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Anurag Gautam

Anurag Gautam

London, GB

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KASC STADIUM - Jeddah Remediation Works - SAUDI ARABIA February 2016 - September 2016

- Remediation Design Development and Contract/Fees Administration for the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Saudi Arabia. Re-solving key environmental defects induced by the existing Stadium design, which include the lack of growth for the Pitch grass, overheating of the Players / Spectators, thus diminishing the games experience inside a stadium. Ventilation and design solutions were required to resolve these environmantally caused defects while also developing interior fitout packages for the Royal box for the new king of Saudi Arabia due to head height restrictions in the existing Royal Box Suite, 

- Design co-ordination for the new Pitch Nursery with Pitch turn specialists while including the addition of a new ETFE Roof Solution, which would facilitate the grass grown by introducing more natural lught onto the pitch, 

- Developing the Seating Tier Covers (Solar Shield) to allow the temperature of the existing tier concrete to drop, thus facilitating in the Spectator comfort from overheating. Developing and Co-ordinating the design system for the deployment and asembly of the covers and associated storage with suppliers for construction, 

- Developing the New lighting design for the Proposed ETFE roof sections to create a lighting display with colour changing LED lights, 

- Co-ordinating the detail design development for the New ETFE roof connections, which the structural engineers were contractually comissioned to deliver. 

- Co-ordinating the Ventilation aspect of the contract and developing with the mechanical engineers and the environmental engineers a series of Ventilation systems for the Seating tiers to use re-circulated air within the seating bowl, 

- Administering the Project Program and the Contract to deliver the Design elements, which include: Royal Box Interior Fitout, Main Stadium Roof ETFE cladding design development, Main roof cleaning strategy, Seating Tier Covers to provide Spectator Comfort, Pitch Ventilation to provide player comfort, Lightin design development and co-ordination, Concourse Ventilation design development.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Saudi Arabia
My Role: Architectural Designer
Additional Credits: Populous