#FUTURISTIC STADIUM DESIGN SKIN#

FAIA, and included British architects Richard Rogers, Hon. The competition jury was chaired by Tadao Ando, Hon. The perimeter of the stadium will be an inhabited bridge: a continuous exhibition space that creates an exciting new journey for visitors.вЂќ вЂњThe unique structure is both light and cohesive, defining a silhouette that integrates with the city. 'The stadium will become an integral element of Tokyo's urban fabric, directly engaging with the surrounding cityscape to connect and carve the elegant forms of the design,вЂќ Zaha Hadid, Hon. Landscaping, which extends under this elevated museum volume, will help to define the ground plane, and connect it to the surrounding urban areas. A new elevated public plaza will serve as an urban gathering space.

Around the edge of the stadium bowl is an exhibition venues, which the architects term an вЂњinhabited bridgeвЂќ running along the north-south axis of the structure.

#FUTURISTIC STADIUM DESIGN SKIN#

The new stadium will seat 80,000 under a sweeping retractable roof, which is formed from a skin of translucent tensile membranes stretched over structural members. The construction budget for the project will be $1.62 billion. The stadium is slated to open in Tokyo in 2018, in time for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and in time to serve as a central venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics, should the cityвЂ™s bid for those games be successful. Hot on the heels of the opening of its Eli and Edythe Broad Art at Michigan State University last weekend, London-based Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has won the international competition for the new National Stadium of Japan.

Futuristic stadium design