With the excitement mounting about the London Olympic Games 2012, the Sir John Soane’s Museum will soon be opening a new exhibition looking at the architecture behind some of sports great edifices. Stadia: Sport and Vision Architecture takes a look at how the structures of sporting arenas have evolved over the centuries, but also how they are still inspired and influenced by the oldest of colosseums.
Opening on the 6th July and running through until the 22nd September, the exhibition will delve into the history of stadia and make comparisons to those created for the modern Olympic Games.
Sponsored by Populous™ (the official Architectural and Overlay Design Services Provider to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games), Stadia will look at the likes of the Coliseum in Rome and the Hippodrome in former Constantinople and map out why they have fascinated architects throughout the ages.
Though there are obvious comparisons with the stadia of today and those of antiquity, there have also been many technical developments that have been utilised to improve sporting arenas. Will also be a big feature in the Stadia: Sport and Vision Architecture exhibition at the Sir John Soane’s Museum.
For anyone that doesn’t know where the Sir John Soane’s Museum is, there’s a map below:
