Having 19.109,5 sqm. construction area, Chisinau Arena is consisting of 2 halls: The main-game hall and the training hall. The main-game hall can accommodate different quantities of people depending on the configuration of the event. The building is designed mainly for sports activities, such as basketball, volleyball, handball, mini football, boxing, etc. On the other hand, it can also host cultural activities such as concerts, congresses and exhibitions. The space and the infrastructure is organized in a flexible manner to allow for many different types of events and performances to take place. The standing area and the tribunes have a capacity of maximum 4877 spectators in a concert activity, 4000 spectators in a basketball event and capacity of maximum 4751 spectators in a conference event. In the venue, there are 178 skybox seats, 317 business seats, 1810 fixed tribune seats, 54 fixed press tribune seats, 1428 telescopic tribune seats, 20 disabled tribune seats with 20 companion seats. Chisinau Arena provides their spectators with privileged services through their Skybox memberships and private entrances.
The venue meets all the design criteria put forth by FIBA (International Basketball Federation) and FIVB (International Volleyball Federation). Furthermore, it follows universal design principles so that the disabled, the elderly, and the families with children can easily access and circulate throughout the building. The Arena provides superior sound quality, the fast “load in/load out” system allows for the easy execution of consecutive events.
The entrances for different groups of people to the venue are separated from each other. While the spectators’ entrance is on one side, players, referees, management entrance is on the other side of the building. VIP spectators also have separate entrance.
The Arena structure is made of reinforced concrete structure. While the roof and the facade is carried by steel construction.
The arena is wrapped by a folded perforated shell, controlling the sunlight while giving a characteristic image to the building. While the shell structure is touching to the ground level, there are openings functioning as big windows to emphasize entrances and to give view to different facades of the building.
The most important aspect of the event space is that it brings the basketball field to the forefront. The hall space is made up of black furniture, the removable hardwood court and movable basketball hoops become the focal point of the space.
LED scoreboards are placed at each side of the main-game hall and hung from the ceiling. While the Media-cube is hanging high from the roof structure in the middle of the hall.
Wall Cladding-Wall: All the walls of Arena planned as autoclaved aerated concrete. Partitions of wet spaces would be moisture resistant compact laminated board. The walls of game fields and wet spaces (changing rooms, WCs, cleaning rooms) would be coated with ceramic and plaster. In order to ensure the quality of room acoustics in the main field, necessary applications will be conducted on walls and the roof.
Roof: Space frame roofs will be covered with TPO membrane and sandwich panels. Roofs with concrete slabs will be covered with special membranes for water and heat insulation.
Facade Cladding: The metal shell structure covering of Arena’s facade will give a powerful appearance to the building. It also will provide shadows while welcoming the social life of the plaza. The structure defines the plaza and provides a semi open place for entrances and waiting areas. For the inner facade, the solid surfaces will be covered with sandwich panels, while transparent surfaces will be covered with glass curtain wall.
Floor Covering: The floor of the main-game field will be removable hardwood indoor basketball flooring, while the training hall will be fixed hardwood. The floors of changing rooms, referee rooms and WCs will be covered with nonslip ceramic tiles. The floors of technical rooms and storages will be covered with surface hardened concrete.
Suspended Ceiling: The space frame structure of the roof will be exposed as the ceiling in the main-game hall. The ceiling of the foyer, office and artist rooms will be suspended plasterboard ceiling. While, the ceiling of wet spaces will be moisture resistant suspended plasterboard.
Elevators: Four elevators in total were planned. One of them will be a service elevator connecting the storage area to the offices and the artist rooms. Other three will be servicing to VIP lounge, VIP rooms and artist rooms.
Doors: The interior doors of rooms and WCs will be laminate veneered. The doors of the fire escape corridors and stairs will be fire doors with necessary fire-resistance values.
