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Santos FC Stadium in Brazil
23 Oct 2020
Santos FC stadium
Architects: Biselli Katchborian Arquitetura
Location: Vila Belmiro, Princesa Isabel Street, Brasília, Brasil
Biselli Katchborian Proposes Boulevard and Increased Capacity with the retrofit for Santos FC Legendary Stadium

The Biselli Katchborian office signs a retrofit proposal for Vila Belmiro, the legendary Santos FC stadium and the stage for numerous Pelé matches. The proposal enabled an increase in capacity, from 14,000 to 21,000 spectators, and reorganized the relationship between the building and its surroundings with a boulevard on the first floor, expanding the visibility of the stadium and improving use for pedestrians in Santos (SP).
The main intervention is the transformation of Princesa Isabel Street into Boulevard, converting it into an adequate space to receive its users on game days where the street is invariably closed. This option increases the possibility of new uses and services, such as space for Street Fairs and Food Trucks, with new urban furniture.

On the remaining roads, the improvement proposal consists of widening the sidewalk, a condition that makes it possible to install active façades, generating a new urban dynamic and activating the village’s surroundings as a point of interest, even on days when there are no games.

The architects dealt with an implementation challenge...