Herzog & de Meuron Unveil Plans for Solar Powered Stadium in Bordeaux

On Monday, the <a href="http://www.bordeaux.fr/ebx/portals/ebx.portal?_nfpb=true&amp;_pageLabel=pgPresStand8&amp;classofcontent=presentationStandard&amp;id=54031" target="_blank">city of Bordeaux</a> announced Swiss architecture firm, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/projet-triangle-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/">Herzog &amp; de Meuron</a>, as the winners of the design competition for the new stadium in Bordeaux. The airy, prismatic stadium is set to be completed in time for de l'Euro 2016 de football and will serve as home field for Girondins de Bordeaux. Accessed via <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/public-transportation">public transportation</a>, the 43,500 seat stadium will hold various events like football (soccer), rugby and concerts and will help raise the level of sporting in the area. As part of the development, (if we understand our French correctly) a large photovoltaic plant will pump out <a href="http://inhabitat.com/category/energy">renewable energy</a> for the area and the stadium.

To support the Girondins de Bor, there will be comfortable seats and easy stadium accessibility by tram or by car.

The stadium in concert mode.

Visibility of the field will be ensured from every angle.

Access into the stadium will be up stairs that surround the whole structure.

Arrival at the stadium by tram or car.

The stadium lights up and night.

A large pv plant sits right next door to the stadium.

The stadium is located in the city's green belt district in the Lac quarter and has been designed to have a direct connection with the surrounding environment.

Square in volume, the structure is surrounded on all sides by slender tree like poles that give the feeling you are walking into a forest.

Surrounding the stadium will be a landscaped area designed by French landscape architect Michel Desvigne and Vinci-Fayat will head up construction.

The site has a close connection with nature.

Inside the stadium drops down into the ground and opens up to the sky under a concave roof. All of the seats will be covered and meet the standards of spectator comfort set by UEFA and will have perfect visibility to the field.

Construction is expected to break ground soon to meet the scheduled completion date of 2015.