The north tribune is restored as it is declared a Site of Cultural Interest. The rest of the stands designed with different inclinations and founded on the combination of repetitive and regular elements are based on a diagram of growth in time and can be expanded later.
It is an open project, which increases its capacity through the fragmentation of its shapes, allowing the ventilation in the sports center to improve and at the same time generating a smaller scale, which also serves to integrate it gently into its environment.
Project description by El Equipo Mazzanti
The Romelio Martínez stadium is the current municipal stadium of Barranquilla, of greater antiquity as a stage for professional soccer in the city, and the old headquarters of the most representative Barranquilla clubs in the first B Colombian category.
Due to the construction period and architectural characteristics of the tribune called "shadow", which corresponds to the north grandstand, the stadium was declared a National Cultural Interest (BIC).
However, the scenario did not comply with the current rules for holding sporting events, for the area of support and construction pathologies (dressing rooms, mixed zone, administration of the stadium and the event, public services (bathrooms and trade), evacuation, NSR standards -10 and NTC-1500, among others). Especially the playing field, which determines the layout of the bleachers, is oriented east-west, contrary to the guidance recommended by FIFA (north-south) that ensures the visual comfort of the players, taking into account the route of the sun.
With the intention of enabling the Romelio Martínez, and adding it to the accredited sports venues for the Central American and Caribbean Games, it is proposed to restore the patrimonial tribune, correctly orientate the playing field, provide sufficient areas to celebrate sporting events, and renovate the public space adjacent to the stadium.
In the proposal of the design team, the importance of the existing building, representative of an era of architecture in Colombia (shadow tribune), and taking into account the original values of the building, a new distribution to the interior, allowing both to the public of the events, as to interested visitors, to appreciate its architecture.
The implementation of the playing field is designed with the appropriate north-south orientation, with a slight inclination of 9 ° towards the west, for the correct visual of the spectators who are located in the north tribune ("shadow"). With this new orientation, stands are located designed with the standards required by the norm for sports venues, and the support program for the sporting event is distributed in the useful area under the bleachers.
Finally, the topography resulting from the space released by the old stands, throws a significant difference in height, approximately nine meters between the highest and lowest part of the lot, the court being an intermediate level between both, which is used in the design to integrate the liberated and existing public space with the sports program, generating grandstands outside the stadium, areas for outdoor training and support areas such as shops, public services, etc., added to new green areas that allow integrating controlled way, visually the public space with the stadium.
