stadium d'sign

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>15 ? 28 August 1999
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>4th International NAI Summer Masterclass for students and young architects
>
>The weight of the image - The stadium
>
>Tutors: Lars Spuybroek (NOX, Rotterdam), Bob Lang (Ove Arup & Partners,
> London)
>
>
>In the architecture of the (football) stadium
>
>three distinct guiding forces intertwine: the enormously powerful appeal of
>the image, the programmatic energy of the mass of fans, and the structural
>strength of the construction. As a fusion of image, crowds, and structure,
>the stadium is rivalled only by the Gothic Cathedral in the history of
>architecture.
>
>The 4th International Summer Masterclass at the Netherlands Architecture
>Institute will focus on the design of 'a slice of stadium' for Euro2000,
>the European Football Championships organized in the year 2000 by Holland
>and Belgium. Next year, this slice will actually be built beside the NAI in
>the Museumpark to provide a spectacular facility for watching the matches
>via a LIVE image on a super video screen.
>
>http://www.nai.nl/actueel/masterclass99_e.html
>
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