INHABITING THE VOID

The idea of building a volume that follows the edges of theforest was derived from analysis of the built as well as the unbuilt environment . The uniqueness of the given plot is that it is “ an opening in the forest” and since the first terrain surveys it has been kept as such. As follows, the main task was to maintain the void as a balancing structure in the dense forest. The contours of the building follow the edge of the forest and not the ones of the parcel, which are imaginary and not present in the physical world.

The existing soccer field has a tradition that goes back to the early 20th century and is without a doubt a form of human activity well established in the area. Because of this strong tradition the architectural conception and composition can be attributed to the stadium typology but due to changes in the content of the buildings envelope the programme becomes more porous in contact with the surrounding landscape and the clash with the surrounding terrain resists and/ or accepts the existing topography.