2014 Incheon Asian Games Main Stadium / Populous

Oct 2009

By Sebastian J — Filed under: Sports Architecture , Populous, South Korea

The competition-winning design of the main stadium for the 17th Asian games in Incheon, in South Korea, illustrates a new level of sustainable design in stadia in Asia. The stadium will hold 70,000 people for the main event in 2014 and will reduce down to a single sided grandstand for 30,000 afterward as a People’s Park for the city of Incheon. The global architecture firm, Populous, formerly HOK Sport Venue Event, is designing Incheon stadium with local firm Heerim Architects and Planners.

More information at Bustler. More images after the break.

24 comments »

morales says:

AN AMAZING DESIGN .. COMTEMPLATED AROUND MAXIMUN CIRCULATION–WILL THE ROOF TOP BE ACCESSABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC?

# October 12, 2009 at 12:20

morales says:

I ENJOY THE IDEA OF REDUCING THE STADIUM DOWN AFTER THE MAIN EVENT IS OVER. MORE STADIUMS DESIGNED FOR SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE OLYMPICS AND THE FIFA WORLD CUPS SHOUD ALSO CONSIDER THE DESIGNS TO BE BROKEN DOWN AND OR REDUCED IN SIZE FOR WHEN THEY WILL NOT BE USED AT ITS MAXIMUN CAPACITY..

# October 12, 2009 at 12:23

Chas says:

I heard about this before….can’t remember where. At the time it was going to have the largest solar array of any building. don’t know if that’s still true but it’s a nice goal….hope all the empty promises that you get with sustainable design I hope this one lives up to the hype.

# October 12, 2009 at 12:32

Chas says:

should say “WITH all the empty promises…..”
sorry

# October 12, 2009 at 12:35

NMiller says:

Chas, you have heard of that before.

it is already built in Taiwan and it is by Ito.

http://www.archdaily.com/22520/taiwan-solar-powered-stadium-toyo-ito/

but this also seems exactly like another stadium project… hmmm… I can’t quite put my finger on it.

# October 12, 2009 at 15:35

archi says:

it looks like a big tribal tatoo

# October 12, 2009 at 15:34

andi says:

hmmm…. kinda looks like the stadio dei palici design

# October 12, 2009 at 17:53

JMCCANN says:

Why are ALL of these images taken from a birdseye view. you’re going to experience the building as a pedestrian (unless you’re being helicoptered in for an event). The design and the renderings look great, but should the building be shown from the perspective it will be experience from? Or is that now just an afterthought?

# October 12, 2009 at 18:04

Richie says: