The new 14,069-seat, US$500m Louis Armstrong stadium will make its us open debut Monday, featuring an ingenious style that encourages air flow with the stadium, while keeping rain off the court, making it the very first naturally-ventilated tennis Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Alemania stadium with a retractable roof in the world.  

When the new Louis Armstrong Stadium welcomes the us open Camiseta Yokohama F. Marinos on August 27th, it will mark the final piece of the decade-long partnership between the united states Tennis association (USTA) as well as ROSSETTI to re-imagine Camiseta Urawa Red Diamonds Billie Jean King national Tennis Center.

The vision of the USTA is for the stadium to hold tennis matches in an open, day-lit outside environment, as much as possible, as well as provide weather condition security only when necessary.

In keeping with this vision, ROSSETTI designed the new Louis Armstrong stadium with an operable roof, in addition to a naturally-ventilated bowl. The style offers a unique solution that is true to the outside nature of the competition by enabling play to continue during rain.

On each side of the stadium, the facades are covered with 14,250 overlapping terracotta louvers, optimally positioned to keep the rain out, yet porous to preserve natural ventilation. The louvers enable air flow with the upper part of the building on the north as well as south elevations, while protecting the court from the rain as well as shading spectators from the sun.

The style of the stadium utilizes a perforated seating bowl that enables air to pass with underground air pathways as well as into the lowermost seating. The concourse levels are designed to be open around the entire perimeter to enable for maximum airflow into the stadium from all sides as well as into the spectator areas.

The USTA as well as ROSSETTI will total the 10-year vision plan to re-imagine the entire school as a sports spectacle with the culmination of Louis Armstrong stadium as well as the finalisation of other public realm enhancements in 2018.

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