NBBJ’s proposed design for the new Dalian Shide football stadium in China represents a new direction in sports architecture by moving away from the creation of a building based on pure form. The organic architecture of the building challenges the typical stadium typology to become more than an impressive skin wrapped around an ordinary seating bowl.
Designed to emulate a garden, NBBJ’s Garden Stadium has only what is needed to thrive, and those functions are clearly organized and expressed. This simple effectiveness in design leads to a dramatically improved fan experience as well as greater ease of operations. In addition, the building’s carbon footprint is minimized, making Garden Stadium a part of a larger sustainable community.

http://www.archdaily.com/35207/dalian-shide-stadium-nbbj/

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That was a wild idea from NBBJ, not sure if i'd say good, but definitely cool. However a more conservative proposal from UNStudio won the competition, capacity will be a little over 40,000.

NBBJ’s proposed design for the new Dalian Shide football stadium in China represents a new direction in sports architecture by moving away from the creation of a building based on pure form. The organic architecture of the building challenges the typical stadium typology to become more than an impressive skin wrapped around an ordinary seating bowl.
Designed to emulate a garden, NBBJ’s Garden Stadium has only what is needed to thrive, and those functions are clearly organized and expressed. This simple effectiveness in design leads to a dramatically improved fan experience as well as greater ease of operations. In addition, the building’s carbon footprint is minimized, making Garden Stadium a part of a larger sustainable community.

Really interesting design but..................................fuckin' hell!....Architects don't half talk some pretentious shit!

The design is very creative and amazing. I hope it won't fail to get built. Btw who will pay for the project? Local/Central government? The club owner?

What the......

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I think this one is actually the proposal for the Dalian stadium...maybe it is a different one?

I think this one is actually the proposal for the Dalian stadium...maybe it is a different one?

This was one of the proposals. It was a limited architectural competition held for the new stadium, NBBJ had one proposal, and UN Studios a proposal. UN Studios won the competition. NBBJ's proposal which is presented in the first post won't be built.

Winning design!
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