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King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh
KSA Sports Building Renewal ? design by Schiattarella Associati Architects, Rome
16 Dec 2016
King Fahd International Stadium Riyadh
Design: Schiattarella Associati, Architects
King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh in KSA
Schiattarella Associati, the Rome-based firm, will be signing the project for the modification of King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh commissioned by the General Sport Authority (GSA) and consisting of refurbishing most part of the Stadium able to guest almost 50,000 spectators.

Schiattarella Associati, in competition with other 5 internationally known architectural firms, prevailed for the planning quality of its proposal.
It is another achievement for the Rome-based firm in the Gulf Area after the Celebration Hall project in Riyadh, the Art Center project in Addirriyah and QUAM project in Qatar.
Therefore the idea has been to realize an artificial hill at the base of the stadium in order to link, from a functional and formal point of view, land level with the Concourse level allocating the bleachers.

By highlighting the typical veils of the covering, representing an important urban landmark of Riyadh, the artificial landscape designed by Schiattarella Associati fulfills the task of introducing another element, perfectly coherent with the context that fits rational simplification in allocating the new ...