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Brief In a world full of fondness for sports and leisure, it would be reasonable to create new, modern arenas for sport fans where many different sporting events could take place. Using movement and flow as a theme would correlate with the movement in sports, which would make the design look more appealing and understandable.
The objective is to design an arena, which is inspired by movement and flow, influenced by any sort of movement in both exterior and interior. This arena will include many facilities such as indoor and outdoor merch shops, a large area in which sport events, concerts etc can take place, and food courts . The significance of having these accessories in the arena is so that visitors have a way of feeling a connection with the arena, in terms of the movement and flow design and the food shops, merch etc. This arena will have more than one floors in which there would be space for other provisions.
Specification The interior and exterior structure should be inspired by movement and flow Entertainment and leisure arena should be designed in a modern manner Able to accommodate those with disabilities The arena should have 8 built-in food take away shops (4 on each floor) Should also include 1 separate eat in-restaurant outside the arena Outside cafĂŠ A greenery/park outside for visitors to explore Free WIFI Parking lot connected to the arena Seating areas outside
Shapes-Triangles Research The Shenzen Arena by Meinhard von Gerkan This Arena could perhaps have been inspired by shapes and colours of diamonds, which creates a beautiful, outstanding look, which attracts the public's attention. The greenery around the arena goes along with the arena's colour co-ordination, therefore making the whole atmosphere a 'go-to' place. In my opinion, colour coordinating is significant because the building should typically blend in with the environment naturally.
More research/ ideas from model I made
Norman foster- crossrail roof (primary research) The Crossrail Place Roof Garden in Canary Wharf is the first new building to open for Crossrail — London's new east-west rail link. Located above the new station, the garden is a celebration of the docklands maritime heritage, showcasing unusual plants from across the globe, encased beneath an intricate lattice roof.
Hearts tower- Norman Foster (inspiration on texture)
The voids in the corner of the building's diagrid structure created by the corner nodes are called Bird's Mouth. The Bird's mouth are not just aesthetically pleasing Architectual elements in the Hearst Tower, but they are also very important players in the building's stability. The nature of their formation solves the structural vibration of having a 6 metres cantilever on every eight floors at each corner of the tower These blue dots represent the corner nodes on the hearts tower which stabilises the building.
The modern 'Hearst Tower' was built on top of an ancient building, which was used for William Randolph Hearst's newspaper empire in the 19th century. The site was originally intended to hold a two-story, mixed-use stricture with stores, offices and a 2,500seat auditorium. Side elevation
Idea inspired by the shenzhen arena
Royal Ontario Museum
Sketch up
Different texture research • Wooden triangles • Glass • Window • steel
Sketch up design of glass side
Side of stadium
Nature Research
Hangzhou Olympic sports centre
Like many cities in China, Hangzhou is undergoing rapid urban change. While the city center historically developed around the West Lake area, opportunities for industry and commerce have shifted the city’s expansion towards the Qian Tang riverfront. New construction has tripled the city’s size in the past decade, creating a modern architectural fabric that is powerful in scale, yet still in need of public space. The stadium exterior is made up of a series of unique yet repetitive truss modules, or petals, that enclose the stadium bowl.
Use a leaf as a model
Ideas using primary photos
The surface of the stadium could be made of wood, with a smooth wood design that covers the whole stadium in a
This shape could be a brief layout of the landscape of the whole arena park. In this space, I could add different pathways and add trees to make a natural looking environment. Ideally, I would like my stadium to have a natural look, instead of an artificial look, but modernised. I was thinking of having a brown coloured exterior of the stadium, inspired by the conifer cone, with a bit of glass shapes( inspired by the shenzhen arena and the hearst tower) to add more detail and mix different materials to create an interesting looking stadium.
Freestyled model
These are initial drawings of my freestyle models. Inspired by Zaha Hadid’s famous ‘curves’
Initial ideas This is one of my potential stadium outline shape for my model. However, adding a few details that I could later be inspired by would
Idea on sketch up
Changsha meixihu international cultural centre- zaha hadid​
Terracotta Baguette-texture
Idea using Terracotta Baguette
Nearly finished
Idea 3- light up stadiums Allianz Arena Secondary Research
Paris la defence Arena The Paris La DĂŠfense Arena (originally known as the U Arena) is a multi-use domed stadium that is in Nanterre, which is a western suburb of Paris.[1] It is one of the two multi-use domed stadiums to be built in Europe, along with Telenor Arena. In Spring 2018, the arena was renamed from U Arena to "Paris La DĂŠfense Arena" following a vote by its board of directors.[2] For the 2024 Summer Olympics, in which the arena will host gymnasticsevents and commercially sponsored names are prohibited, the local organizing committee is using "Arena 92", a name that had been used early in the venue's planning process.
Initial Inspiration
Landscape ideas
Landscape Ideas- Park Zaryad'ye architecture plan
Research on Zaha Hadid- inspiration
02 arena millenium dome london