Football stadiums

 Contemporary football stadiums are optimized for events yet detached from everyday urban life. Despite the central role of spectators, their presence is often secondary to operational and commercial priorities. As a result, stadiums function as episodic environments—intensely active during matches but largely dormant otherwise, with their scale and enclosure reinforcing a separation from the city. Yuanbo Jia & Zhijun Lei Yuanbo Jia & Zhijun Lei The design of the Xi’an International Football Centre proposes openness as a primary strategy to reconfigure this relationship. The perceived mass of the stadium is reduced by sinking the lower seating tier below ground level, significantly lowering its overall he... More

Kerbala Stadium – “The Kerbala Arches” proposes a football venue that fuses Kerbala’s historical, religious, and architectural heritage with a distinctly contemporary identity. The architectural concept is anchored in a powerful local symbol: the pointed arch, referenced from the city’s sacred architecture and reinterpreted as the project’s primary megastructure. StudioMAAC A ring of 16 intersecting arches (approximately 38 m wide and 19 m high) forms a protective perimeter and supports a system of tensile canvas roofing. This intermediary structure operates as a threshold—an outer “transition” space before entering the stadium—bringing multiple benefits: solar control, the f... More

Inspired by the great sand dunes in the Sahara Desert, and the waves and colours of the Mediterranean Sea, surrounding Tripoli, this Sta­dium, which will host 55,000 spectators in the great city of Tripoli, is designed with innovation and the latest technology to be a sport monu­ment.  Reflecting with its colourful façade and Mediterranean wave-like shape, the beauty and colours of Libya and multicultural African spirit, without being affiliated with any particular African country, or the colour of any particular team. javiergarciaalda architect© javiergarciaalda architect© The stadium aims to reproduce the image of the undulating dunes of the Sahara and the waves of the Mediterranean through its or... More

We were the winners of the Competition for the Design and Construction of the Sports Complex of the Al Talaba University Club in Baghdad. Promoted by the Iraqi Ministry of Education. javiergarciaalda architect© javiergarciaalda architect© It consists of: a soccer stadium for 15,000 spectators, surrounded by soccer, tennis, and basketball training fields, an indoor pool, and a multipurpose building with a hotel and the Club's offices. javiergarciaalda architect© javiergarciaalda architect© More

At the request of The Deportivo Municipal Football Club, we have studied the possibility of expanding the capacity and modernising the facilities of Ivan Moreno Elias stadium in Lima (Peru) in order to be able to host the Libertadores Cup and the Sudamericana Cup. The stadium opened in 2002 and has recently remodelled in 2013 when the team ascended to the First Division of the Peruvian League. The current capacity of 13, 000 spectators (without seats) isn´t enough to host any international event it is necessary. For that reason is necessary to expand to 20,000 spectators, 12,000 of them with seats. The works to realize consist of: ·        Demolition of current storage rooms and fences. ·  ... More

In 2019 MoederscheimMoonen was commissioned for the design of Campus de Braak in Helmond together with FaulknerBrowns Architects and CULD. The project was put on hold for a short while in 2020 and consequently the architectural team came up with a new design. The final design was completed and approved this month. Mixed-use at its bestMultifunctionality is key to the design of the stadium in Helmond. The campus will be home to the professional soccer club, Helmond Sport, as well as a practical school. The program will include a NOC*NSF sports hall, several gyms, accommodation for a youth soccer club and a physiotherapy practice. All of the users took part in the development of the project during the interactive sessions, which focused on t... More

We have developed our own modular construction system and offer a high-quality product with a very competitive price and delivery time. It is a totally precast system, manufactured product in a factory. Caption The construction work is limited to assembly. We get to accelerate the construction process and also improve the quality of the finished product. The quality of the final product is not comparable with traditional construction. A stadium prototype with a capacity from 2,000 up to 45,000 seats. Within the minimum distance recommended the pitch. The main building houses the areas of -Players, -Authorities, -VIP, -Press and Conference room. Ensuring comfort and full functionality according to FIFA recommendations. Ancillary servi... More

Preliminary Design Proposal for the new football stadium of the Club, with two locations in Nicosia. Modern stadium, very functional, fully prefabricated and modular. Approved with category 4 by UEFA. javiergarciaalda architect© javiergarciaalda architect© javiergarciaalda architect© javiergarciaalda architect© More

Conceptual proposal for the new soccer stadium on the grounds of Florida in the district of Rimac in Lima. Plot of just over 4 hectares near the sports city. With the possibility of enabling an area attached to the stadium for parking to the North. javiergarciaalda architect© Modern stadium, very functional, totally prefabricated and modular. Approved by FIFA and CONMEBOL for the celebration of any international event. javiergarciaalda architect© javiergarciaalda architect© javiergarciaalda architect© More

Preliminary Design Proposal for the new stadium of Club Atlético Capitalino in Mexico City. javiergarciaalda architect© A modern sports facility approved by FIFA and CONMEBOL. A single grandstand is proposed, distributed in 12 vomitories, a changing room tunnel and 2 exits for emergency vehicles. With a modular construction system:· Metal structure as support for the stands. · Prefabricated concrete grandstands. · Main building (changing rooms, authorities room, press, etc…) and auxiliary building (medical center, accesses, public toilets, cafeterias). javiergarciaalda architect© · Game field in artificial grass and PVC seats · Enclosures and a textile cover. &middo... More

At the request of the Ministry, the draft for the new football and athletics Stadium in Suriname is presented. javiergarciaalda architect© There is a single level grandstand with a capacity for 10,000 spectators, distributed in 20 vomitories, two of them exclusive for disabled access. It houses the changing rooms on the ground floor and press room, authorities and VIP public views of the pitch on the first floor. javiergarciaalda architect© It is an entirely modular stadium through our construction system: • Steel Structure as support of grandstands. Manufactured by the assembly of laminated steel profiles with bolted joints.  • Grandstands:  Precast reinforced concrete “L” shaped sect... More

Stadium + see-sighting located on top of the city with an asymmetrical shape so as to allow spectators to simultaneously contemplate the match and the panoramic views of the city. We have designed with 2 enclosure options: metallic or ETFE. The public is distributed into 3 tiers with a total capacity of 45,000 seats, of which 15 are for authorities, 9,800 for VIP, 235 for sky boxes, 500 for Media and 34,450 for the general public. javiergarciaalda architect© Technical specifications and materials: • Foundation: Concrete Bored Piles of conventional diameters for general areas and large diameter for special elements.  • Structure: Bolted Steel Structure combining standard rolled profiles for conventional elements... More

The project designed for Buyukcekmece Municipality's Kumburgaz district is as a small-scale sports complex serving the neighbourhood in an 11.000m2 site. The land lies at the transition point between the green area to the north and west and the residential areas to the south and east. Ozer \ Urger Architects’ efforts to bring different public usages together has been a starting point for this project as it was in recent years’ projects.The sloping site allows to squeeze only a FIFA standard-sized football field of 90m in length and has a 15m level difference between the two short sides. The green area in the north and west of the area behind the goal net meet with the field and the tribune to increase the use of public space in different wa... More