2024-05-20T14:29:11-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149976664/zaha-hadid-architects-to-design-new-stadium-for-the-forest-green-rovers Nicholas Korody 2016-11-03T12:51:00-04:00 >2016-11-07T23:41:43-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/h3/h36hghcfoswi6vhk.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has just won another major commission: the Forest Green Rovers football stadium in Stroud, UK. The announcement follows a seven month competition, with ZHA winning out over 50+ entries from around the world.</p><p>The stadium will be built almost entirely out of wood, which the Forest Green Rovers&rsquo; chairman, Dale Vince, asserts will make it have &ldquo;the lowest embodied carbon of any stadium in the world&rdquo;. Alongside a timber structure, roof, cantilevers and cladding, the stadium&rsquo;s floor slab and seating terraces will be made of wood. According to the press release, the timber will be sourced sustainably.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/eq/eq2ysz9udvbspx6p.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/0o/0oc4jv4jv6dm1cu3.jpg"></p><p>&ldquo;The stadium&rsquo;s roof is covered with a transparent membrane, which contributes to turf growth, minimizes stark shadows for players and fans and reduces the volumetric impact of the stadium from distant views in the surrounding landscape,&rdquo; states James Heverin, Director of ZHA.</p><p>&ldquo;The stadium&rsquo;s design incorporates the club&rsquo;s future growth. Initially for 5,000 spectators, ...</p>