Allianz Stadium

The redeveloped Allianz Stadium represents the latest in global sport architecture whilst also responding to a critical regionalism. A true multi-use rectangular stadium, it hosts three sports – football, rugby league, and rugby union. The home of the Sydney Roosters, NSW Waratahs and Sydney FC, the stadium is also ready-made for cultural and community events – a key characteristic of Sydney’s unique inner-city precinct. A ‘stadium in the park,’ Allianz Stadium enhances the significant recreation and sports precinct at Moore Park, creating new active spaces for patrons and the community, and reinforcing Sydney’s ability to host international, national, and local events. Sustainable Stadia Driven by the ethos of ‘doing more-with-less.’ Applying this to Allianz Stadium, our roof structure used 40 per cent less steel in its construction, offering a carefully resolved stadium profile while reducing the building’s impact on its parkland location. This environmentally aware approach to design is at the heart of the project, designed to achieve a (LEED) gold rating. The new landscape doubles the number of trees on site and creates new habitats for wildlife. Access has improved for pedestrians, cyclists and patrons using public transport. The new roof provides containment of noise as well as providing protection from rain and sun. The Veil Enveloped in a delicate veil of bronze fins, the façade is an environmentally responsive skin that enhances patrons’ sense of connection to place. Variations in density and porosity allows the veil to reveal internal programmatic intensity, shield functional zones, curate vistas, and connect the seating bowl to the park. Undulating in harmony with the sweeping profile of the saddle shape roof, the façade unifies competing components of the large building perimeter, creating a coherent and expressive stadium. Inside with the arrangement of stands creating a sea of faces with great views of the playing field. Indigenous artist Tony Albert is responsible for the design of the artwork that is displayed across the seats. The work, titled ‘Two Worlds Colliding’, looks to bring together two separate groups imagined as land and sea, like home and away teams playing one another. Future-Proof Design The stadium is future-proofed for changes in technology and operations, built in at every step. This includes improved media and broadcast facilities, international standard team facilities, and a 360-degree service road. There is an increased number of amenities, with an emphasis on equity of access for all, including 330 dedicated wheelchair viewing positions. Over 48 food and beverage outlets provide a variety of options, promoted by clear wayfinding and easy circulation. The new stadium is both a pragmatic and poetic response to a unique Sydney context. A sculptural and light roof form sitting atop a veil of bronze. The inner workings represent a new program of patron and player amenity whilst being highly functional and pragmatic. And it is the dance between the functional and the romantic that defines an ethos in pursuit of an Australian identity.