Gewiss Stadium – design description
Atalanta asked De8 Architetti to redesign their
stadium. It's the same architectural practice that had previously 👄 worked on renovation
of two current stands and Atalanta's training center. While officially the project went
underway only after the 👄 stadium was sold to Atalanta in 2024, preparations were ongoing
earlier as well.
According to a statement from the Bergamo municipality, 👄 the club must
preserve the historic facades and roofing on the west side. De8 have decided to focus
mainly on 👄 rebuilding the stands behind the goals, although the eastern stand will also
be modernised.
In order to reach the anticipated 24,000-seat 👄 threshold, the stands'
heigh rises towards the end. New sections will have 21 rows near the historical stands
and grow 👄 to 37 at full height, retaining single-tier layout.
Due to constraints of
spatial and architectural nature, the stadium will have a 👄 simple yet elegant outer
form. Covered with ETFE cushions in grey colours, it will only have slight accents of
black 👄 and blue.
A large public plaza of over 6,000 square meters will be created in
front of the south stand, with 👄 significant commercial floor space. To maximise the
public space, tursntiles are hidden under upper rows of the stand itself. Parking
👄 existing on the site before will be pushed under ground.
The project started at the end
of April 2024 with the 👄 reconstruction of the north stand, which was already opened to
spectators at the beginning of October 2024. The second stage 👄 was the reconstruction of
the east stand, preserving the historic facade. This work was carried out in summer
2024, at 👄 which time the old south stand was also fitted with new seats on a temporary
basis. The complete reconstruction of 👄 this tribune will be the final stage of the work,
which is scheduled to begin in June 2024 and be 👄 completed in the summer of 2024.