Areal night close up photos of Cape Town Stadium and V&A Waterfront

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You can understand how hard it is, to tear yourself away from Cape Town

and so  The super yacht "Rising Sun" is still mooored in the V&A Waterfront

Happy New Year From Joanne

There was so much wind tonight, we couldn't go to the beach  like we usually do at midnight, with a bag of glasses and champagne ofcourse. Instead we went up to the roof terrace....
 its where I took this shot from BTW the stadium was not even lit up like in that shot .....
to watch the fireworks but there was no way I could photograph anything because of the strong South Easterly wind and the mountains were shrouded in clouds as well So just a quick pick from the past few months for tonight

Hope this is going to be a good year for all of us and may the World Cup bring allot of good fortune and good will to South Africa

See storm damage to several strips of ripped facade of new World Cup Green Point Stadium up close

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The strip on the left is obviously damaged but I have reason to believe that the empty hole on the right also used to have a strip which is now gone The evidence is the piece still hanging on and ....

....here at the top you can see where it was attached Click image to see upclose it is where I put the X

To compare ..

As you can see the stadium is now heavily guarded but dressed in  my camouflage suit ( similar to Colonel Muammar Qaddafi ) and armed with my new Canon telephoto lens, he was easy to tackle.

  Yes dear reader/voyeur, I hope you realise I go to great length to bring you "uptodate" photo news, of our already much loved but battered new 2010 World Cup stadium in Cape Town 

I had actually already been up Signal Hill at 4.30 PM but the mist was closing in and it started to rain while I drove up, so I shot a couple for the hell of it, then went home and had an early dinner.

 I saw the sky clearing up again and decided to drive to the Stadium to check the damage of last night
  After I shot the above pix I drove up Signal Hill again :) but by the time I arrived it was dark

I just saw them now, raw from the camera and I think there will be some you will like

but  I will show those tomorrow, still need to edit them, for now I will try and get a decent night sleep tonight

It was weird weather today it kept changing
 You can actually see the damp misty air rising up

New 2010 Green Point Stadium as seen from Milnerton Beach on a windy afternoon.

The wind was so strong I could hardly stand still,I and my camera were eating sand so I had to beat a hasty retreat

Sunset colours the mesh membrane of the World Cup Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa, but is it beautiful ?

Peek a boo ?
Its maybe early days to judge yet, but I am holding my breath ..
this is how it looks when the sunset "colours" the PVC cloth at 18,30 PM.Sept 16

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Today during the day with little or no sun the fibre glass infused PTFE fabric mesh cloth has the exact colour of the walls of the old stadium's foundation: Grey

It seems to be  only the first strip which caused problems, the second strip looks tight and smooth 

Close up of the strip of PVC attached to the facade of the new 2010 Green Point Stadium in Cape Town

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Driving along the new golf course I get the first glimpse of the membrane

I have to get up at 6.30 tomorrow so I am rushing this
and did the minimal of photo editing

From Wakame restaurant area
I must say I feel mixed about the look
It looks good here
but what do you think of the above images ?

The info about the
Mesh fabric façade :

The entire stadium will be clad in a light, silver mesh fabric façade.
Large elements of approximately 2m by 10m will create a uniform, smooth skin that abstracts the building from any scale – it will be difficult to measure the size of the building in this context

Made of PTFE, this skin will be waterproof and windproof. The membrane comprises expansive concave elements that form a cohesive flowing facade, which follows the stadium’s undulating shape. The fibreglass tissue emphasises this effect as its colour creates a sense of depth and animation. The translucent surface absorbs and reflects the effect of the existing daylight

It allows only 30% of natural light and thus significantly reduces thermal radiation and glare while providing natural ventilation and cooling for spectators in the stadium bowl. The cladding has another important environmental function; that of reducing visual clutter by creating an even outer façade that respects the surrounding historic urban fabric.
WHAT Do you think ?