The Beira-Rio Stadium is an icon of the city of Porto Alegre . Opened on April 6,
1969, is the home of S.C. Internacional, the football club with 104 years of tradition.
For many years, the stadium remained in usable condition with reforms and basic
maintenance, deterioration with the natural action of weather and heavy use. Roof
coverage was a request from fans , as well as general infrastructure improvements .
With the decision to reform and modernize the stadium, projects began to be
developed.
In 2012 began the works for modernization of the stadium , and on March 19, 2012
the contract between the International and the construction company Andrade
Gutierrez S.A. was signed. The contract includes the maintenance of the main
structure of the stadium with new lower tiers and modernization of facilities for
general public, including new VIP areas, replacement of old electrical and plumbing
systems , complementing the information systems of the stadium , replacing the
football field grass ( with modification of the drainage system ) , new roof with metal
structure and PTFE membrane and building a garage for 3,000 vacancies.
To get the home of S.C. Internacional ready for the World Cup, Santini e Rocha
Arquitetos managed more than 30 architecture and engineering projects inside and
outside the Beira-Rio Stadium. These include the new metallic cover, which was
already part of the modernization project for the stadium even before the 2014 World
Cup.
“The FIFA Requirements Booklet gives priority to security, accessibility and supporter
comfort. In the other items, there are several recommendations which are not
mandatory but which, if the project does not include them, could lead to exclusion
from the World Cup. Hence, we shall work to get the Beira-Rio ready within the
proposed deadline, so that it may host World Cup games through to the quarter-finals
of the World Cup”, explains architect Cícero Santini