The Volcano Stadium

[locke40]

"Early next year Mexico’s Club Deportivo Guadalajara will be playing football in a brand new stadium which has been modelled on, of all things, a volcano. French architects Massaud decided, along with help from the Mexican FA, that they should highlight the El Templo Mayor’s ecological design by disguising it as a lava-spewing hill. How can that be done? First of all, the lower half of the stadium itself will be surrounded by an incline of grass, resulting in the pitch itself sitting within what seems to be an artificial hill."

The Volcano Stadium (http://fantasyfootball.timesonline.co.uk/volcano-stadium)

[Wall-E]

Now that's unique.

[Shadly]

I like it. Plus any Mayan/Alien Intervention conspiratists should be pleased. Wow, someone actually trying something different. Is there a hot line we can report them too?

[JMC Bomber]

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[Sean O]

Personally, I think they would've been better off by continuing the arc of the outer grass banks in the roof, rather than having it be static and hovering. If you have a sin-wave type cross section (with a light fabric or plexi roof), then not only do you have a more aesthetically pleasing form that isn't as jarring, but you cover more fans.

Just seems a little too obvious for its intended theme.

[MetsfanGA]

it looks like a UFO landed a hill, but it looks cool

[StanTheMan]

So when do we get to see the designs or photos of the stadium designed like the volcano? :noidea

[Padday]

I'm pretty sure this isn't the first time I've seen a stadium or stadium design with that sort of built into the the earth design.

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany former home of FC Schalke 04:
http://maxter007.free.fr/images/stades/allemagne/parkstadion.JPG

Agadir, Morocco
http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/past_future/pictures/future_stadiums/agadir_stadium.jpg

The Parkstadion I think is quite nice because of the way it's kind of incorporated into the surrounding terraine. The Volcano stadium just seems like a weird looking stadium covered with grass. It's too symetrical, its too tidy, it just looks too artificial to pull of the so-called "ecological design" look. Just plain ugly to me.

[TinoM24]

theres also Dodger Stadium, which was built into the ravine.

[Padday]

theres also Dodger Stadium, which was built into the ravine.

Of course. A similar concept.

[jalbright]

Guys--baseball only, please. This is a soccer stadium, not a baseball one.

[jimmyjimjimz]

wow, it looks interesting. Too bad the stupid Giants had to pick a design that looks like a Staples instead of sticking with the Jets West Side Stadium design. They coulda came up with something interesting like this.

The only thing is, I never seen a green volcano with a halo.

[donniebaseball23]

Guys--baseball only, please. This is a soccer stadium, not a baseball one.

Well lock it already then :noidea

[leecemark]

--No problem.