"Casa Football" Housing Units - Brazil

With the 2014 Brazil World Cup coming to a close in a couple of days time, with the Final of Germany and Argentina remaining, together with the 3rd and 4th play off of Brazil and Netherlands, there have been quite a bit of design based ideas and proposals of what the stadiums will become of, after the World Cup has ended. 

Architects Axel de Stampa and Sylvain Macaux of '1Week1Project' have proposed a manipulation of the World Cup venues in a project titled "Casa Football", whereby modular housing  units would be inserted into the existing structures, approximately 105 square meters. Each design is unique to each venue and stadium itself, so that the stadiums can still operate as per usual. Either part of the stands inside the stadium would be replaced with the prefabricated units or by redesigning and occupying the actual facade. This would of course add a human scale to these monumental buildings. It is a brilliant initiative overall; creating job opportunities, additional housing for citizens and adding a different perspective to the look and feel of the World Cup Stadiums. 

"This work in progress is a collective enterprise, by calling upon different people, we mix a truly multidisciplinary practice with our desire to hear from different viewpoints", states the Architects. 

Without further ado, check out these awesome design-based renders for such an innovative idea:

National Stadium: Castro Mello

External render of the National Stadium/ Castro Mello. cc: 1Week1Project

Render of the National Stadium/ Castro Mello, depicting the facade units. cc: 1Week1Project

Arena Das Dunas

External render of the modular units incorporated in the Arena Das Dunas. cc: 1Week1Project

The integration of how the units are incorporated in the facade of the Arena Das Dunas.cc: 1Week1Project

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To find out more about the '1Week1Project' initiative by architects Axel de Stampa and Sylvain Macaux, browse through their website: www.1week1project.org/en/

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