arch out loud releases results of waste multi-purpose stadium competition

in its latest speculative open ideas architecture competition, arch out loud has challenged participants to design a new multi-purpose stadium at the former olusosun landfill in lagos, nigeria. waste is a global issue common to all urban areas. the world now creates more than a billion tons of garbage a year, which it incinerates, buries, exports, and recycles. as major cities expand,  so must their ability to reverse wasteful tendencies and begin living more efficiently and sustainably.

the stadium is the natural meeting place for the neighborhood: an evolutive, flexible and transformable infinite bamboo based-unit structure

until recently in lagos, the nigerian megalopolis handled its waste by relocation. it seemed simple enough to drive waste outside of town to the 100-acre olusosun dump site from 1992. since then, lagos is estimated to be the fastest growing metropolis in the world, expanding from a population of 7 million to over 21 million. the landfill that was once far from any urban activity is now surrounded by it. earlier this year, the olusosun landfill was shut down by local government and slated for redevelopment as an urban green space and public park. the new visions for this park that were submitted to the ‘waste’ competition include anchor programs that incorporate new attitudes relating to waste and redefine how the stadium typology can serve its surrounding communities.

a mix of social spaces, dedicated to enjoying the sport on game days, as well as dwellings and local public programs, to be occupied all year by the local community, blend together in the small-scale

‘the competition may turn out to make its biggest contribution to the field by bringing together a set of documents that reveal how architecture is being shaped by and is responding to ecological thinking at the present moment. a preference for infrastructure over typology, landform over building form and systems over objects was evident throughout. many projects also reflect a broad reconceptualization of building materials in relation to resources as opposed only to structural attributes,’ commented sylvia lavin, waste competition juror.

WINNER: ‘bamboo stadium’

RUNNER-UP: ‘recycle cooperative workshop’

recycle cooperative workshop  is a membership-based association of people created to achieve common economic and social goals that meet the needs of lagos

it works as a hub for the production of items made of recycled waste — the Cooperative is a hybrid of a recycling plant, workshop, market, social center and stadium

RUNNER-UP: ‘yoruba waste compound’

the new non-stadium sinks into the former landfill enhancing the landscape and facilitating the activity on the superior ring

RUNNER-UP: ‘the platform’

the waste resource could be reached under the ‘platformp for generating energy and electricity for city of lagos

the stadium is meant to be lightweightt and economical, and allow sunlight to penetrate through

project info:

name: waste

organizer: arch out loud

jury: neil denari – founder, principal of neil m. denari architects; joshua ramus – founder, president of rex; zeina koreitem – founder of milliøns, harvard gsd; thom moran – founder of t + e + a + m, university of michigan taubman college; tei carpenter – founder, director of agency-agency, columbia gsapp; ahmed elhusseiny – founder of ae superlab; olalekan jeyifous – artist/ designer of vigilism.com; ola-dele kuku – architect/ artist of ola-dele kuku projects; nate appleman – director of sports + recreation + entertainment of hok; andrés jaque – founder of office for political innovation; oana stanescu – founder of oana stanescu design studio, harvard gsd; sylvia lavin – director of critical studies, ph.d., & m.a., ucla aud winning proposals

1st place: bamboo stadium / iulia dorobanțu and lucas monnereau / ensa paris belleville

runner-up: yoruba waste compound / ernesto urquizar quesada & maria cervantes lardon / school of architecture of granada

runner-up: the platform / shengran zheng, yuxin jiang, yong kiat tan & biqin li / university of melbourne 

runner-up: recycle cooperative workshop / vlad kapustin, stef elitsa & ivan maximov / meganom / moscow, russia

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edited by: maria erman | designboom