Gwalior International Cricket Stadium
PUBLICNESS OF URBAN SPACE Sporting stadiums have an impact on the socioeconomic capabilities of the regions in which they are located. Some have a positive impact since they are able to fully integrate into the urban environment and aid the community in areas like economy, walkability, and transit (Borgen, 2016). However, many fail to do this as well. They essentially become massive concrete or steel constructions surrounded by thousands of asphalt-filled parking places that solely serve the community on the days that the sporting team is in town, which is normally once or twice a week.
Mixed-use buildings are a design type that has had a lot of success in generating vibrant and effective urban areas. They can meet many of the needs in the surrounding area, such as residential, office, and retail spaces, ensuring that the building is continually in use. This is all done with a single building’s worth of space, which is extremely advantageous in dense, urban situations. Mixeduse structures mix old and new design strategies to produce highly walkable communities. What if these mixed-use design components were combined with the stadium’s typology and philosophy?
SEARCH QUESTION How can we revitalize and activate one of the world’s most expensive typologies by layering it with other functions that contribute to make a much more inclusive and urban environment? Public money is indeed a way that helps the existence of stadium typologies yet, the general public can use these stadiums majorly on the game-days.
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