IRINA AKHMANOVA. WORK PROJECTS

UMMC ARENA

MULTIFUNCTIONAL INDOOR ARENA FOR ICE HOCKEY AND OTHER TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL SPORTS, EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA.

THE ICE ARENA WILL FEATURE A SOPHISTICATED INTERNAL LAYOUT, ENABLING IT TO HOST TOP-TIER SPORTS COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING EUROPEAN AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ACROSS AT LEAST 11 DISCIPLINES. ADDITIONALLY, IT WILL SERVE AS A VENUE FOR CONGRESSES AND CONCERTS. AS THE HOME BASE FOR THE AVTOMOBILIST ICE HOCKEY CLUB, THE ARENA WILL ALSO PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE AS ONE OF THE PRIMARY VENUES FOR THE 2023 FISU SUMMER UNIVERSIADE.

LOCATION: 15 Stepan Razin Street, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2024
CAPACITY: 15,000
OVERALL AREA: 98,000 sqm

DESIGN COMPANIES:

GENERAL DESIGNER: GORPROJECT
ENGINEERING: GORPROJECT
URBAN PLANNING: HPP Architekten

ROLE ON THE PROJECT:

Project Manager and Planning Team Lead.
SD and DD Phases, tender Documentation and Construction works supervision.
Management of cross-disciplinary teams.
Venue Program coordination with requirements and codes, developing all planning solutions, including high profile hospitality zones.
Coordination with IIHF, KHL, State Authorities, sub-consultants, engineers and structural engineers
Communication with the Client, approving all architectural solutions.
Coordinating architectural solutions with the Project budget.

THE ARENA IS DESIGNED TO HOST EVENTS IN FIGURE SKATING, BASKETBALL, HANDBALL, MINI-FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, BOXING, MARTIAL ARTS, CURLING, AND ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS.
THE SPORTS COMPLEX WILL BE ENCIRCLED BY A STYLOBATE – A STEPPED BASE THAT PROVIDES ACCESS FOR SPECTATORS. THE STYLOBATE WILL HOUSE A SMALL TRAINING ICE ARENA, VARIOUS TECHNICAL ROOMS, AND A PARKING LOT FOR FANS' VEHICLES AND BUSES TRANSPORTING PLAYERS.

SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON HOSTING WORLD-CLASS CONCERT EVENTS. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING WILL INCORPORATE 224 LIGHT PROJECTORS AND 188 ACOUSTIC CLUSTERS. TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF VISITORS INSIDE AND AROUND THE ARENA, 1,345 CCTV CAMERAS WILL BE INSTALLED.