New Falcons Stadium (I) – design description

The concept is one of two visions that gave 360 Architecture the contract to design new Atlanta Falcons stadium in downtown Atlanta. The stadium is to hold some 65,000 people and cost $ 1 billion. However, final design may differ significantly from presented vision.

Just as the name suggests, this one has a lot to do with the sun. When closed, the stadium resembles a greenhouse with the amount of sun let inside through transparent and translucent elements of the cladding.

But when opened the stadium is really opened – not only does it include retractable roof segments, but the entire roof and facades are mobile, allowing to create a first ever almost completely open stadium from a dome.