The brief was to create a stadium design proposal within the future lunar colonies, where new recreational and sports activities will be evolved to take advantage of the moon’s micro-gravity. The unique contest allowed contestants to design for an unfamiliar environment.
The new landscape for the stadium structure is presented as a symbol of mankind’s great ambition and achievement. One unique aspect is that the moon provides a neutral playing ground on which no country will have the home field advantage.
This futuristic 100,000-seat stadium contains a large, reconfigurable playing field utilizing digital technology to project various boundary lines and field markers depending on the sport. A large hotel, various restaurants, a solar-assisted fuel-cell power plant, and communications tower are some other elements.
Most of the provisions for occupants will be harvested and recycled on site. Oxygen will be harvested from moon rocks that are heated by hydrogen fuel cells or low currents from the solar energy system. Hydrogen will be imported from earth with regular lunar shuttle transports. These two elements will power the fuel cell reaction, creating both energy and water as a by-product. The expelled carbon dioxide from inhabitants will be channeled into the green houses located below the hotel.
