Stadium and park, Moscow

The site's original stadium was opened in 1928, and the public park in which it is situated has a rich history dating from 1782, when Catherine the Great's Petrovsky Palace was completed in the Gothic Revival style. Both the historic elements and the contemporary context have been taken into account in the newly proposed, comprehensive design, to be renamed the VTB Arena Park. Underground parking facilities allow the surrounding public park to remain intact, and the available green space further extends to the roof areas of facilities situated above ground. Plans include the preservation of the existing stadium's perimeter facade, functionally and aesthetically integrating it in the new design.

The concept of the new stadium park redevelopment is that of a self-supporting, multifunctional business model, including a mixture of sport, entertainment, culture, restaurants and retail, to be active day and night. With an accessible metro station and parking facilities available throughout the year, it also intends to be an important transit hub for Moscow, perhaps even lightening the volume of car traffic within the city. (Dutton R. Hauhart)

Erick van Egeraat has been awarded the first prize in the closed international design competition for VTB Arena Park in Moscow on the initiative of VTB Bank. The 300,000 m² VTB Arena Park is one of the largest projects that will be developed in the Russian Federation in the coming years. VTB Bank will provide an investment of approximately €500 million for the development of this large-scale project.

VTB Arena Park comprises the redevelopment of the Dynamo Moscow stadium and its surrounding park. Erick van Egeraat and his Russian partner Mikhail Posokhin (Mosproekt-2) selected a team of internationally acclaimed consultants for the competition, including Bollinger + Grohmann structural engineers, Amsterdam ArenA Advisory, Artec Acoustic consultants and Illuminator lighting consultants. Erick van Egeraat’s 300,000 m² multifunctional centre on the 116,000 m² site will comprise a 45,000-seat Stadium Arena for Dynamo, a 10,000-seat Arena Hall, a retail and entertainment complex, restaurants, parking and other facilities.

The jury, chaired by Yuri Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow, Andrei Kostin, VTB Chairman and Alexander Avdeev, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, anonymously selected Erick van Egeraat's design. The jury praised the design for its 'all-under-one-roof' concept, providing a mix of sports and cultural facilities all concentrated within the current stadium perimeter. Erick van Egeraat's design was chosen out of five international competitors, including NPS Tchoban Voss with gmp von Gerkan Marg und Partner, STD development with Interstudio, ABD with Perkins Eastman International, and Mosproekt 4 with Populous.

After a redevelopment according to this design proposal, VTB Arena Park will be better equipped than ever to be a welcoming destination to anyone living, working or visiting the city of Moscow.