The High Performance Engineering Behind the Champions League Experience Brazil
The Retail Experience and entertainment market has reached a new level in Brazil. Where we once saw only traditional commercial spaces, audiences and investors now demand immersion, technology, and high performance operations.
Bringing this vision to life, however, requires far more than construction capability. It demands value engineering capable of orchestrating multiple advanced construction techniques within compressed timelines. This is exactly the context behind the newly delivered Champions League Experience Brazil, developed by CH3 Construtora at Shopping Market Place, in the south zone of São Paulo.
Designed by Jayme Lago Mestieri Arquitetura and executed by CH3 Construtora, the 2,000 m² development, distributed across two floors and a rooftop, reinforces CH3’s positioning as a specialist in highly complex operational projects.
The Challenge: Transforming Concept into Operation
Delivering an environment capable of supporting a simultaneous flow of 200 people while combining immersive entertainment, retail, and gastronomy within a shopping center infrastructure is an extraordinary technical challenge.
The project required complete integration between operations, technology, and scenography. CH3 took the lead in solving critical bottlenecks, ensuring the management of dozens of suppliers simultaneously while maintaining an accelerated schedule for operational launch. During execution, the project demanded rigorous operational management, coordinating 85 simultaneous workers within an active commercial complex under intense deadline pressure.
The development brings together, within a single ecosystem:
- Sports Bar and Restaurant: high traffic environments focused on gastronomy.
- UEFA Interactive Tunnel and Activation Field: the core of the sports experience.
- Auditorium and Rooftop: premium spaces for corporate and social events.
- Support Infrastructure: official store and kids area.
CH3 Scope: Multidisciplinary Engineering and Systems Integration
In Retail Experience projects, what the public does not see is what guarantees the success of the business. CH3 Construtora’s scope was based on relentless multidisciplinary technical coordination, focused on aligning the architectural vision with operational requirements. Our work ensured:
- System Integration: synchronization of high load electrical networks, complex air conditioning systems, and robust lighting and audiovisual projects.
- Schedule Management: rigorous supplier coordination to prevent cascading impacts within a compressed construction timeline.
- Premium Finishing: quality control at every stage to ensure the aesthetics reflected the world’s leading club competition.
High Performance Gastronomy
One of the greatest engineering achievements of this project was the infrastructure developed for the Restaurant and Sports Bar. The industrial kitchen was designed to support an intense and uninterrupted operation. To enable the use of specialized equipment with high thermal dissipation, such as Josper and Fornoflex ovens, CH3 implemented dedicated electrical infrastructure along with high capacity hood and exhaust systems, seamlessly integrating the kitchen with the operational demands of the rooftop and event spaces.
Immersive Experience: Technology in Service of Emotion
To transform the immersion concept into reality, engineering was applied as part of the experience itself. The technical team coordinated the implementation of:
Audio, Video, and Media Technology: high speed data networks and interactive displays.
Scenic Lighting: lighting automation designed to recreate the atmosphere of major stadiums.
Scenography and Technical Millwork: precision structures developed to integrate the technology seamlessly, ensuring visual impact from the UEFA Tunnel to the field activations.
Where Experience and Engineering Play on the Same Team
The execution standard achieved at Champions League Experience Brazil is the result of continuous technical coordination and uninterrupted alignment with the architectural project. CH3 Construtora’s rigor ensured a clean, organized delivery that remained fully aligned with the client’s business model.
As defined by Bruno Chohfi, partner at CH3 Construtora: “Champions League Experience Brazil reinforces CH3 as a reference in large scale projects, distinguished by the ability to execute under pressure, manage large teams, and deliver proven technical innovation with premium quality precision.”
Champions League Experience Brazil is tangible proof that entertainment and high end developments require total integration between architecture, commercial operations, and consulting engineering.
At CH3, we build the infrastructure that allows your business to become the true champion.
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