RESPONSE TO CONDITION

Fifa World Cup 2022

With Qatar winning the bid to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup, a discussion of how they might address the extreme heat and solar exposure in the region arose amongst coordinators and developers. The response from architects and developers resulted in eight stadiums that all provide considerable overhead shade for the thousands of visitors. Though there are questions regarding the ethics of construction and some qualities of the more ostentatious and ornate designs, the approach to combating solar exposure is considerate at the least.

Designed for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Stadium 974 by Fenwick Iribarren Architects addresses numerous sustainable questions. The stadium’s design prides itself in being demountable and deconstructable after its usage as a stadium to sugegst its recyclable nature. It also, along with the other seven stadiums, provides an overhead shade component. This system is consideably more frugal and rigid in its expression. The rhyth of the structure for the shading system is determinedd by the spacing required for shipping caontainers that function as the conccessions and utilities for the stadium. The approach to shading in this stadium contains qualities and issues that the majority of the World Cup stadiums present. Primariliy, the lack of constant shade for visitors is something to note. As throughout the day, the sun shifts upon the the spectators, so at different momnets, opposite sides of the stadium are exposed to intense solar activity. One could question the possibility of an overhead structure that encloses the entirety of the stadium.