French Euro 2016 Stadiums by Star Architects
The UEFA Euro 2016 in France featured a parallel architectural competition among host cities. Bordeaux commissioned Herzog & de Meuron, known for Beijing's Bird's Nest with Ai Weiwei, to design a 42,000-seat rectangular stadium with a roof supported by hundreds of thin white columns. Nice hired Wilmotte & Associés, led by Jean-Michel Wilmotte, for the Allianz Riviera: a 36,000-seat undulating structure with a wooden pergola and transparent facade. Other stadiums include Lyon's 59,000-seat triangular-roofed venue by Populous; Lille's 50,000-seat stadium by Atelier Ferret architecture featuring a reflective metal mesh facade and a retractable roof that opens or closes in 30 minutes; and two projects by SCAU: Marseille's 67,000-seat stadium and Paris's Stade de France (80,000 seats).
Key facts
- Euro 2016 in France sparked an architectural competition among host cities.
- Bordeaux's stadium by Herzog & de Meuron seats 42,000 and has a roof on thin white columns.
- Herzog & de Meuron also designed Beijing's Bird's Nest with Ai Weiwei.
- Nice's Allianz Riviera by Wilmotte & Associés seats 36,000 and features a wooden pergola.
- Jean-Michel Wilmotte worked on the Musée d'Orsay and Gare du Nord.
- Lyon's stadium by Populous has a triangular roof and 59,000 seats.
- Lille's stadium by Atelier Ferret has a retractable roof that opens/closes in 30 minutes.
- SCAU designed Marseille's 67,000-seat stadium and Paris's Stade de France (80,000 seats).
Entities
Artists
- Ai Weiwei
- Jean-Michel Wilmotte
- Massimo Mattioli
Institutions
- Herzog & de Meuron
- Wilmotte & Associés
- Populous
- Atelier Ferret architecture
- SCAU
- Musée d'Orsay
- Museo San Domenico di Forlì
- Louvre
- Gare du Nord
- Grand Louvre
- Hôpital Georges Pompidou
- Artribune
Locations
- France
- Bordeaux
- Nice
- Lyon
- Lille
- Marseille
- Paris
- Beijing
- Pechino
- Forlì
- Todi
- Perugia
- Turin