Jimmy, a sports promoter who has dedicated himself to organizing soccer and foot-tennis championships within the city, recognizes the need to create a new space within his private land to establish a new social and sports link between urban and rural. La Pradería, with dimensions of 10m x 8m, seeks to be a portal that blurs the line between the exterior and the interior...
Commissioned by the département of La Mayenne, in northwestern France, it is located on the outskirts of Laval—La Mayenne’s administrative center, a town of 50,000 inhabitants with a picturesque medieval center—on a former military site that is being transformed into a sustainable neighborhood. Situated halfway between Le Mans and Rennes, La Mayenne is essentially rural,...
Populous has been tapped to handle all aspects of the renovation, including creating new social areas across three levels, replacement of aging seats, reworked outfield and bullpens, and new family and training areas for the team. The firm had previously worked with the Blue Jays to hasten a series of similar enhancements to its Spring Training facility before the start ...
Expected to complete in 2024, the public space will take shape as an undulating, stepped landscape — a contemporary revitalization of the original recreational compound which has stood since 1937 as a clear example of functionalism in norwegian architecture. Designed by Ketil Ugland, the space integrated a ten-meter (33-foot) diving platform, a children’s pool, changing ...
The site is surrounded by high-rise residential buildings and viaducts. The site boundary is incomplete and at an angle of about 40 degrees south by east. The entrance and exit interface of the campus is quite short. To meet the needs of the future development of school education, the design defuses all kinds of adverse factors through a unique layout, implanting a new s...
The stands, currently located on a slope of the ground, are located along the long side of the football field. The new roof is a single linear horizontal element made of metal beams forming a coffered ceiling suspended between sky and earth. The structure is supported by two concrete bearing walls orthogonal to each other oriented so as to accommodate the spectators and ...
The reveal comes hot on the heels of OVG Manchester, a Populous-designed arena and the U.K.’s future largest indoor venue, also releasing renderings. Rather than building a new stadium from the ground up, Real Madrid has opted to instead rehabilitate its 73-year-old home field, originally designed by architects Manuel Muñoz Monasterio and Luis Alemany Soler. However, ...
Bølgen Bath and Leisure Centre now has its own lap pool, diving pool, children's pool, water slide, therapy pool and baths, as well as a sauna and spa. The name Bølgen means the wave in Norwegian. Set on a sloping site overlooking the Oslo fjord, White Arkitekter had to be clever with the layout. "The limited buildable area, challenging topography and a short time ...
The architectural project aims to bring an additional value to the “French Open” site, in line with the work done previously with the retractable roofing of the Philippe Chatrier court and the construction of the new Simone Mathieu court, in the Auteuil glasshouses sector. Dominique Perrault was one of WAC's guests in WAC's Live Interview Series, Dominique Perrault, ...
Nicknamed the "Diamond in the Desert" due to its distinctive cladding, the 45,350-seater stadium is one of eight venues that will host matches during the football tournament, which is due to take place in the Middle Eastern country in 2022. Education City Stadium is the third venue that has been completed for the event, following the upgrade of the Khalifa Internation...
The stadium, which will become the new home for top-tier Dutch football club Feyenoord, will be located alongside the Nieuwe Maas river as part of OMA's masterplan for the redevelopment of Rotterdam Zuid. Working with landscape architect LOLA, the Rotterdam-based architecture studio designed the stadium to be integrated into the redeveloped neighbourhood. The principl...
The playground for residential estate “Malaya Ordynka 19” is based on 8 principles of child-friendly playspaces: 1. Abstract form instead of themed image. Playing everyday child must have an opportunity to choose a game theme and change it as often as needed! A submarine, sand dunes, animal burrows in the garden, the hobbit valley – scenery depends only on the imaginat...
The mixed-use project is organized with a diverse set of programming geared toward indoor sports and leisure. The team, led by designer Amirali Sharifi, integrates such spaces as gyms, spas, restaurants, bowling, billiards, and digital gaming areas. The expressive complex is situated along a vital crossroads of the modern section of Shiraz, Iran. Along with offering such...
"New York City F.C.’s circuitous search for a permanent home [...] has come full circle. The team’s owners, in conjunction with a group of local developers, are nearing an agreement with New York City that would allow the team to construct a privately financed, 25,000-seat stadium in the South Bronx as part of a development project costing more than $1 billion." — The...
According to an article of GloucestershireLive, the 5,000-seat wooden stadium, which aims to be carbon neutral or carbon negative, received planning permission by six votes for and four votes - which was held on December 18, 2019. Zaha Hadid Architects first released its concept design in 2016 and the new stadium, with its sinuous form, aims to be the world's greenes...
Designed to blend in with the pitched rooflines of the surrounding rural structures the pool was built as part of an upgrade of a former 1980s water park by Ljubljana-based studio Enota. Named Termalija Family Wellness, the pool is the latest in a series of developments at the spa with the overarching aim of better connecting the centre with the surrounding natural la...
Nike unveiled the track on National Coming Out Day on 11 October as part of their Be True campaign. The running field is dedicated to Gilbert Baker, the artist who designed the rainbow flag that has become a symbol of Pride. "At Nike, we believe in the pursuit of equality for every athlete.," said Nike. "We honour every voice advocating for equality — those standing u...
Selected from a group of 5 international architecture firms, Archi-Tectonics won this competition for the 2022 Asian Games with a bold and innovative design, fusing landscape and building program into a tridimensional land-form. Like pebbles in a river, two iconic stadiums and various other building objects are forming the gravitational nodes of a fluid park landscape ...
promoting the already established culture of cycling amongst the dutch people, the project has been envisioned to provide a unique experience to cyclists while improving the city’s infrastructure. the project by ector hoogstad focuses on three main design aspects of convenience, speed and safety. with this in mind, the plan is separated into units for parking and paths, ...
The city of Hangzhou, a scenic and metropolitan capital in East China, will host the Asian Games in 2022. The sporting tournament is the latest in a long list of high profile international events in China in general and Hangzhou in specific. Six international architecture firms, including Snøhetta, SO-IL, NEXT Architects, Jadric Architektur, and Pelli Clarke Pelli Ar...
What followed was an exploration of how to design a stadium expansion in a tight urban space hemmed in by roads, utilities, buildings, and a light rail line. Where previous expansion studies had looked at the south side of the stadium, Allied Works focused on the east side and expanding upwards. The architects found a precedent in the raucous Estadio Alberto J. Armando i...
the plans first presented in november 2018 have now been updated to feature a more circular park, where the new geometry ensures a more intimate experience during games, better views from inside the ballpark, and a more seamless and efficient way of navigating the 34,000-seat stadium as well as the surrounding neighborhood.the design retains its continuous rooftop park, ...
To improve the local sports infrastructure for schools, amateur clubs and young talents, three additional canopied ice rinks will be built next to the sports arena as training facilities and for recreational use. Therefore, a comprehensive agreement on guaranteed opening times for the ice rinks has been closed with the City of Munich. The building owner of the project i...
Built to follow BREEAM and LEED standards, the complex boasts an array of sustainable features ranging from low-waste prefabrication to green roofs. Real-time monitoring and smart automation optimize energy savings and comfort levels. Commissioned by Xuhui Group’s Beijing office for the Xuhui No. 26 Block in Shunyi District of Beijing, the Xuhui Demonstrative Project ...
OMA's managing partner David Gianotten has designed the new Feyenoord Stadium, which is set to become the largest football stadium in the Netherlands. Proposed for a site on the Maas river, the building will replace Feyenoord's existing stadium De Kuip, which is set to be redeveloped. Gianotten said the arena will set "a new benchmark in contemporary stadium design...
The Mo Ostin Basketball Center is a joint basketball facility for the women's and men's teams of University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), both of which are currently in the top five in the nation. Designed by local firm Kevin Daly Architects, the structure spans approximately 35,000 square feet (468,231 square metres) and has a varied construction with angled pane...
Of the 15 stadiums arranged among winding pathways, three were leftover stadiums from the 2007 Pan-American Games that were built over a 1970s Formula One racetrack. The HSBC Stadium hosted gymnastics, while the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre was used to present swimming and diving events. Rio’s BLAC Architects collaborated with U.K.’s 3DReid to renovate the still-standing...
The 700,000-square-metre sports park in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, will include a 30,000 seat stadium and a gymnasium with capacity of 10,000, along with a swimming pool, sports hall, and outdoor sports venues. A science and technology museum, a hotel and shops will also be built on the campus.Beijing-based architects MAD said they wanted the park to look like an...
the facilities combine the new national velodrome with an aquatic center, sports hall, and climbing wall — creating a venue capable of hosting national and international cycling events, while simultaneously serving the local community on a day-to-day basis. mecanoo and metaform’s compact design is a result of the prescribed re-naturalization of the sloping agricultura...
the first and second phase of MAD‘s sports campus have a total construction area of approximately 340,000 sqm, and include: a stadium (30,000 seats), gymnasium (10,000 seats), natatorium (2,000 seats), national sports complex, outdoor sports venue, science & technology museum, hotel accommodations, youth center and retail programs. located in quzhou, a forest city with t...
The building is situated next to “Avenida do Atlântico” in Viana do Castelo. An avenue facing the sea, in which a series of buildings are constructed, which, on a first impression, the urban front, in which the building is inserted, transmits a rather insipid image due to the nature of the programs and options taken in its projects. A characteristic which has become an a...
upon entering, visitors are met with a series of modest-sized buildings scattered across the site, which groupe3 architectes have developed with respect both to the heritage of the club and to the predominantly residential surroundings. the architectural and landscape project gives wifaq club new ambitions in terms of programming, visual identity and spatial experience, ...
This clubhouse includes cafés, gymnasiums, yoga classrooms, libraries, teahouses and children’s learning areas. At the heart of the design concept is the creation of spatial order. Two sweeping staircases dominate the appearance of the lobby. A luminaire that reminds one of a waterfall serves as an eye-catcher. It is surrounded by a lattice-like screen. The sophisticated...
Club House Varkenoord is the outcome of a competition won by NL architects in 2014. The sport infrastructure, part of Sportcampus Rotterdam, is the home of two soccer clubs and a hockey team. The site sits between two soccer fields, while the north-east side faces other three playing fields. The sloped sections and distribution of the functions in the building fully t...
Reinforcing the spirit of ‘playing tennis in an English garden’ the landscape strategy designed by Grant Associates seeks to define, connect and choreograph spaces throughout the Grounds. The aim is to reinforce the sense of an English garden, creating a unique narrative journey for visitors, players and Club members. The landscape framework will include enhanced l...
Multisport arena for FC Barcelona will be a key component of the new Espai Barça sports district Leading international sports venue architecture firm HOK has released design details for FC Barcelona’s new arena. FC Barcelona recently selected HOK and Barcelona-based TAC Arquitectes to design the New Palau Blaugrana as part of an international architectural competition th...
