The 22nd round of the Chinese Super League match between Qingdao Hai ‘nu and Shanghai Shenhua came to an end a few days ago. The 23rd round of matches will kick off on the 29th. The location is still at the Youth Football Field. Since its completion in 2023 and hosting the first round of the 2023 Chinese FA Cup, Qingdao Hai ‘nu Football Club has also used it as its home ground, hosting all the home games and other matches of the Chinese Super League so far this season.
A professional and high-quality football hall
The first 50,000-seat football stadium in Shandong Province – Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, is located in Chengyang District, Qingdao City. It covers an area of approximately 160,000 square meters and has a total construction area of 194,000 square meters. It includes 50,000 professional football fields, two 11-a-side football training fields, a multi-functional hall with three standard basketball courts, and a swimming pool with a standard swimming pool and a warm-up training pool. It will also be equipped with commercial facilities, underground parking Spaces and infrastructure.
The design inspiration of the football field comes from the sea, taking the meaning of “leaping waves”, responding to the beautiful natural coastal scenery of Qingdao. The facade showcases the rhythm of waves lifted by the wind. The building’s surface follows the gentle and undulating outline of the grandstand. Perforated panels, grilles, and ETFE membrane materials are used to wrap the building in an expansive form, thus interweaving a facade texture that shuttles up and down and flows gracefully.
In response to the characteristics of football events, a double-layer circular open grandstand was designed for the first time. By moderately increasing the proportion of the lower grandstand, the distance between the audience and the field was shortened, creating a lively and cohesive stadium atmosphere. The upper grandstand is divided into four independent areas through four openings at the corner where the view is slightly poor, and the seat C value, grandstand inclination Angle and viewing distance of different areas are respectively optimized. After calculation, the lower stands are all within the optimal viewing distance of 90 meters, and the upper stands are all within the maximum viewing distance of 190 meters, ensuring that each seat can provide an excellent view of the game. All are designed to create the most comfortable viewing experience for the audience.
ETFE Membrane Structure – Yexing
The football field adopts a large-opening cable-supported single-layer grid structure. The inner field roof is cantilevered for 55 meters. Combined with the ETFE membrane material with excellent light transmission performance on the roof, it achieves a simple and light architectural effect. This is the world’s first stadium that combines a cable-supported grid structure with an ETFE membrane structure. The complex and exquisite structural system is highly beautiful in mechanics.
Yexing was honored to be involved in this project as the professional membrane structure contractor, responsible for the detailed design and construction installation of the ETFE membrane structure part of the main venue.
With the continuous deepening of the operation scenarios of the venue and the successful hosting of a series of high-quality events, Qingdao Youth Football Stadium has become an important engine for promoting the development of competitive sports and mass fitness. It not only injects new vitality into the city’s sports and cultural life, but also promotes the deep integration of football and the broader sports industry. It has laid a solid foundation for the high-quality development of sports in Qingdao.
This is also another implemented project of Yexing Membrane Structure Intelligent Manufacturing. Yexing will continue to take building an outstanding living space for humanity as its vision, contribute to the construction of various large-scale sports venues, and add luster to the building of a sports power.
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