Urban Design- The Crown of Septiemvri Soccer Stadium

With a lot of my previous blogs I've been looking at sustainable sporting facilities. Sporting architecture can have a major impact on a area so I have started to look at the urban design around big sporting facilities and inner city developments.

More designs now are becoming not just about the stadium but about the facilities provided around the area as stadiums are becoming the central hubs of cities and towns. Urban design is key, and I have been looking at some proposal that have taken this into consideration.

The Crown of Septiemvri Soccer Stadium proposal was a project where not only a football stadium was wanted but a residential, commercial and sports centre space was wanted.

The plot is on a central park in Sofia so would be at the centre of the city and would therefore become a hub of the city. The urban design of the area would consist of 20000 m2 of residential area, 22000 m2 of office, 8000 m2 of sports facility as well as the stadium and 3 more football pitches.