Located in the old plot of the Olympic stadium of Sofia, Bulgaria, the proposal for the new soccer stadium by Gras Arquitectos aims to create a new mixed complex, keeping as much as possible the green and central qualities of the plot. Designed to seat around 15,000, the plot itself works as a central park of the neighborhood. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The project rests on the old Olympic stadium in a green area in the middle of the Septiemvri neighborhood. The area consists in a high density middle class neighborhood, very close to the center of Sofia. The new program asks for a new soccer stadium of 15.000 m2 together with other programs such as residential, commercial, sports center and commercial. To make this green island possible, the residential and office program are moved to the boundaries and proposed vertical while the rest stretches along all the plot as a continuous mass of program. The stadium, together with the training fields, are carved in this mass, working as patios of the new complex. A green carpet covers the building mass, providing access to the stadium and recovering the footprint of the park on the roofs of the buildings.
