Motera Cricket Stadium (MCS)

Architectural Designer

Populous, 2015 - 2017

Client: L&T and Gujarat Cricket Association

https://populous.com/project/motera-cricket-stadium

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Project Description:

The largest cricket stadium in the world with a capacity of 1,10,000 spectators is being developed in Ahmedabad. As the design progressed, the site kept shrinking with increasing constraints on budget and time-lines.

Tasks:

The team dedicated to this project was small. I was involved in:

Developing options for the architectural language for the Pavilion
Integrating the pavilion structure within the structural setouts of the stadium columns
Developing interiors for the pavilion spaces - players, visitors, VIP areas etc
Developing an iterable stadium model in grasshopper
Developing facade options for the Media block and Cricket Academy
I wholly designed the club house building in the far Northern Eastern corner of the site - from its architectural language, space layouts and relationships to interiors.

Pavilion Architectural Design

The pavilion in a stadium is where the players and VIP seats are housed. I was involved in all aspects of pavilion design: The challenges in developing the pavilion structure was to integrate its design in the column set out of the rest of the stadium as well as designing a facade that becomes its identity. The below designs are some of the options developed my me in tandem with the internal layouts.

Below: Options for Facade

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The player facilities brief was developed based on constant back and forth discussions with the client. The final layout could house 4 different teams together with separate private entrances for players and direct access from their zones to the pitch.

The public entrance on the ground floor gave access to a spacious lobby with a children's zone and cricket exhibition in the center. With a banqueting area on the third level and VIP rooms on the fourth and fifth completed the requirements for the Pavilion Building.

Below: Pavilion Section and Floor Plans

Pavilion Interiors

Below are examples from mood-boards I developed. I worked on complete interior set from the player facilities to the hospitality section of the pavilion

Below: Interior mood boards with their corresponding visualization

Media Block and Cricket Academy

The South Eastern Quarter of the stadium housed the Media block and Cricket Academy. I worked on the facade and couple of interior spaces within this section

Below: Elevations and visualization of Media Block and Cricket Academy