TOUR DE STADE

 For this project, we wanted to push toward the merger between the digital world and the physical world. Here are a few attempts on creating spaces that may satisfy this condition.

Tour de Stade means touring the stadium and with that meaning, this project will create spaces that aid the activation of digital entertaining activity to keep the stadium function as a public attraction as well as a technology knowledge-sharing hub. 

The stadium is located in Des Moines, Iowa. This city has a population of 200k people and has plenty of opportunities to grow. The project will dedicate almost 1/3 of its size toward the Phytoplankton farm in order to ensure a healthy environment for this growth. 

The building shape curve and land accordingly to the sun to provide shade as well as an ideal location for the solar plan. 

The building also transforms into different moments suitable to the technology that will be input as well as aid in directing the flow of visitors around the site. 

On to the programs of the building.

Walking through the entrance, the spaces will lead visitors to the Lobby where ticket booths for the Stadium and Digital art gallery are located. 

From there they have the option to exit into the courtyard and may access the alternate reality hub (Where space will be fully transformed using advanced projector technology to give an extraretinal visual) Or take the ramp that spirals up to the digital archive ring, where they can find a variety of information about new technologies. 

Right around the corner, the AR interactive ground where visitors can control the space that they are in with the help of their personal electronic device (which creates a more in-person user interaction). 

The stadium is the central space of the structure not only holds annual soccer games but also equipped with a 3D projector for the digital game championship or possible concert.

All the technology on the site will be powered by solar energy generated from the transparent solar panels placed above the Archive ring (to providing shade and harvesting the sun energy)  

Phytoplankton is the basis for life on earth.
Not only being an important food source to maintain marine life. Phytoplankton is also responsible for up to 90% of the oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere (according to NASA research).

Through photosynthesis, phytoplankton consumes carbon dioxide on a scale equivalent to forests and other land plants.

The Phytoplankton pool will help clean the air as the number of visitors increases to provide healthy cleaning air.

 The stadium is prime for international digital competition as well as providing storage for digital works of literature and artworks.

The stadium will be capable of providing energy for future technology migration without adding impact on the environment. The phytoplankton farm will purify the air in place of greenery due to deforestation for future housing. 

The stadium's ultimate goal is to transform into a place where technology can grow without harming the natural environment.