At Brasília’s new National Mané Garrincha Stadium, the project design and construction teams are using building information modeling to craft a signature sports facility in time for two upcoming high-profile soccer competitions. Looking to the past and the future, the arena’s architects seek to conform with the Brazilian capital’s surrounding landmark architecture as well as meet standards for sustainability.
At the site, contractors have met the biggest challenge of the soccer arena’s construction: The compression concrete ring is ready. Now, they are at work assembling the roof, which will be supported with a huge, almost 1-kilometer-long ring over the upper bleachers.