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The study of architecture Indissoluble and the technology of the Faro Focus3D have allowed the scan of so historical stadium before it was derruido

The technology 3D allows that Saint Mamés do not disappear

Editorial Interempresas07/06/2013

Faro Spain, specialist in portable solutions of measurement and capture of images, of the hand of Indissoluble, company devoted to the multimedia architecture, have scanning the ancient stadium of Saint Mamés so that ‘The Cathedral', as like this they designate it the partners of the Athletic Club of Bilbao, do not disappear completely in his memories.

The study of architecture Indissoluble and the technology of the Faro Focus3D have allowed the scan of this historical stadium, with more than 95 years to his backs, before it was derruido.

Thanks to these escaneos, a cloud of points of the stadium in all his group, including also inner, has been generated and has put to disposal of the club for his back utilisation.

The Laser Scanner Focus3D, during the works in Saint Mamés.

The innovative technology of the scanned and documentation 3D of Faro in the field of the architecture and the construction will allow that the stadium do not disappear completely and was always available in digital format.

The Laser Scanner Focus3D is a revolutionary scanner Faro, that uses technology laser to generate three-dimensional images of geometries and complex surroundings in so alone some minutes with a level of incredible detail. When being so fast and reliable, the Faro Focus3D allows to capture big volumes of information that can be managed in distinct phases of a project and without need of new captures in field, what allows to adapt the distinct solutions to the punctual needs of each customer.

His provision supposes until 50% of saving in time of scanned and processing, in comparison with scanners conventional lasers. This increases the profitability of the product and help in the reduction of the costs.

A stadium with more than 95 years of history

On December 10, 1912 the Athletic Club held an extraordinary General meeting to approve the construction of a new stadium on land leased in the extension of the Gran Vía, adjacent to San Mamés haven, on the outskirts of Bilbao.

For the edification of the camp some 50,000 pesetas (302), were estimated necessary to what the directive turned to the loan of a small group of personalities and partner in general. Popular subscription a lot of fans contributed funds, for a total amount of 40.770 pesetas (245,60), which works began very quickly.

The Laser Scanner Focus3D uses technology laser to generate three-dimensional images of geometries and complex surroundings in so alone some minutes.

On 20 January 1913 initiated the tasks of construction directed by the afamado architect Manuel María Smith, author of the project of the Saint field Mamés. Seven months later the new field, of English style, was a flamante reality. It had capacity for more than seven thousand viewers, of which three thousand were comfortably seated in a glorious wooden grandstand.

The Thursday 21 August 1913 to the 17:15 hours contested the first party in Saint Mamés, between the champion of Spain, Racing Club of Irun, and the Athletic Club. To the 17:20 it put to film the balloon. Hardly five minutes afterwards Pichichi annotated the first so much in the Cathedral.

Years later, in 1945, the Athletic purchases the titularity of the terrains of the field. Along his history, Saint Mamés has suffered multiple structural modifications. The most significant and that endowed him of the element that characterises him, the arch, dates of 1953. The reform of the main grandstand llevar by the team formed by the architects Domínguez Salazar, Magdalena Gayán, of Miguel González, and the engineer Fernández Married, supposed an innovation in that period, went the first time that employed the typology of arch in a sportive structure, in addition to being the cover of armed concrete bigger of Europe. Later they went adding the rest of the grandstands: 1956 the South, 1962 the North and 1972 the East.

In 1982, with reason of the dispute of the World-wide Championship of Football, in which Bilbao was one of the headquarters, Saint Mamés experienced the last of his big remodelaciones, remaining with the configuration that possesses at present. In that moment the stadium had an aforo for 46.000 people, reduced to the 40.000 current viewers after the adecuación to the rules of hygiene Uefa.

Three-dimensional recreation of the stadium of Saint Mamés.

The more than 95 years with which explains Saint Mamés have done of this one of the most ancient fields and with greater entity in Europe. The attitude memorable of the bloated, respectful, with an exemplary behaviour and with an almost religious ardour in front of the team, determined that him sobrenombrara like The Cathedral.