The Hard Field
Football at the Heart of the City, at the Heart of the Community Portsmouth historic asset is its Docklands, they formed the city, they were its foundation and still sustain its economy. The wateredge is the heart of the city. It’s more recent but other great asset is its football. It too provides its own energy for the city and the community. With this project these two existing ingredients are combined to create a new contemporary icon for Portsmouth. The energies of the past are joined together in order to make the future city attractive for its residents and visitors. Waterfront, football and housing converge to form a unique public space, moving the city and its people back to the water. This is a contemporary move but one which is born from tradition, the English tradition of a Football Club being integrated within its neighbourhood. These same ingredients, the waterfront, and the ‘perfect bowl’ of the football stadium are used as form generating devices. The elements of a 36,000 seat stadium for Portsmouth FC, 100,000m2 of housing and waterfront public space are integrated and combined to create one form.
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