WORLD CUP STADIUM BY POPULOUS

Populous, architects of the London 2012 Olympic stadium, Sochi 2014 Olympic stadium and Soccer City 2010 World Cup stadium, have been selected as designers of the new Rostov Stadium.

This will be the fourth stadium that Populous has designed in Russia to be used for the 2018 World Cup, together with Kazan, Saransk, Sochi. Part of an overall landscape, this urban design is planned for the whole region.

It is inspired by the ancient earthworks along the banks of the river, the Kurgans. These archaeological mounds of earth were used for burial pagan rituals, creating major forms in the landscape.

The stadium will have a capacity of 45,000 seats for the World Cup and will be scaled down to 25,000 seats in legacy. The concept had embraced sustainable credentials, as it will be the core of a green city project, which protects the wetlands to the south of the river.

Damon Lavelle, Principal at Populous, commented “It’s been a pleasure to work with Intex, the city and the governor of Rostov-on-Don to promote the project. After our experience on the World Cup in 2010 and London 2012, we are certain that the stadium will be a great catalyst for the city and this part of the river.“

Location: Rostov, Russia
Architect: Populous

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS BY SNØHETTA

Oslo - and U.S.-based Snøhetta and global giant AECOM have scored a major commission: designing a new stadium in San Francisco for the Golden State Warriors, an NBA team.

The “sports and entertainment complex” will rise on “the crumbling” Piers 30-32 and will overlook San Francisco Bay. According to an official statement from the NBA, “the parties are in the final stages of negotiating the agreement.” 

In regards to the decision, Joe Lacob, CEO of the Warriors, cited Snøhetta’s “extensive experience with ambitious waterfront projects” and its “familiarity with San Francisco through their work on the SFMOMA expansion.”

He added: “All you have to do is look at what they’ve done for the new National Opera House in Oslo and the Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt to see what is possible at Piers 30-32.”

The venue will not only serve the professional basketball team, but will also accommodate concerts, conferences, and other large-scale events.

“The Warriors have set ambitious goals for their team and their sports and entertainment complex, which are really very exciting,” stated Craig Dykers, senior partner at Snøhetta.

“They’re interested in connections to the entire Bay Area and creating a venue that’s useful for many people on many levels.”

Location: San Francisco, USA

Architect: Snøhetta

Venue footprint: 170 000 square feet

Venue height: 135 feet

Venue seating capacity: 17 500

Venue total square footage: (excluding practice facilities and meeting rooms): 740 000 square feet

Practice courts: 21 000 square feet

Community event room: 10 000 square feet

Parking spaces: approximately 630, piers 30-32 currently parks 1500 cars

Retail: 105 000 square feet

Open space: 333 000 square feet

JAPAN NATIONAL STADIUM BY JACKSON ARCHITECTURE

Design proposal for the new national Stadium of Japan located in Tokyo. Designed by Jackson Architecture, their proposal for the Japan National Stadium is a new stadium in a park, where nature is apparent and can be integrated.

Car parking, buses, community and service facilities exist below the park: neighborhood recreation and health areas contribute to the excitement and atmosphere, inhabited every day.

The first impression is of a large park, within which a large “ellipsoidal object is placed.

The stadium capacity is for 80,000 spectators and can be utilized for rugby, soccer, athletics and concerts.

The stadium bowl lies within a podium that houses all facilities underneath while creating spaces for public parks and recreational areas above, thus providing more public space within the urban fabric of Tokyo.

The stadium bowl is designed to be naturally ventilated and open in plan to allow for maximum comfort to players and promote cross air flows at pitch level creating a venturi Effect.

Player comfort is important and by lowering the bowl and creating a “cool sink” with the playing field, we enhance player comfort to promote their best performance.

A light weight roof has been designed to reduce resource use and lower costs. This create less of a financial impact and environmental impact.

The roof has been designed with modularity and prefabrication in mind to again increase sustainability for the project.

Passive solar design and the use of ETFE panels with PV cells over laid on the skin of the roof allows for patrons to be protected from the elements, enjoy diffuse natural daylight whilst the roof panels generate renewable energy from the sun.

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Architects: Jackson Architecture

Project Team: Daryl Jackson, Matthew Drysdale, Colin Wilson, Elaine Quek, Kon Iakovidis, Aaron Paris, Matt Myers, and Esther Parsons

Architects in Association: Lacoste + Stevenson

Project Team: Thierry Lacoste, David Stevenson

Consulting Engineers: Arup Sydney

Year: 2012

SILK LEAF STADIUM BY COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

“Like a modern acropolis, our concept for the new National Stadium of Japan places the arena on a plinth as a sign in the center of the city. A large plaza is created by the plinth forming the main public entryway.

The seating tribunes are conceived as landscape elements of the podium, and are covered by a light, shell-like roof touching the ground at only four points.

The shell is topped by a retractable photo-voltaic glass roof element that separates into two visible wing-shaped leaves opening the stadium to the sky.”

The competition rules specified the stadium must be able to seat 80,000 people; have a retractable roof, be environmentally efficient and complement the surrounding landscape.

It must also be up and ready by 2018 to host the Rugby World Cup the following year. The construction budget is 130 billion yen ($1.62 billion).

Location: Tokio, Japan

Architect: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU - Wolf D. Prix & Partner ZT GmbH

Project Partner: Michael Volk, Luzie Giencke

Design Architect: Alexander Ott

Team: Crystal K.H Tang, Jan Markus Ludwig, Donna Riedel, Jan Rancke, David Neudecker, Sonila Kadillari

Structural Engineering: B + G  Ingenieure: Bollinger • Grohmann • Schneider  ZTGmbH

Cost Consultant: emproc GmbH

Energy Consultant: Bernhard Sommer

Area: 113.000 m2

Year: 2012

VIKINGS STADIUM BY HKS INC

Dallas-based HKS Inc. beat out four other competitors to design the new Vikings stadium. At a public meeting on October 15 they released more of their proposed stadium designs. The Vikings and the architectural firm hope to unveil a final design in January or February.

“We collectively selected HKS because they have exceptional qualifications and offered the most unique approach. They have designed world class stadiums and they understand how to create successful multipurpose stadiums,” said MSFA Chair Michele Kelm-Helgen. “They have exceptional experience in roof design which really set them apart from the other firms. They consistently raise the design bar on every project they are involved in.”

The cutting-edge architectural firm has designed an impressive portfolio of state-of-the-art NFL stadiums, including stadiums for the Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts. Both stadiums are thought to be the best stadiums in the NFL. HKS Inc. also designed the Ballpark at Arlington, home of the Texas Rangers; the Milwaukee Brewers' Miller Park in Milwaukee.

“Selecting an architect is one of the most important decisions we will make during this stadium process,” said Vikings Owner/President Mark Wilf. “Through extensive research and collaboration with the Stadium Authority, it became clear that HKS’s creativity and qualifications made them the best firm for this project. Having watched NFL games inside both of their most recent stadiums, we strongly believe HKS will deliver the ultimate game day experience for Vikings fans while also ensuring this facility serves all Minnesotans throughout the year.”

“We are excited to begin work on the new People’s Stadium. We learned a lot from building the Dallas and Indianapolis stadiums and we look forward on leveraging our experience in the design for Minnesota and the Vikings,” said Bryan Trubey of the HKS Sports  Entertainment Group. “Our design approach is to listen, innovate and deliver. We are excited to begin our process with the people of Minnesota. We will soon have a local architecture firm as a partner, and are excited to hire targeted businesses to help with our design work.”

Initial design plans have not been released to the public, but Viking officials say they hope the budget will allow the new stadium to include a retractable roof, walls or windows.The design team also plans to incorporate interactive technology into some elements to create a more engaging fan experience.

Such interactive technology would put the game in the palm of a fan's hands with replays, statistics and other game information being delivered to the fan's smartphone. The new stadium also will include wider concourses, maximized sideline seating, easily accessible concessions, more restrooms and an enhanced game-day plaza to connect fans and surrounding communities.

HKS has pledged to work with a local architectural firm for a portion of the design and has committed to hiring 19% targeted businesses– 8% minority and 11% women-owned firms for portions of the contract. The contract is for design services and is in the amount of $34 million. The Vikings' new stadium will cost an estimated $975 million to build and should open in 2016.

PHILIP JOHNSON: LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC STADIUM, A SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

Philip Johnson, Populous Architects responsible for the design of the main London 2012 Olympic Stadium, believes it will lead a global movement towards sustainable architecture.

Mostly lightweight steel was used in the construction, the roof is made of PVC and the stadium boasts a fabric curtain, designed to minimize crosswinds. Moreover, the water collected from the roof is used to flush the toilets, while the earth embankments that surround the stadium protect the biodiversity of the site by encouraging plants to grow.

"We want to use as little material as possible," said Johnson, of the architectural consultancy, Populous, which is headquartered in the US city of Kansas, but has offices around the world, including one in the British capital. 

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Based on the principles of reduce, reuse and recycle, the stadium has a temporary upper tier of 55,000 seats. The tier will be dismantled after the Games, transforming the stadium into a 25,000-seat venue for other sporting events.

Philip is currently leading the design of the transformation of the Olympic Stadium to suit its post 2012 use, creating a sustainable legacy integrated into the new urban park.

One idea Johnson was forced to abandon was that of a "moving roof", which would partially cover the seating areas during the Games, but could be folded forward like the petals of a flower to cover the entire stadium once the temporary tier of seats had been removed.

"It probably would have been the most expensive stadium, but could have been pretty fun. If we'd had the ultimate budget, we would have done something like that. But, of course, it's sensible to have a more modest roof," he said.

Johnson was full of praise for Beijing's Olympic stadium, having visited the structure in May 2008 with a team of international engineers to help with technical assessments.

TADAO ANDO: NEW STADIUM TOKIO 2020

The Japan Sport Council (JSC) that owns the iconic Kasumigaoka National Stadium, home to the Tokyo '64 Games, has launched an international design contest for its renovation. The stadium is a feature in the Tokyo 2020 bid and will host the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

In keeping the legacy, the JSC opted to remodel the facility as opposed to building a new one from scratch for historic reasons as well as environmental ones.

The facelift will restore the Kasumigaoka National Stadium to its place as one of the world’s most technically advanced stadia and will expand the crowd capacity to 80,000.

The prize for the winner will be 20 million Yen (approximately US$ 255k) and participants will be judged by the Kasumigaoka National Stadium International Design Contest's Panel.

It will include including world-renowned architect Tadao Ando and the international panelists are Richard Rogers, the artist behind the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and Norman Foster, the designer of the new Wembley Stadium in London.

The winner of the design contest will be decided in late November of this year.


STORY:

Jun 23, 2011 - The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said Tokyo would be a "very strong" candidate to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, a Japanese media report said on Saturday."Tokyo was having a good bid last time," IOC president Jacques Rogge was quoted as saying in Lausanne on Friday.

"It did not win but the bid was very strong, so we considered that should there be (another Tokyo bid), we believed it was going to be a very strong bid."

Set 3, 2009 - Edward Lifson interviews the masterplanner of the 2016 Tokyo Olympic bid. [The Architect's Newspaper]

So if Tokyo gets the games you won't design a signature stadium. Is that out of “modesty and lack of ego?”
[Ando laughs] I don't know! Here's what I want to do: Right now Japan is kind of closed toward the world. I want to open Japan, and create a symbol of the openness. To create a country full of more possibilities for younger Japanese people, and to show young architects and young people worldwide that they can work and live and invest in Japan. So having a competition for the new stadium would be symbolic.

What if it's won by a Japanese architect?
It might be! It'll be an open competition.

2009 - In its bid for the 2016 Summer Games, the land of the rising sun unveils an ambitious plan to actualize history’s first Green Olympics. Designed by the famed Tadao Ando, the proposed Olympics stadium is an attempt to recreate Nature’s harmony.

Tokyo's stadium, designed by Tadao Ando, would seat 100,000 spectators, though it would be reduced to 80,000 after the Games of Tokyo 2016.

Project by Tadao Ando:

NEWS 07/22

Olympic Stadium is in the running for Stirling prize gold

The six shortlisted candidates for the most coveted British award for architecture are announced today and the 2012 Olympic Stadium, pilloried by some for being too plain and functional, is in the running.


The Stirling prize is handed out each year by Riba, the Royal Institute of British Architects, after a panel of judges have considered the merits of significant new buildings throughout the European Union which have "made the greatest contribution to British architecture". Previous winners include 30 St Mary Axe, London, better known as the Gherkin, the Scottish parliament building and the Gateshead Millennium bridge.

The Olympic Stadium of LOndon was produced by Populous, formerly known as HOK Sport, is an architectural firm specializing in the design of sports facilities and convention centers, as well as planning of major special events.

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Wim Wenders 3D Architecture Film For Venice Architecture Biennale

Following the success of 2011’s 3D film “Pina,” German filmmaker Wim Wenders announces his next project will be about Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. The film is expected to take several years to complete, but a short trailer will be shown at the Venice Architecture Biennale this August.

With both “Pina” and the new architecture project, Wenders is attempting to capture on film, a traditionally two-dimensional medium, that which is inherently three-dimensional.  In contrast with action and adventure films that exploit 3D technology for sensationalist purposes, Wenders’s subtle use of 3D in “Pina” created the impression of being at a live dance performance, providing atmosphere without being distracting or disorientating.  “Pina” was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2011 Academy Awards.  In a 2011 interview Wenders stated: “I have actually already started a long-term project, another documentary in 3D. … I have always wanted to do a film about architecture, and I have a lot of architect friends.  But that is another subject I never really knew how to approach with film.  I realized through ‘Pina’ that architecture is something that could have a real affinity to the medium.”