Sports Citadel Architectural Competition

Young Architects Competitions: Sports Citadel Edition

Honorable Mention

A stadium, in Turin, Italy, rises out of the ground in a bold architectural statement, while still maintaining an understated and elegant profile. Like how fans come together for sports, forms are joined together by a glass roof to show convergence and movement. The sport citadel is a dynamic and multifunctional complex optimized to enhance the sporting experience.

In partnership with Curran Neely

Design process:

1. Many sporting stadiums have the playing surface on the ground level, forcing fans to climb up to the concourse. Sinking the playing area allows for easier access.

2. Conventional basketball stadiums are tall and imposing, with tall screens suspended from the ceiling. By moving screens to corners, building height can be reduced.

3. By reducing the ground floor plate, the building has a smaller physical footprint, meeting the brief requirements.

4. Sloping the roof eliminates shadows on nearby buildings, as well as allows fans to walk up to the roof of the building. This gives the stadium another purpose, as a park, when not in use.

Design process

‘Triangular’ Development

Architectural Competition

Young Architects Competitions: Detroit Waterfront District

Edition

This multi-use development is an elegant solution in the organic form of tower design while staying rooted in the history of Detroit. It is sleek, yet robust; fluid in shape, yet geometric; and vertical, yet horizontal. Large skybridges connect the trio of towers and create elevated public spaces with minimal ground impact. This creates a new form of circulation, with both vertical and horizontal elements connected at the ground and high above.