Importance

With this reno­va­tion, the manage­ment team of Cruzado intends to moder­nize the Stadium and its surroun­dings, making it a multi­pur­pose venue, which will be an archi­tec­tural land­mark for the town of Las Condes and the city of Sant­iago, provi­ding value and services to the Commu­nity, the perfect place to orga­nize high-level sporting events, while gene­ra­ting new income.

“The new stadium will be a quality archi­tec­tural icon for the commu­nity, visible from the envi­ron­ment and respectful of it, inspired by the tradi­tional mate­rials of Chilean archi­tec­ture while looking to the future of foot­ball in the country,” says César Azcá­rate.

Volume

Starting from the current Stadium, anchored to the ground as if it were a Greek amphi­theater, the new needs, the new uses and the increase in capa­city, from 14,000 to 20,000 spec­ta­tors, gene­rates a volume that is perceived as unitary, light and elevated with respect to what exists.

In this sense, the use of wood as the main element in the façade and the roof struc­ture allows dialogue to be estab­lished between the tectonic and the light, while also being a sustainable resource, in line with the whole approach to the moder­niza­tion of the Stadium.

Outlook

The cons­truc­tion works are sche­duled to begin during the first half of 2022 and end in the second half of 2023, allo­wing the new venue to host some sports events of the Pan American Games to be held in Sant­iago in October of that year.