ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/479578/soccer-stadium-la-balastera-francisco-mangado Fri, 07 Mar 2014 02:00:00 +0000 Karen Valenzuela https://www.archdaily.com/479578/soccer-stadium-la-balastera-francisco-mangado A football field has a fundamental and obvious purpose: to be a venue for football matches. But it has two other functions that are less obvious, but not for that reason any less important. One has to do with representation. A football stadium today is a work with certain iconic potential for the city. It does not only have quantitative dimensions. It also has qualitative ones. The second comes from the size of a stadium in relation to its largely only occasional use. Is it not a waste of space? Clearly, it is. 

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