The Oakland Athletics have released updated renderings of the proposed ballpark at Howard Terminal.
The team said it tweaked the design of the original boxy structure to provide better views of the bay and Oakland and after getting feedback from fans and public officials.
— CBS
When plans for the Bjarke Ingels-designed new 34,000-seat baseball stadium at Howard Terminal (complete with gondola and publicly accessible rooftop park, among other features) were unveiled to much fanfare last November by the Oakland Athletics, the public reception was mixed.
This week, renderings of a revised design were released that seek to incorporate some of the feedback—most notably, a more circular stadium shape.
Oakland A's President, Dave Kaval, describes the merits of the redesign in a statement released this week:
[...] Back in November, we were thrilled and humbled by the initial positive response to our preliminary concepts for the ballpark design. Fans and community members alike expressed excitement about the design. Since then, we've continued to meet with public officials, fans, and community members to gather more input and refine our designs.
One key update to our design: a more circular shape. This geometry offers four key benefits over the initial concepts:
We'll expect more refinements and improvements as we move through the design process, and your continued feedback will be essential. [...]
Learn more about the new Oakland ballpark proposal here.
11 Comments
I would like someone to put the old renderings in the article, otherwise it's pretty useless to tell me it's updated. Who cares?
don't be lazy - there's a link to the previous article.
before:
Hahaha. Lazy. Yeah. Sure. That link wasn't there when I posted.
Well, the boats are in favour of the first scheme.
This whole projects looks out of place in Oakland -- in a bad way. Seems like an imposition of the BIG style (the sloping park) in a completely nonsensical and unusable way, with a bunch of awkward towers bunched in.
Agreed.
There is something hokey about all-in-one megaprojects. Like forced urbanism.
The towers do seem odd to me.
I refuse to believe that baseball is as exciting as pictured in the rendering... maybe it's because the protective cage is missing? Certainly that extra element of danger counts, no?
Happy to talk Baseball + Architecture all day...rather be playing baseball.
OPENING DAY TO-DAY! let's play 2!!
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