This article aims to show how the cultural potential of the Olympic stadium can offer new possibilities for its space and its use in relation to the city. The approach considers the UNESCO WCH and the Granada Convention criteria for highlighting three specific aspects of its design: innovation through architecture and technologies; influence on the urban environment; role as a cultural space and as part of a cultural territory. The article fosters to better understanding of the cultural heritage significance of emblematic stadiums.

Olympic Stadium Design: Past Achievements And Future Challenges

Type
journal article
Year
2013
This article aims to show how the cultural potential of the Olympic stadium can offer new possibilities for its space and its use in relation to the city. The approach considers the UNESCO WCH and the Granada Convention criteria for highlighting three specific aspects of its design: innovation through architecture and technologies; influence on the urban environment; role as a cultural space and as part of a cultural territory. The article fosters to better understanding of the cultural heritage significance of emblematic stadiums.

Citation

Kiuri, Miranda and Sigrid Reiter. "Olympic Stadium Design: Past Achievements And Future Challenges." ArchNet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, vol. 7, issue 2 (2013): 102-117.

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Miranda Kiuri and Sigrid Reiter

Language

English

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