A sports stadium is
projected on a large green plot with existing sports facilities on the
outskirts of Budapest. There is a
proposal for the urban planning of the complete plot as a second phase within
the competition.
The building aims to be a
transition between the urban landscape and the rural agricultural landscape
nearby. It looks for an innovative but integrated image into the environment,
with materials and colors that resemble the park and the trees of the area,
like a still life that copies the tone and appearance of the surrounding
vegetation.
It aims to be a catalyst for
the image of the neighborhood in which it is framed: a modern look for a
different building.
The project seeks to achieve
both an effective circulation of the various users of sports: athletes and
audiences, and the right position in the existing a park, complementing it with
the necessary parking space and accesses.
Instead of placing a large,
squared volume, we choose to “continue” the green space integrating the sports
park in it.
The proposal is almost a
landscape rather than a building, composed of folding surfaces and green waves.
A large deck with three overlapping wavebands emerges on the lot, starting from
the floor and rising above the ground to accommodate the different indoor
activities beneath. Light is entering from the top and the height of the lower bands
allows light entrance from both sides.
The building sits in the
park with some simple interventions that leverage the existing topography,
placing the playing field and changing rooms on the lower level of the plot and
raising the side stands to the upper bound of the plot.
Gentle ramps link both
levels with the parking to the north side and the main pedestrian path to the south,
allowing pedestrian access to all users of the area. Finally, the large, light
deck is placed above, unifying all the intervention with a smooth transition
between the landscape of the park and the building.