Eight gabled forms jut out over the stands of this Mexico City baseball stadium, which Mexican architects Francisco Gonzalez Pulido and Alonso de Garay designed for local team Los Diablos Rojos.

Chicago studio FGP Atelier led by Gonzalez Pulido collaborated with Taller ADG led by Alonso de Garay to complete the facility for the Los Diablos Rojos sports team. It is called the Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium, after the team's owner Harp Helú.

Gonzalez Pulido oversaw the design of the sports complex's roof, using angular forms that are meant to evoke the baseball team's trident logo.
Cantilevered canopies cover 11,500 of the seats, which are laid out on two sides of the baseball diamond behind the batter. The other two sides contain 8,500 seats that are left exposed to the elements.
"The roof is meant to become an iconic symbol of the great city of Mexico," said FGP Atelier and Taller ADG.
The gabled forms are built of large steel trusses that hold sheets of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) ? a synthetic material that is waterproof and slightly translucent ? taut. Their slopes are used to gather rainwater runoff in the deep cracks, which is processed and reused on site.

Los Diablos Rojos' stadium is located within the Magdalena Mixhuca sports complex, which was originally built for Mexico City's 1968 Olympics, and now serves as a public venue for athletic and cultural events.
Gonzalez Pulido and de Garay worked together to complete the stadium's main public spaces.

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