DIABLOS ROJOS BASEBALL STADIUM 2014-2019 FGP Atelier Is an Emerging Global Practice Led by Internationally Recognized Architect Francisco Gonzalez Pulido
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DIABLOS ROJOS BASEBALL STADIUM 2014-2019 FGP Atelier is an emerging global practice led by internationally recognized architect Francisco Gonzalez Pulido. Gonzalez Pulido’s work has been acknowledged for advancing the quality of the built environment through the CONTENTS alignment of design, science, art and technology. The work of FGP Atelier is guided by Transparency, Openness and Freedom. These values are reflected in our process and collaborations, as well as in INTRODUCTION the buildings and spaces that we create. Our mission is to contribute to social and economic advancement through the alignment of Design, Science and Technology. Our work builds on Logic, Intuition, Multidisciplinary THE CLIENT Collaboration, Scientific Research and Work Experience to design Active Spaces, Infrastructure and Urban Networks that respond to Atmosphere, Ecology, Comfort, Economy, Culture and the Technological Context. CONTEXT & URBANISM We believe in Experience over Typology and stand for the dissolution of archetypical interventions. Through years of experience, our work seeks to redefine the concept of the Stadium, the Lab, the Airport, the Cultural, Living DESIGN PROCESS and Working Environments. In early 2019, we launched a publication series to share in-depth explorations TECHNOLOGY & AESTHETICS of our recently completed projects. SUSTAINABILITY & RESILIENCE IMAGE GALERY COPYRIGHT © 2019, FGP ATELIER INTERNATIONAL, LLC, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 4 5 INTRODUCTION When you look back at the stadium from the field, you of the canopy rises. These pavilions appear grand This sense of permeability and openness is attain a sense of scale by comparison in the process. can see through the center of the building below the and yet light as a result of the striated openings of fundamentally different from most stadiums. Were the The organization of the building as a series of separate owner’s box to the trees. On each side, two bands of their surface. As one moves closer, it is clear that circulation space of many stadiums is a closed ring volumes with space in-between breaks up the scale red cut across the field of vision to define the box level this is like no other stadium in the world and that, in with little contact to either the field or the city beyond, into units that can be conceptualized while providing and upper balcony – a sharp contrast to the deep green addition to what will undoubtedly be an exciting game, this spaces provides clear orientation to both. The room to see these different parts of the building. The of the field. Above, there is the canopy, the signature an adventure exploring the building awaits. drama of these spaces in enhanced by the support result is a building given a sense of unity through the of the stadium that provides shelter for thousands of structure of the roof descending from the roof and roof while also containing parts serving a diverse set fans by cantilevering over the seats and extending The building is organized via simply: a bowl with three planting firmly on the ground. The drama continues of needs, that provide scale and are addressed to the towards the entrance to shelter guests as they arrive. levels of seating opening onto the playing field and as one moves around the perimeter of the stadium, scale of the human body, and that might even provide Below, seats colored with a gradient from red to black 6 truncated pyramidal volumes housing services and gaining glimpses of the action of on the field in the a sense of intimacy amidst the massiveness of the descent from the entrance level to the field. To the circulation set a short distance from seating. It is in this process, before emerging beneath the tip of the wings structure. right and left are a series of small pavilions whose roof space between the volumes and the seating that all the of the roof above. Here, one is able to look back at the is made of lightweight textile fabric that lend a sense drama beyond the game unfolds. These are spaces full expanse of the building and fully understand the No matter where one is within the building, it is hard of intimacy to the vastness of the structure above. of encounter between guests where they take a break scope of the design. not to be impressed that the building exists at all. from the game, buy concessions and souvenirs, and Mega projects are built around the world with some This totality is, however, not something that you engage memorabilia from the history of the team and Having moved through the building, it is hard to be consistency and stadia often rank among them. Few, experience immediately upon arriving at the stadium. baseball in Mexico. Spatiousness is the fundamental impressed by the scale of the building. Stadia in however, show such inventiveness in the context As you cross the bridge that connects the stadium to quality of these spaces. They rise three stories and general rank amongst the larger structures that one will of conventional typologies. Rarer still are projects the surrounding community, you see the two three- beyond to the rough soaring above. Circulation spaces encounter. This stadium, however, stands out through of this scale built by private citizens for the public pronged supports holding the tail of the central module form the perimeter – allowing people to look down its specific form. The roof does not merely provide good. Even less common are projects of this scale forming the roof structure. Below, thousands of fans from the upper floors to the entry level and across the cover, but is a formal gesture and composition that in Mexico. To many, it ranks as the most significant are arrives and move towards the gigantic media space to others moving around the stadium. They are thrusts towards the field and city – drawing the eye of project completed in the country in the last several screen above the opening that allows for a clear view dramatic in every way as one sees and is seen as part the visitor in the process. While many stadia hold the years. In this context, one might then ask exactly how towards the field. To the right and left you see the of the Diablos Rojos Community. guest in a contained experience that rarely allows one this project came to be? series of pavilions from which the support structure to look back out at the city, the Diablos Rojos Stadium creates moments of connection that allow visitors to look back at the city from which they have come and 6 7 8 9 THE CLIENT The story of the Diablos Rojos Baseball Stadium The Club Rojos del Mexico is one among these teams. Alfredo identified with Mansur who, in addition to being arriving in Veracruz in 1923 at the age of 14 with his begins with the team and the growing interest and By the 1940s, the Club had the largest number of one of the greatest connoisseurs of baseball played parents and his mother’s grandparents arriving in prestige of the sport in Mexico. The origin of the sport followers in the Mexican Republic. The club would anywhere in the world, had great human qualities Veracruz in 1898. The entrepreneurial spirit runs deep in Mexico extends back to the 1840s when American frequently win championships and was able to attract and became a good friend. By the end of 1993 an in his family. His mother’s father José S. Helu – the military forces were stationed in Mexico during the the best players from around the country. As this agreement was reached for Don Alfredo along with only son of a prominent Judge in Lebanon – founded Mexican-American War. By 1925, the Liga Mexicana occurred, promoters and investors in the sport such as Roberto Hernández, Pepe Aguilera, and Pepe Marrón the Spanish and Arabic newspaper Al Jawater. His de Béisbol had been founded. During the 1930s and multi-millionaire Jorge Pasquel emerged in hopes that to acquire an interested in the team. paternal grandparents dedicated themselves to the 1940s, the Liga Mexicana served as an essential home one day the league might rival the Majors in the United clothing trade – mainly making denim and garments. to African American players from the United States States. As this occurred, the audience grew and the Over the next two decades, the team would continue Before his father’s early death in 1947, he started a who were unable to play there until Jackie Robinson stadia in which they played evolved to accommodate to thrive and win many National Championships. In shoe factory in Oaxaca that made some of the highest broke the color barrier in 1947. They were offered the new crowds. This process was bulstered when the 2000, the team moved to the Foro Sol, a venue built quality shoes. higher salaries and better conditions than in the Negro games began to be televised to a national audience in primarily for music. By the early 2010s, Don Alfredo League in the United States. Satchel Paige, Joshua the 1950s. was beginning to contemplate building a stadium that At an early age, Don Alfredo started his own Josh Gibson, Montford Monte Irvin, James Thomas would be designed specifically for baseball. The first business raising chickens and selling the eggs to the Cool Papa Bell, Martin Dihigo, and Raymond Mamerto By the mid-1990s, the team had won dozens of step in this direction was to move the team to the neighborhood. As a result of Don Alfredo’s early death Dandridge were some of the members of the Negro championships and was widely recognized as the 5,200-seat Estadio Fray Nano, which first opened in and the subsequent closing of his father’s shoe factory, League who would end up playing in Mexico.