The Xi’an International Football Center is designed as an open civic platform, transforming the traditional stadium into a multifunctional urban space that integrates public activities beyond match days. By reducing its scale and enhancing accessibility, the stadium fosters continuous engagement with the surrounding community while extending the event atmosphere into the city.
The Xi’an International Football Center reimagines stadium architecture by integrating it into the urban environment as an 'open civic platform.' This design strategy reduces the building's scale and enhances public use by embedding seating below ground and adding commercial spaces around a continuous canopy, creating an active urban edge. For a professional interested in urban planning and architecture, this project exemplifies how stadiums can serve as continuously active urban spaces, fostering engagement beyond event days and ensuring sustainable urban integration.