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Korean National Football Centre, Seoul
9 July 2020
Korean National Football Centre
Architects: UNStudio
Location: Seoul, Korea

Dutch architectural firm UNStudio has teamed up with Amsterdam’s Johan Cruijff ArenA for their winning masterplan for the Korean National Football Centre in Seoul. Celebrating the history and future of Korean football and the power of sport, in addition to football, the plan also focuses on health, wellness, science, technology and education and promotes a healthy lifestyle. Everything to ensure that South Korean footballers can deliver top performances.
A special relationship

The Dutch enjoy a successful historical football friendship with South Korea that dates back to the 2002 World Cup, when internationally celebrated Dutch coach Guus Hiddink spectacularly led the South Korean national team to the quarterfinals and a final fourth place – an unprecedented achievement in Korean football history. Ben van Berkel, Founder & Principal Architect, UNStudio: ?The Netherlands is a very proud footballing nation. We have many top players and trainers in teams all over the globe. As the inventors of ?Total Football?, to us football is not just a sport; it?s an expression of culture, a science and a philosophy. Football brings people together, it provides them with a sense of comradery, of belonging and of national pride.?

With an indoor stadium, a...