Further Structural Design

The Tri-Vault Structure in pre-stressed concrete is based on a system of six-point support that carries loads from 6,000 to 9,000 ton.

For the construction some 11,000 ton of shores were used; 28,000 tones of steel for the concrete; 250,000 meter of concrete; 65,000 meter of marble from Carrara; 30,000 meter of mosaic coating; 8,000 meter of glass front on a pinned structure; 2,000,000 meter of sand to level the whole site; and some 2,000 parking places.

To date some 2,500 men and technicians have worked on this project. The project's structure required foundations of more than 55 km of piles bored 20 meter deep. The whole complex, including Club & Accommodation, covers a total area of 1,100,000 meter.

This building is considered to be the biggest existing structure with a thin concrete shell. There are bigger shells in the world, for example, the CNIT Paris, a triangular 200-meter shell. This, however, was built in the 1950s, with a double-skin shell of a meter, whereas the Club shell is only 20 cm thick.