Guilin Football Park (2013)

Project Data
 
Total GFA:   125.000m2
Location:   Guilin, China
Function:   Sports, Recreation
Features:   Multi-function Stadium with resizable spectator / exhibition area embedded into public Sports Park
Scope:   Urban Design, Architectural Master Plan, Concept and SD Design
Status:   Planning
 
 
Project Summary
 
Guilin Football Park is a new development on the outskirts of the city comprising a football academy, football museum and interactive experience, practice facilities and so on. This project targets the design of the Football Park’s main area including the stadium, indoor stadium and adjacent Sports Park.

It has been a primary target of the design to utilize Guilin’s reputation as a top touristic destination to link in with the football experience. Flexibility of the stadium use - a first of its kind - and the deliberate integration of wellness, retail and F&B in the adjacent Sports Park both play a vital part in generating a destination attracting football enthusiasts, hobby players and their families and friends alike.

The Stadium can be re-sized offering 30.000 permanent seats including a VIP tier and VVIP Boxes. The concourse is designed and laid out to accommodate an additional 10.000 seats as temporary bleachers. If this full capacity is not needed, the concourse can be used as a 360-degree sheltered and shaded outdoor exhibition space, the inside LED screen providing an extra unique advertisement opportunity. The stadium’s skin is derived from local motives (the color and topography of rice fields as well as the stacked layered roofs of local Zhuang temples), making it a local icon and contemporary landmark, both at daytime and at night.

The Sports Park subtly negotiates the scale of the stadium with restaurants, cafes and wellness facilities (dotted in the park like villages) and a state-of-the-art sports world shopping boulevard bisecting the park on a lower level (not counting GFA).