Qatar will open next Monday, June 15, the Education City stadium in Doha, one of the three built by the Spanish architecture studio Fenwick Iribarren Architects (FIA) for the 2022 World Cup, with “a great act of tribute to all citizens of the country who have worked on the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic, “the company itself reported in a statement. The venue, which is also known as the Qatar Foundation stadium, “with a capacity for 40,000 people, 140,000 square meters of surface and a highly sustainable design”, It also has “an innovative refrigeration system that takes advantage of the latest advances in architecture, engineering and renewable energy, and that is powered by solar energy,” he added.
“Its structure is designed and conceived to prevent the public and players from suffering the extreme heat from the outside, by creating a microclimate inside the complex. Thus, the interior temperature of the stadium (both in the stands, on the playing field as in the rest of the facilities), it does not exceed 26 or 27 degrees, compared to almost 50 that can be reached abroad, “said the Spanish study. “The Educacion City stadium represents a great milestone in the sustainability of stadiums because it is the first in the world to cool an area as open as a stadium with clean fuel such as solar energy,” said Mark Fenwick, managing partner of Fenwick Iribarren Architects, as stated in the statement. Regarding its design, the study states that “it is based on the rich history of Islamic architecture, combined with surprising modernity.”
“The facade features triangles that form complex diamond-shaped geometric patterns that appear to change color depending on the position of the sun,” he added. In addition to Educacion City, the third site of the 2022 World Cup to be inaugurated, this Spanish study “currently designs two other stadiums” for the tournament: “the Ras Abu Aboud, which will be the first removable and reusable in the world, and Al Thumama” , with “an innovative and sustainable character”.