Populous is the winner of £90 Million Arena Design Competition

For designing of the UK’s most prolonged area, the fresh £90 million Bristol ground Populous has chosen. Ahead of IDOM, Grimshaw, Wilkinson Eyre and White Arkitekter are selected. The work will be done with Populous, BuroHapplod and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios for realizing that they are winners for the crystalline venue.

Nicholas Reynolds Populous principal says that their design is unique for Bristol Arena. For 12000 fans a world class live concert venue is delivered by populous having seamless conversion for the atmosphere and 4000 seat amphitheater’s intimacy.

Reynolds added that the canvas will be provided by the adaptive facade that is defined that this is the building’s identity in the Bristol skyline and there is a transition between an ephemeral form in ay and dynamic event back dropped in the night.

Feilden Clegg Bradley’s Peter Clegg said that the railway and the River Avon has framed the arena which has designed for reflecting the Bristol’s city having proud heritage and history and created the iconic form in the city. It is responsive and respectful for the unique location. The surrounding buildings will be reflected by the masonry plinth base and then the arena will be allowed for continuously adapting for mirroring the changing face and city’s form by the upper form of the beautiful crystalline.

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Bristol mayor and also former RIBA say that he is being delighted with the vital design competition. An innovative design has been presented by the populous team for a horseshoe shape of arena and that we will be allowed for real flexibility for doing programs will be for future and present. Both performers and audiences are being offered for an outstanding visual and acoustic experience. The new arena is considered as best among five great designs. It will be sit comfortably on the island named as Arena Island which is next to the Bath Road and Temple Meads. I have determined that the best arena is achieved by us and there is a commitment for achieving BREEAM Excellent environmental rates adds for the Bristol’s reputation as in the European Green Capital.

The former diesel depot site will be built by RIBA-backed venue on a near railway stations named as Bristol Temple Meads in the Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone.