Palazzo dello Sport

The Vlore Stadium project rethinks the role of a stadium within the urban fabric of Vlore, Albania. Rather than treating the stadium as a single-purpose sports facility, the proposal considers it as a new piece of city capable of reconnecting different parts of the urban area and generating everyday public activity. The project site lies between the main road of the city and a less-defined urban area. The proposal therefore extends beyond the stadium itself, establishing a new relationship between the predominantly residential western side of the city and the eastern area through a sequence of public and mixed-use spaces. A new sports park is introduced between the stadium and the residential area, incorporating a covered swimming pool and... More