Populous incorporating decommissioned Airbus A340 fuselages into RC Strasbourg's stadium
Architecture studio Populous is set to reuse the fuselages from 30 Airbus A340 aircraft as sunshades for an expanded stand at football club RC Strasbourg's stadium in France.
Populous will revamp the entire Stade de la Meinau, which is home to French top-tier football team Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace, increasing its capacity from 26,282 to 32,000.
Top: Populous is modernising RC Strasbourg's stadium. Above: it will expand the south stand
The south stand will be enlarged to add more seats and two open areas overlooking the pitch described by the studio as "party decks".
Additional fan spaces including bars and hospitality lounges will be built within the stand centred around a glass-fronted five-storey atrium, which will be covered in louvres for shade. In a move described by Populous as a world's first, these sunshades will be constructed from the fuselages of retired Airbus A340 aircraft.
"As part of our environmentally sustainable approach to the redevelopment, we have sought to do things in a different way: it is the first project to use upcycled aircraft parts at this scale ? using 30 different aircraft fuselages," François Clément, senior principal at Populous told Dezeen.
The south stand will be shaded by reused aircraft fuselages
In total, 4,000 square metres of fixed facade sunshade will be made from the Airbus A340 fuselages, which are being sourced from an aeroplane maintenance company.
The aluminium sunshades will be aligned vert...
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