Camp Nou.....except more nou.

On an architectural current events note........don't know whether you've heard but they are going to completely redo Camp Nou. A recent competition was held and they picked Norman Foster's colorful new renovation as the new look for the Barca soccer team's stadium. If you to to the COAC in the bookstore building, you can see the models of the top ten entries that were made for the competition. Foster's is on the far left side of the display, most distinguishable by its intriguing colorful skin.














This is not the first time Foster has done a big stadium project. Wembley Stadium, the most famous stadium in England, was once a rotting old dump that turned into one of London's cherished new additions to its skyline. This project means just as much to its team's fans and the country (Catalonia), but the design is much different. In this case, Foster decided to keep the general form of the stadium, except giving it a more dynamic skin that he even calls Gaudi-like, and improving on the current facilities. The stadium will also be able to seat 106,000 people after its completion. Below is a YouTube clip of Foster, in which he is talkin' about the stadium.... talkin' about the design, no?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QHYo4zckJ68&feature=dir