Siena
The project develops the insertion of a large sport complex in a prestigious environmental context. The Council of Siena, after identifying a large area in the south of the city, left the designers the responsibility to choose the most appropriate collocation for the stadium.
Our proposal was to preserve the environmental integrity of the area and with great attention the project appears like a kind of natural incident caused by an idrogeological phenomenon or by an earthquake. Like the ancient Greek Theater, the stadium for 20.000 spectators is set within the Fossatone slopes, and takes shape as it curves through its bends, opening out to create a spacious area for concerts and outdoor events, excavated to form an inclined plane, offering a view of Siena in the background.
On the west side the “inhabited roof” is the sole built element of the stadium: this is a thick deck that emerges from the ground, projects over the grandstand and ends with a pronounced overhang above the curves.
The facing material, specifically developed with a mini-beton technology using sienese tuff as inert, guarantee a perfect integration of the stadium in the surrounding area.
With regards to the dynamics of use the project transforms the stadiums classical typology from an enclosed and intermittent container to an open place living “seven days a week”; from Cassia street to Arbia stream, from Renaccio to Isola, a complex system is foreseen where sport practices coexist with other activities such as educational, tertiary and commercial.
A multifunctional area that is well served by infrastructures and parking lots for visitors to the stadium, an area which is able to produce diversified revenues that can guarantees the continuation of the system’s financial independence.
As a suburban alternative of the city centre, the Borgo Vecchio Park is founded.
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