China's vanishing stadium by MAD Architects
Located in Quzhou, in China’s Zhejiang province, the park covers an area of 570,000 sq m, of which the total building area of the stadium complex and supporting facilities is 390,000 sq m. The park includes a 30,000 person capacity stadium, a 10,000 person capacity gymnasium, a natatorium, outdoor auxiliary training grounds, athlete service and experience centre, as well as a science and technology museum and children’s place.
MAD’s scheme for the sports park takes into consideration the plot’s existing characteristics by respecting them to the fullest, regarding the culture of the city, the relationship between its buildings, and the relationship between the buildings and the city boundaries.
The buildings are embedded into the ground, whereby the façade disappears into the terrain, covered by greenery so that it becomes the landscape itself. While contours engrave curves into the surface, some function as pedestrian walkways. The sloping façade naturally serves as a new place for citizens to engage in exercise, and offers the opportunity to ‘climb’ the architecture. The lawn also provides a place where people can relax after their sports, introducing a new public green space in the city.
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The terraces on the roof and the park merge into a continuous space, increasing the quality of the working environment and emphasising the company's environmentally friendly orientation. Cutouts in the volume form covered spaces towards the streets (arcade) and at the same time cover the entrances to the building. On the other side the building is facing the park with a large roofed square (loggia).
In its design, the new building complements the orientation of a company that is transforming itself from an oil trader to a provider of green energy. Together with the park, it is designed as a comprehensive arrangement of the area along Ljubljana's middle ring and represents a key point along this road. At the important inner circle crossroads, the vertical element is emphasised in line with the urban design of the city. From this point, the building mass gradually decreases along the street and towards the park. The terrace on the lower part of the roof and the park merge into a continuous space, while the green roof increases the quality of the working environment and emphasises the environmentally friendly orientation of the company.
China’s Xi’an International Football Centre by Zaha Hadid Architecture
The new 60,000 seater stadium will host national and international matches as well as domestic league games, youth training academies, entertainment performances and cultural events.
The centre is located in Xi’an's Fengdong New District with its stations on the city’s expanding metro network.
With a population of nine million people and two professional football clubs, Xi’an will be a host city of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in China. Taking its legacy mode of operations as the starting point of the design, the stadium has been designed to provide optimum conditions for football and maximise its use by generations after the 2023 tournament.
Integrated within the orthogonal urban grid of Fengdong’s business district, the stadium’s open façades invite the city into the heart of the building to enjoy its public spaces, recreation and dining facilities throughout the day. Located in a series of shaded south-facing garden terraces with views over the city to Qing Mountain, these amenities will also serve spectators visiting the stadium during football matches, cultural events and performances.