As we already wrote, this arena should become the country's main trump card in the struggle for the right to host the 2020 Olympics, as well as a new word in the practice of building arenas. Among the eminent finalists (among them were Toyo Ito, SANAA, UNStudio, as well as the world's leading experts in Populous and gmp stadiums), the Hadid project stood out for its unusual formal decision, although competitors also showed considerable ingenuity.
The practice of major international Japanese competitions is such that, as a rule, the decision is made by the eminent chairman of the jury (for a long time this role was often played by Arata Isozaki, but now he was replaced by Tadao Ando), and this chairman chooses the most original project, moreover, functionality and cost savings do not always play a key role. Therefore, the implementation of the conceived sometimes presents considerable difficulty: this was, for example, with the famous port terminal in Yokohama by the FOA bureau.
Obviously, in this case, this scheme worked again, although, unlike the FOA who were just starting their careers, Zaha Hadid has a large sports facility in his portfolio,
London 2012 Olympics Aquatics Center. Despite the varied and not always fair criticism (after all, the customer is also responsible for the success of the project, who had to calculate the entire budget from the very beginning and decide on the required number of places), this structure became one of the decorations of the past Games, generally distinguished by great modesty …
