areal view of new Chelsea football stadium. image © Herzog & de Meuron 

Swiss-based architecture practice Herzog & de Meuron has released updated images of new Chelsea football Stadium in London. The firs images of Chelsea stadium had been revealed in July with mystical, emblematic, historical images that were referring to the past of the city. Now, Herzog & de Meuron's new proposal sets a different kind of structure influencing London's particular context and urban fabric. The new plans of Chelsea Football Club propose 60,000-seat capacity with  £500million budget, which will be built in place of the football club's existing stadium at Stamford Bridge. New proposal will be constructed in the place of existing football stadium which serves 41,837 seat-capacity to supporters.

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The new images show that a historical ribbed-shell structure displays nude, distinct and perfect volume in the context that interacts with public and supporters very well because of its irregular form. Herzog & de Meuron's new design rises on 264 slender brick piers that wraip up the whole structure. The design is inspired by Gothic architecture and Victorian-era brick terraces, which is reinterpreted with a pure expression referring to a solidity and textural materiality.  

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The outer appearance of the structure is reduced with piers and becomes more open to the public with its functionality and to take the public inside. This transperancy is some sort of responce to the historical context of the city and gains more caharcteristic approach in order to interact with it. New Chelsea Football Stadium also includes other facilities like a club shop and museum, and separate restaurant and café use.

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After the first feasility studies began in 2011, the team consulted with Herzog & de Meuron for the development plan in 2013 and the formal appointment of the project was approved in 2014. After the first consultation for the New Chelsea Stadium, 92% of the 1,250 respondents approved and they supported the plans which would expand capacity from 42,000 to 60,000 according to reports. 

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Our design "capture the spirit of the local heritage in a contemporary sculpted form that will respond to the local townscape and to neighbours’ views and light. The structure will have a lightness of expression when viewed directly but also a solidity and textural materiality when seen obliquely'' said Herzog & de Meuron.  

image © Herzog & de Meuron 

image © Herzog & de Meuron 

image © Herzog & de Meuron 

image © Herzog & de Meuron 

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