Hybrid stadium, miniature city, sports-residential lot. There are many definitions to describe the uniqueness of the Tammela Stadium, a project that represents the ability to imagine city spaces that are based on an objective of liveability and harmony with the context, and only then – as a consequence – are able to accommodate and integrate different functions in a completely natural way.

The Energizer Park in St. Louis is an example of integrating the sports facility into an urban regeneration plan, within a broader concept of openness to the city and sustainable living.

The Philips Stadion, in its evolution, reflects the architectural diversity of Eindhoven, and has transformed almost in parallel with the city, becoming today a contemporary structure with a well-defined technological soul, and perfectly integrated in what is a conurbation with just over 200,000 inhabitants. Enriched by choices increasingly oriented towards technological optimisation, such as the installation of a sound and speaker system specifically designed for this facility, and the recent introduction of the new lighting system for the grass growth of the playing field, the PSV stadium, like Eindhoven, is a virtuous example in the relationship between space and architecture.

At the end of a 10-year process, the renovated Estadio Santiago Bernabéu became a reality with the start of the 2024/25 football season.

Sustainable Design Special Report – 8. The exemplary cases of two projects by the international firm Zaha Hadid Architects: the reconstruction of the stadium in Aarhus, Denmark, and the construction of the new Forest Green Rovers FC stadium in England.

Sustainable Designing Special Report – 5. As part of an increasingly evident effort to stimulate a conscious design of the new generation of stadiums, FIFA (football’s highest international body) has dedicated an important part precisely to sustainability within the recent 2023 edition of its ‘Football Stadium Guidelines’.