sustainability and design promote the Arup project
The project for the redevelopment of the Artemio Franchi stadium Of Florencetogether with the redevelopment of the area of Field of Mars he won it Arup Italia studioled by David Hirsch which also sees in the team other non-professional firms such as Mario Cucinella Architects, Luciano Cuppelloni Systematica And Laura Gatti. An interdisciplinary for a sports facility that will enhance the building of the 1931 designed by Pier Luigi Nervi, classified as national monument. Among its essential features, Arup’s project minimizes the impact of the roof, designed for historical grandstand.
Project and timing
They were in competition 31 projectsincluding 8 I finalists. Palazzo Vecchio has found resources, including 95 million from the Recovery fund and the common he asked for others 50. The new stadium will have to keep the Marathon towerthe grandstands and spiral staircases, while new curves will be created in front of the existing ones, commercial spaces and a hotel.
The new structure enhances both the spaces between the new and the old stands and the hospitality system, restoring new quality and comfort to the facility.
A museum for exhibition spaces (Curva Ferrovia) and an Auditorium (Curva Fiesole) are foreseen in the space that is generated between the two curves (the Nervian one and the project one).
Times are tight: construction sites must start in 2023 (probably in October) and close by 2026.
Design and sustainability
The new Artemio Franchi will have one photovoltaic roof that it will have great autonomy in terms of energy.
There subtle rectangular metal blade designed to minimize the visual impact on the skyline and celebrate the horizontality of the image of Pier Luigi Nervi’s project, it will cover the entire existing structure, up to the playing field. In this way, it will also protect the old stands from atmospheric agents, and minimize the effects of heat, shading even large areas of the square adjacent to the stadium. The fundamental element of the proposed architectural approach is the integration of the new volumes in the new layout of the large equipped park, even with regard to the minimum impact on the UNESCO site represented by the nearby historic center.
The park
The park, the size of 47 thousand square metersrepresents a good breath of fresh air for the surrounding environment.
It consists of two large areas that rise in the extreme corners, as they are suspended spaces that interact with the structures of the stadium and with the surrounding environment. Architects interpret the Field of Mars defining it as a ‘natural sheet’ that becomes an element of landscape restoration by mitigating the consumption of the soil by covering the entire extension with a park.
The system of the equipped park is the heart of the project, and in it, in addition to the main functions, there are the main safeguards to contain the environmental impact, such as a rainwater collection system, and the massive presence of greenery that has the temperature and pollution mitigation function.
by Ida del Coro