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After Brasilia's Estadio Nacional hosted seven World Cup matches, architects released a conceptual image of the empty stadium revamped with housing. It's an intriguing sight. Dozens of long, colorful boxes stack up between the structure's pillars — all homes, each 1,130 square feet, inserted into the stadium's extra space.
The image is part of "Casa Futebol," a project from architects Sylvain Macaux and Axel de Stampa and their "spontaneous architecture" agency 1week1project (1W1P). "Casa Futebol" reimagines the 2014 World Cup's 12 stadiums, four of which are expected to sit abandoned as white elephants. The project uses conceptual design as a hypothetical solution for abject poverty and housing deficits in Brazil — major sources of tension surrounding the sporting event. Read more...
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