effects. Suspended roof structure is
hanging from those columns leaving minimum roof structure below roof level.Having in mind
that the venue of such capacity cannot be profitable if capable to host only sports
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competitions, Arena Zagreb was designed as a multifunctional hall with all spatial and
functional characteristics which enable maximal flexibility and provide numerous events to
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Multi-functionality is achieved by many elements such as the flexibility of the grandstand

with its lower rows of retractable seats and curtain partitions, possibility of dividing the whole
building in smaller mutually independent spatial zones and by covering the needs of all
types of users and events.Also, other design interventions made a great contribution to
buildings qualities, such as preserving sufficient spaces reserved for performers and event
managers, providing simple and fluid visitors circulation from entering point to the seats on
the stand, organising various catering facilities, adequate acoustic interventions within the
bowl as well as providing sufficient roof bearing capacity capable to carry additional scene
equipment.No natural light is enabled in the main bowl except in case when the light-proof
roof sky domes are in open position which is of high importance for matches to be played
and for special events without light reflection disturbance and quality TV broadcasting.
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Vanja Solin
BASIC INFORMATION
Arena Zagreb is located in south-western part of Zagreb, in Lanite district. When

experienced in city macro-scale Arena Zagreb is positioned at one of the city main
entrances, as an extension of Savska Street - one of the main city traffic line axes as well as
an extension of Jarun Lake - one of the main city recreation zones.Experienced in city
micro-scale it is positioned in the semi urban district with huge development plans,
representing the central point of the new planned shopping / entertainment center
surrounded with new planned residential zones.By recent reconstruction of neighbouring
access streets, the whole area got appropriate and well dimensioned traffic connection to
the remaining parts of the city, which includes also the city bus connection (tram connection
planned in the near future). Integrated in the mentioned reconstruction all other
infrastructure public facilities with adequate capacity have been secured as well (water,
sewage, gas, electricity).
Davor Konjikusic
This new multi-functional venue consists of 6 floor levels (1 underground and 5 above
ground), covering total GBA of 90.340 m2 on a 29.540 m2 footprint. The total cost of 1
square meter was estimated to be 850 including all side-costs.In the one-level
underground garage and on terrain level there are 926 parking places in total, plus 38 bus /
obi-van parking places. The height of the underground water prohibited the execution of
additional underground garage levels, and on the other hand reduced size of the plot didnt
allow planning parking on the terrain around the venue. However, it is planned to use the
3.300 parking places in the nearby shopping center when finished, which is the most
common way worldwide to secure sufficient parking capacity.
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Davor Konjikusic
URBAN CONTEXT
The chosen site is positioned in a previously undeveloped city district, with few low budget
social residential buildings and uncultivated fields - the narrow surrounding and the plot
itself were more a dump yard then a field.Even after the Arena design was officially
presented to the public, during construction and especially after it ended, the surrounding
area has really started to develop rapidly and the Arena has became the highlight point of
the new planned shopping / entertainment complex surrounded with new planned
residential zones
Vanja Solin
This effect was additionally supported by the major road and public infrastructure
reconstruction around the plot in order to enable quality vehicle and pedestrian access to
Arena.In order to maximally integrate Arena in the future urban tissue, a richly dimensioned
main pedestrian approach platform with four main entrances to the venue was planed. Due
to its public pedestrian ramps and towards platform oriented catering facilities it is becoming
a public pedestrian cross-road connecting the developing shopping complex and its
landscaped public square with the developing and existing residential part of that city area.
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SPATIAL AND FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION
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Photographers: Robert Les
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Miljenko Hegedic
Material: Concrete
Functional area partition follows the circulation routes of different users. Underground level
is mainly garage space approachable by 2 car ramps. On the ground floor, there is a field of
play with all necessary athletes-, performers-, judges-, trainers facilities as well as the
rentable office area. The central arenas court can easily be transformed, depending on the
particular event needs. The 1st floor represents the main pedestrian approach level with
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four main entrances to the venue. The visitors enter the grandstand directly from this level
or by rising to the 3rd floor and passing through the circular halls with numerous catering
facilities - partly connected to the pedestrian platform and usable also independently from
the venue. The 2nd floor is reserved for VIP-guests and media stuff - they have their own
fully equipped spaces with possibility of multi-functional usage also for conferences,
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workshops or congresses. The restaurant on this level offers direct view to the court and
can be used during events, and also independently. The 4th floor is reserved for technical
equipment, but is also connected to catwalks distributed underneath the roof and used for
maintenance of lighting and loudspeaker devices assembled along them. All described
zones are mutually independent and equipped with sufficient number of separated accesses
with very clear users circulation system - quick and easy entering and exiting is perfectly
secured, and mixing users circulation routes is avoided. In order to make the circulation
even more comfortable, the colour coding system was implemented.
Davor Konjikusic
MULTI-FUNCTIONALITY
Arena Zagreb is designed for hosting numerous sporting, cultural, entertainment and
business events such as: handball, indoor football, basketball, volleyball, indoor athletics,
hockey, other sporting competitions and also concerts, exhibitions, fairs, congresses and
family shows. In order to adequately accommodate such events, many supporting facilities
are being provided - catering, sanitary, cloak rooms, offices and similar spaces; also the
small training hall with its own facilities and smaller multi-functional spaces on the 2nd floor
can be used for mini congresses, workshops and / or lectures.
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Davor Konjikusic
Grandstand
The flexibility of this venue is the most visible by the grandstand transformability. According
to the main seating configuration for handball competitions (also basketball, volleyball,
tennis and indoor football) the grandstand is covering 15.024 seats of which 151
incorporated for disabled spectators. The lowest part of the grandstand is a zone of 15-row
retractable stands (26-row at the potential stage position) with 4.556 seats (plus additional
132 free seats at the court level). The remaining part of the grandstand is fixed and
incorporates 10.336 seats divided on lower and upper stand. This includes 314 VIP seats in
front of VIP boxes. For other sports events (table tennis, badminton, gymnastic, boxing,
wrestling...) there is a possibility of putting additional seats at the court level, and for indoor
athletics, all telescopic stands must be retracted, which reduces the capacity. Cultural and
entertainment events (concerts, exhibitions, fairs) demand the grandstand to be
transformed in line with the requirements of the event organizer, so the ground space can
be used for additional seating or standing places. If the nature of the event requires reduced
seating capacity, the upper part of the stand can be enclosed using the suspended textile
partitions.
Vanja Solin
Acoustics
Respecting all foreseen events that are going to be held in Arena Zagreb, the acoustic
calculations and models gave the optimal solution for application of various acoustic
materials, which resulted with the well balanced space acoustic in this venue. Combined
with this a dispersed loudspeakers system has been chosen for less demanding
performances, otherwise the additional equipment is to be installed depending of the
wanted acoustic requirements. Thanks to the hall acoustic expertise, the bowl is adequate
for holding even a London Philharmonic Orchestra concert.
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Davor Konjikusic
INSTALLATIONS
The installation network follows the functional zoning, which also enables their independent
usage and usage of just a small part of the whole building with installation functioning
separately and independently from the remaining building. Several electrical connecting
points are positioned all over the court, and floor channels for optical cables are spread over
the whole venue.In the court no natural light is enabled to avoid light reflection disturbance
for quality TV broadcasting. The light-proof roof sky domes, used for smoke exhaustion, can
be also manually opened and used for natural lighting during certain events and
maintenance period, and for natural ventilation.
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The heating and hot water preparation is secured by gas boilers, and cooling system by
chillers placed on the 4th floor around the grandstands. The complete HVAC system is
programmable and flexible to fulfil several exploitation scenarios. The volume of the court
bowl that has to be air conditioned is considerably reduced with the chosen structural
solution of the suspended roof. An additional element providing savings in energy
consumption in exploitation phase is the bank of ice, which provides continuous and
effective pre-cooling system. The garage is organized as an open underground space with
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STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS
The roof bearing structure consists of 23 suspended steel girders with approximately 100m
span, mutually connected with two stabilization spatial girders and a network of catwalks.
From this structure the load is transferred to the pre-stressed concrete curvedly formed
columns lamellas positioned around the venues perimeter. They have been produced
on the site with support of the site installed concrete production plant and with usage of
filtered gravel material from excavation of the pit, by which unnecessary transportation was
avoided.
Vanja Solin
The main faade consists of ventilated semi-translucent polycarbonate envelope that

enables reduction in heat losses, secures daylight in circular halls around the grandstands,
and provides space for illuminate installation of the main faade. This envelope is positioned
between concrete curved lamellas, whose white coloured surface by its reflection
characteristics prevents overheating as well.All other used materials were chosen by taking
into consideration their quality, wearability endurance all in terms of maintenance costs,
but also environmental friendliness.
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