Wide Span Structure of National University Gymnasium in Bangkok

Abstract

 This research aimed to study of gymnasium or indoor stadium of higher education institutes under the directive of the government in Bangkok with the subjective of study and collect the types of indoor stadiums, wide span structure, and wide span length of the building, which also includes other factors in the appropriation of design that could support the sport related usage. 

The researcher has studied and compared indoor stadiums from field observation concerning important factors according to usage, which are 1) wide span structure 2) sport usage 3) the use of natural light in the building and openings inside. The research process was to collect and sort the basic information of the indoor stadium buildings, then analyze and compare all 6 case study indoor stadium to achieve the conclusion of the architectural design of indoor stadium.

From the study, the results showed that most indoor stadiums use webbed triangular end wide span roof built from steel. The area and size of the buildings are according to its usage. There is also the use of natural light inside the building and the walls have good air ventilation system.