United Stadium: Envisioning a Truly Urban Stadium

• Main Author: Kramer, Kyle Matthew
• Other Authors: Architecture
• Format: Others
• Published: Virginia Tech 2014
• Subjects: Stadium; NOMA; Sport; Residential
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35607; http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11052008-094055/

It is unmistakable that sport is a universally vital element in our society today. Sport teaches us teamwork, sportsmanship, and provides a stage to compete instead of fight. Sport has been known to end civil wars and bring peace when all hope is lost. Sport has been called the worldâ s first global culture. It has been said that where the crowds gather, history is made. With stadiums providing a stage for over 100,000 people at one time, it is easy to associate a stadium with this thought. Since the function that stadiums hold is so important to us as people, shouldnâ t our stadiums reflect the importance of the function they represent? === Master of Architecture