When the city council of Madrid decided to apply to host the Olympic Games of 2012, the extension of La Peineta Stadium was required in order to reach the capacity that was needed for an Olympic event. In addition, the stadium had to be adapted to hold football matches so as to guarantee its future use once the Games had finished.
In order to achieve this, the proposed solution offered a great deal of flexibility in relation to the awarding or not awarding of the organization of the 2012 Olympics to the city. If it was not chosen, the sports facility would be built in the appropriate way to become a modern football stadium that was perfectly adapted to turn into the home of a First Division team.
Thus, the project would provide a solution that would be capable of fully responding to both the decisions of the International Olympic Committee and the correct establishment and management of a great football facility.
The extension consisted in the completion of the current stadium in the unoccupied areas of the landscaped bowl in the project of la Peineta by building two new continuous stands. The entire sports complex would be covered with a light roof that would be adapted to the different situations, thus giving unity to the whole intervention.
Client:
Madrid Council
Address:
Avda. Luis Aragonés s/n. 28022 Madrid, Spain.
Typology:
Sports & Leisure
Status:
Projects
Competition:
2001
Design of project:
2001 - 2004
Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Collaborators:Alejandro Álvarez, Amparo Gª del Castillo, Antonio Raya, Blanca Sánchez, Felipe García, Giuseppe Pagano, Javier Álvarez, María Arboledas Cique, Marta Romero
Infography:Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos, Indigo
Model:Jacinto Gómez, Jorge Vázquez
Photography:Alfonso Cruz, Fernando Alda
Structural engineering:MC2, Schlaich Bergermann and Partner
Building physics advisor:JG Ingenieros
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