*브라가 시립 스타디움 [ Eduardo Souto de Moura ] Braga Municipal Stadium

포루투갈 프라가를 내려다 보는 언덕에 위치한
시립 체육시설이다.
브라가 시립 스타디움은 기존 언덕의 암석을 그대로 노출시켜
자연과 인공적인 스포츠 공간과의 색다른 조화를 이룬다.
고대 잉카 문명의 브릿지에서 영감을 얻은 캐노피 스타일의
지붕은 스탠드를 외부환경으로 부터 보호해 준다.

자연을 극복으로 대상으로 삼지 않고 있는 그대로의
조화는 건축공간이 나아가야할 방향성이 아닐까 싶다.

reviewed by SJ

The Braga Municipal Stadium located in Portugal was designed by 2011 Pritzker Prize winner Eduardo Souto de Moura.  The ceremony for the Pritzker Prize (which we attended) was held just a few short weeks ago in New York City.  Delivering a speech for the award winner, President Barack Obama spoke of Souto de Moura’s use of materials and attention to detail, specifically siting the Braga Municipal Stadium as “perhaps Eduardo’s most famous work” where he “took great care to position the stadium in such a way that anyone who couldn’t afford a ticket could watch the match from the surrounding hillside.”

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Architects: Eduardo Souto de Moura
Location: Braga, Portugal
Project Year: 2003
Photographs: Leonardo Finotti

The home for the Sporting Clube de Braga this stadium carves into the face of the adjacent Monte Castro quarry which overlooks the city of Braga.  Inspired by ancient South American Inca bridges the steel strings provide a visual connection to each stand on either side of the field. Each stand is covered by a canopy-style roof.  The Braga Municipal Stadium received the Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award for best new global design in 2006.

from  archdaily