JA Architecture StudioInc

A repetition of trapezoidal structural modules shapes the stadium as an irregular continuous ring whose diagonal grid supports the roof while defining the façade. The folded envelope wraps a compact seating bowl, while a teardrop-shaped northern plaza and an elevated southern landscape provide access at two levels. In the survey area, sports buildings are positioned as separate pavilions within “fields in a forest”, connected by a planted roof above the garage, open meadows and an infrastructural spine extending toward Borongaj. In the third round, the jury eliminated projects that were well developed but generic, hermetic in their relationship with public space, insufficiently resolved in structural terms, financially demanding or unable to express the primary programme clearly. A large proportion of the proposals offered a well-articulated but insufficiently specific response to the site and its legacy. A project that retained parts of the existing structure was considered particularly interesting, but this approach was not feasible because the structure had to be demolished due to identified structural deficiencies.