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Vikings Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Singapore National Stadium, Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore
Grande Stade,
Lyon, France
TEN MOST EAGERLY AWAITED STADIUMS
The biggest glass roof in the world already sets this building apart and gets people talking about the incredible external views that fans will experience sitting up in the huge stands – the feeling of being ‘outside, inside’. Shirtsleeves in mid-winter in Minnesota? The questions begin: what about the energy bills, how will they clean all that glass, what about snow accumulation? The answers are all on paper but part of the fascination of this project is to see how the designers will turn vision into reality.
Just a few months from opening, the Hub has the highest profi le of all ten, simply because its fi rst great events are now just around the corner. Will the ‘whole’ of the multi-sport and entertainment site be greater than the sum of its many parts? How will the National Stadium perform? The moving roof is part of the climate control that is designed to make spectating and playing a pleasant experience. The moving seating tiers enable multi-sport use, including cricket. Imagine an Indian Premier League game in such a stadium and the atmosphere it will create.
Tokyo Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
When a city wins the right to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, expectations go up and the Tokyo main stadium is no different. The design that won the design competition (pictured) was from Zaha Hadid Architects (London Olympic Aquatic Centre) and the typically curvaceous form is immediately eye-catching. Since Tokyo won the bid, various stakeholders have been discussing the exact specifi cations, with an emphasis on keeping costs in check and providing a sustainable facility.
At a minimum, the stadium needs to host athletics, opening and closing ceremonies and rugby (World Cup fi nal 2019). Zaha Hadid’s design allows for use as a concert venue as well as for sport.
This stadium, now just an oval hole in the ground – the ceremonial fi rst stone was laid on 12 November – needs to be more than just the stadium for soccer club Olympique Lyonnais. The project moves the stadium to an out of town location, with a new local transport hub, as a driver of regeneration. Architect Populous has created spaces in and around the stadium for community and informal leisure use. There is also the promise of an energy positive building from photovoltaics in the roof. Will the stadium prove a long-term success for the citizens of Lyon and not just a stunner during EURO 2016?
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