The Roig Arena in Valencia
The new Roig Arena, in Valencia, is already a benchmark multi-purpose venue in terms of scale, technology and project management. Inaugurated in September 2025, it is the home of the Valencia Basket and operates with capacities of 15,600 people in basketball mode and even 20,000 in concerts, The figures place it among the largest covered spaces in the country.
Licampa 1617a holding company of Juan Roig, has promoted this project, carried out by ERRE Architecture, with the aim of promoting and encouraging the practice of sport in general, and basketball in particular.
Roig Arena is the first sports project with an all-ceramic skin. A total of 8,600 ceramic fins, locally manufactured by Pamesa Business Group, are arranged as scales floating on a curved steel frame.
At night, the façade glows with coloured lighting. A full-scale 1:1 prototype of the façade system was built before installation, demonstrating its constructional feasibility. The design team opted to use a single 1.00 x 1.20 metre modular piece. Standardising the size of the fins simplified installation, reduced waste and reduced the carbon footprint of the project. Parametric modelling defined the location of each element, with angles ranging from 10 to 63 degrees.
During the day, the fins, designed with a texture inspired by the surface of a basketball and finished in three subtle shades of blue enamel, filter natural light on the outdoor terraces.
At night, the façade reveals its full potential as a dynamic system of LED video lighting with RGB-White technology, capable of interacting with real-time data to create a spectacular light show.
Under the ceramic skin, the engineering solves the great light without supports: eight 123-metre prefabricated trusses save the roof and free up the interior space. The envelope package incorporates one metre of insulation with acoustic reinforcements, and the passive strategy - overhangs, shaded terraces, orientation - reduces thermal loads. On the roof, 1,742 photovoltaic panels They provide renewable energy and the water system relies on a buried cistern and green “basin” areas to manage heavy rainfall.
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