SHOW-BIGNESS

The large-scale event as an argument for the projective transformation of Colo Colo Monumental Stadium and its Context

The construction of large-scale buildings for performances is in a straight line with the metropolis impulse to achieve greater complexity. Soccer stadiums are one of the most unvarying typologies projected under a tripartite structure composed by the arena, the tiers and its "counterpart" or exterior facade, all three with a regular morphology that has been perpetuated over time.

The Monumental Stadium of Colo-Colo, Santiago, Chile, chosen as subject of inquiry of this thesis, belongs to the most popular soccer team in Chile. The massive scale of the urban event is a negative externality. Therefore, the projective exploration is developed in two scales; the building´s scale and the site´s scale of this "show-bigness" object, focusing on the attendant's experience by optimizing the performance of the stadium to house the event since the arrival, over the soccer match, and departure.

YEAR/ SEMESTER: 2007 - 2010 WORK CHARACTER: RESEARCH THESIS DEVELOPMENT: GRADUATE THESIS AND ARCHITECTURE STUDIES PROJECT PARTICIPATION: AUTHOR ACADEMIC ADVISOR: RODRIGO PEREZ DE ARCE EXHIBIT: ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT AND THESIS “SHOWBIGNESS” IN “INTERVALOS: BEST FINAL PROJECTS EXPO” EXHIBIT, CHOSEN ONE OF THE BEST FINAL WORK OF THE MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM AND ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL OF THE PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CHILE SANTIAGO, CHILE (2011)

Date: Last updated, 03.31.2020


Aerial View of the Colo Colo Stadium Design





Birds-eye View of the Colo Colo Stadium Design



Project

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"Show Bigness" is a wordplay derived from "show business", replacing "business" by "bigness" to express the idea of a large scale show or showing greatness; directly related to the focal research topic: the exploration about one of the largest architectural typologies as soccer stadiums are, proposing a projective process where the user-spectator experience within both the interior architectural morphology as in the context, is the argument thread.

Keywords: Event, Mediation, Views, Monumental Stadium

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Views Analysis





Stadium Analysis







Original project model designed around the sixties, authors Mario Recordon and Alberto Sartori, 1957.





Luigi Moretti project model of a parametric soccer stadium designed base on field of view and exhibit on “l’IRMOU“ expo. (1957). Source: https://www.architettoluigimoretti.it, reviewed 12, 2011.