Where Paths Meet
The proposal redefines the arrival at the reception as a single, shared experience, erasing the physical and symbolic barriers of segregated routes. Today, part of the visitors navigate narrow, dimly lit corridors--tomorrow, all visitors will move together along a unified, generous, light-filled path. This embodies the first guiding principle: "One unified arrival experience for all."
At the core of the intervention is the transformation of the garden between the buildings. By lowering its entire level to meet the accessible entrances, the project creates a new central heart of the complex. This space becomes more than a transitional threshold: it turns into a civic room, a place to meet, rest, and engage in activities during the warmer months. This establishes the second principle: "Transforming arrival into an experience in itself."
The existing entrances, both interior and exterior, are preserved but completely reimagined. Inside, the dark corridors become an extension of the landscape through floor-to-ceiling glazing. A glazed terrace at the reception level overlooks and integrates with the lowered garden, while ground-level and terrace partitions can fully open during temperate seasons, dissolving the boundary between inside and outside.
Exterior staircases and slabs are removed, replaced with a broad, inviting interior staircase. Elevators, once hidden, are relocated as visible, glazed elements woven seamlessly into circulation--celebrating accessibility instead of concealing it.
The result is an arrival sequence that is intuitive and legible, where unified circulation naturally supports clear wayfinding. In this proposal, accessibility is not a constraint to solve, but a driver of spatial quality--making inclusion a lived, spatial experience shared by all.
(From competitor's text)
The proposal creates a new building linking the stadium and the sports complex via an elevator, as well as a new plaza and a redesigned entrance route. The new elevator is a welcome addition and supports more traffic. This proposal would have benefited from more detailed close-up of user journey to reception.
(From jury report)
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