The day after

Casa Futebol: Living in a World Cup stadium

White elephants

The project “Casa Futebol” proposes a mixed and sustainable use of the stadiums reno­vated or built for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil by inser­ting 105m² housing modules. Casa Futebol is an archi­tec­tural response to the white elephants resul­ting from major sports events like the Fifa World Cup 2014 in Brazil. The project was desi­gned by Axel de Stampa et Sylvain Macaux as a part of their Think Tank “1week1project”. Casa Futebol takes into account the housing deficit in Brazil (5.2 million homes) and covers all 12 Brazi­lian World Cup stadiums.

Living spaces

Axel de Stampa et Sylvain Macaux insert living space into these stadiums, repla­cing the upper stands by prefa­bri­cated housing. Six stadiums are capable to inte­grate apart­ments in their facade: Brazilia, Mineirao, Arena Fonte Nova, Mara­cana, Arena Castelao and Arena Das Duna. Five of these six stadiums have been built with concrete or metal columns patterns with a 7 or 8 metres span. The prefa­bri­cated housing units can easily be inserted between the spans. The central part of the stadiums (pitch and lower stands) is not affected.

Keep the stadium alive

There are appro­xi­m­ately 315 resi­den­tial units cove­ring the exte­rior facade and 315 indoor units for the Brasilia National Stadium. About 1,500 to 2,000 people could live in each stadium, in total about 20,000.

The archi­tects are concerned about the socials context accom­panying such big events. The stadiums are absurdly big, the housing issue in Brazil is so real. Cape Town Stadium, venue of the 2010 World Cup Final in South Africa, only hosted only seven matches in four years.

In their opinion, every place, whether urban, land­scaped or digital, has some­thing new to offer. To become more playful, to release a more radical emotion, to give back to the public its status as a full-fledged actor, the possi­bi­li­ties are infi­nite.

Designer

 

1 WEEK 1 PROJECT

Axel de Stampa
Sylvain Macaux

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