Oita Stadium This episode reveals the technological leaps forward that have allowed the world's largest spanning dome — the Oita Stadium in Japan — to be built. The Oita's colossal roof spans a mighty 274 meters. A steel, Teflon and titanium structure over 270 meters across, and 60 meters high, the Oita's dome covers a sports stadium big enough to seat 43 thousand spectators. At the flick of a switch its seats retract to reveal a running track and its roof opens and closes like a giant eye. The Oita Dome represents a pinnacle of structural engineering, and the culmination of centuries of innovation. One by one — traveling up the scale — this episode reveals the incredible stories behind these super domes and the inventions that drove them to be bigger and bigger. Learn how Roman builders developed lightweight concrete to build the Pantheon in Rome; how novel construction methods were developed to build the dome of Florence's Cathedral; and how steel bridge technology was used to build West Baden Springs Hotel in America. Groundbreaking technology was used to create the semi-transparent Dome of Houston's Astrodome and innovative fire and smoke systems were installed in the Georgia Dome. All of these innovations contributed to the Oita Stadium's construction. |
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