Stadionul Silviu Ploesteanu Construction images part one

July 17: After parsing through the regulations, the first thing to do was simplify the site map down to a plain white diagram/ Having done a lot of site research, there wasn't a lot that surprised me, but the capacity was nearly double what I was expecting.

July 17: The completed site plan. I wanted to retain the existing bank on the western side of the site, as well as the building in the western corner. The height of the bank dictated the concourse level, and from there, the rest of the design. I originally envisaged a VIP level above the main stand, but this proposal was scrapped once actual construction on the model took place. I had planned a much smaller upper tier on the eastern stand, but that had to be expanded to meet capacity requirements. A tapered upper tier on the western stand and no upper tier to the south maximised views towards Tampa Mountain and the wider Carpathian ranges.

July 17: Sometimes it is the smaller details that are completed first. The pitch was installed, with LED boards and a personalised corner flag.

July 18: Work ongoing on the stands.

 

July 18: A view of the stadium with a backdrop of the Carpathian mountains. Prior to the competition beginning, I built a scale model of the Carpathian mountains to the south and west of the venue. By copying and pasting the stadium into that model, I was able to see how the backdrop looked from various points on the site.

July 18: Another view

July 19: Work on the main stand was underway. I originally proposed that there would be a small structure at the back of the main stand, housing the TV studios and cameras, similar in shape to what is presently on the site. Stairs running either side of this would get spectators in the open VIP boxes to and from their seats. It was about this point that I abandoned the VIP level due to space requirements.

July 19: A look from the south towards the main stand. Upper tier corners are installed, each to the same height as the western stand. This provides a nice space above both of them on the eastern stand for video screens.

July 19: A look towards the west of the site. I really liked the way the upper tier supports cut into the lower tier seating area. I've always felt that gives a venue an older, less refined feel.

July 19: The new upper western stand.

 

July 19: Looking towards the eastern stand at the newly installed videoboards.

July 20: Concourse structures were modelled. The design was based on the existing building in the western corner.

July 21: Experimenting with yellow seats. I don't like it at all.

July 22: Work begins on installing the vomitories and stairways.

July 22: A large overview of the site. I'm not quite sure why I saved this view, perhaps I just liked it. It does show off one nice feature though - the angle of the upper tier corner sections are a lot more open. This means that more of the spectators in the upper tier are facing the centre of the pitch, rather than the penalty area.

July 22: A view of the work done - with the main stand vomitory on the left and the west and eastern stand stairway on the right.

July 22: Looking at one of the stairways at the eastern end of the ground. I like the view down towards the pitch - it looks very intimate which was one of the main considerations of the fans. 

July 22: Reinstalling the "Rezistenta Din Munti Brasov" mural in the southwest corner of the site. I would eventually move it down to ground level in front of the fans but that would happen later.