City center

Park

The Super Stadium will be built on the site of the exis­ting Niko Dovana Stadium, which is located in a predo­mi­nantly resi­den­tial area in the north of the city center. This area is curr­ently one of the few green spaces in the surroun­ding area, and MVRDV wants to preserve and develop it.

An essen­tial part of the plan­ning is ther­e­fore the relo­ca­tion of the previously adja­cent trai­ning pitches to another loca­tion within the city. This measure will create space for a wooded park that surrounds the stadium in a ring.

Here, native Alba­nian tree species are planted around the playing field, so to speak. A sports loop, a conti­nuous circular path, winds its way through the park and connects a variety of sports and leisure areas.

The area remains largely car-free – only two access roads lead to a parking lot located below the new stands.

Buil­ding

Twenty buil­dings will be inte­grated into the park, harmo­niously inter­wea­ving the stadium complex with its surroun­dings.

The use of the buil­dings is clearly struc­tured: In the north, resi­den­tial buil­dings adjoin the exis­ting resi­den­tial area. Educa­tional and cultural faci­li­ties are located to the south-east, adjoi­ning the schools to the east. In the south-west, in the imme­diate vici­nity of the city center, offices, hotels and retail space are being built.

All buil­dings are posi­tioned in such a way that they offer visual contact with the inside of the stadium, i.e. towards the pitch. Their stag­gered heights follow a well thought-out struc­ture: the tallest buil­dings are on the outer edge of the quarter, while the lower ones are directly adja­cent to the stadium. Their stepped roofs slope towards the playing surface and visually and func­tion­ally extend the stadium stands.

This allows the atmo­sphere of the sporting events to radiate into the surroun­ding area and involve the entire neigh­bor­hood.

Sport Loop

The Super Stadium is not only desi­gned for major events, but remains a lively place all year round. The Sport Loop, which runs through the park, serves as a wide prome­nade and access route for stadium visi­tors on match days. In addi­tion, one of the sports areas can be used as a logi­stics zone for major events. This multiple use of diffe­rent elements keeps the area active and lively even on non-match days.

The design shows how a stadium can not only exist as an isolated venue, but also estab­lish itself as an active, inte­gra­tive part of the urban land­scape.

If it were realized.