When structure becomes architecture

With a few gestures, the archi­tects create a clear and covered space that sits like a hinge between the natural envi­ron­ment and the pitch.

The roof of the Stadio Commu­nale Travet­tore di Rosà reminds very maje­s­ti­cally of the coffered ceiling of the New National Gallery in Berlin. It is supported by two massive concrete slabs, and they are also at right angles to each other and poin­ting the way.

These two rein­forced concrete bodies and the concrete steps under this roof provide a cele­bra­tion appro­priate to Italian soccer. Struc­ture becomes archi­tec­ture. The strict form demands full concen­tra­tion on art.

These are simi­la­ri­ties to Mies van der Rohe’s New National Gallery. Here, art simply consists of a match in the eighth Italian league.

Soccer is art when it appears simple. This also applies to archi­tec­ture.