Photograph by Roland Halbe
Innsbruck, Austria
1999 - 2002
Austrian Ski Federation
Bergisel Ski Jump
Photograph by Hélène Binet
In December 1999 ZHA won the international competition for a new ski jump on the Bergisel Mountain in Innsbruck. The new structure opened in 2002. Situated on the Bergisel Mountain overlooking downtown Innsbruck, the ski jump has become a landmark for the city.
The ski jump is part of a larger refurbishment project for the Olympic Arena and replaces the old ski jump which no longer met with international standards. The building is a hybrid of highly specialized sports facilities and public spaces, including a café and a viewing terrace. These different programs are combined into a single new shape, which extends the topography of the slope into the sky.
At a length of 90m and a height of almost 50m, the building is a combination of a tower and a bridge. Structurally it is divided into the vertical concrete tower and a steel space frame structure, which integrates the ramp and the café. Two elevators bring visitors up to the public café and viewing terrace - unique to all ski jumps around the world - creating a new public space for the city surrounded by majestic alpine landscapes.
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Photograph by Roland Halbe
Photograph by Roland Halbe
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Sport
From the world’s first timber-built football stadium to an international sports centre providing multi-sport facilitites to athletes of all ages, discover our latest sports projects.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
ZHA’s first sports and commercial project in Asia, GO PARK Sai Sha is nestled between the mountains of Hong Kong’s Ma On Shan Country Park and the sheltered waters of Three Fathoms Cove which leads out to the South China Sea.
Photograph by SeilaoJiong 张灏
Sports Centre
Situated at the southern end of Guangzhou’s Nansha District on the western bank of the historic Pearl River, the Greater Bay Area Sports Centre will serve as an anchor to the new civic, business and residential district at the heart of the Greater Bay Area.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Xi’an International Football Centre’s 60,000-seat stadium and training grounds are integral to the ongoing development of football in China. Initiated by the Chinese Football Association and China’s national sports development organisations, the new football centre provides facilities of the highest standards to nurture the sport across all levels.
Render by Negativ
The team comprising ZHA working with architecture, engineering consultancy Sweco and landscape architects Tredje Natur has won the competition to build the new Aarhus football stadium in Denmark.
Render by Proloog
Located within Hangzhou’s Future Science and Technology Cultural District, the sports centre establishes a new riverfront park and public plazas with direct access to Lines 3 and 5 of the city’s expanding metro network.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Legacy Mode : December 2013
A concept inspired by the fluid geometry of water in motion, creating spaces and a surrounding environment in sympathy with the river landscape of the Olympic Park. An undulating roof sweeps up from the ground as a wave, enclosing the pools of the Centre with its unifying gesture.
Inaugurated on 16 May 2019 by hosting the Amir Cup Final of the Qatar Stars national football league, Al Janoub Stadium was the first new stadium commissioned for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.
Courtesy of ZHA, render by MIR
The Eco Park stadium for Forest Green Rovers will be an important addition for the community. The club’s heritage, ambition and vision reflect ZHA’s own, combining the latest material research and construction techniques with new design approaches to build a more ecologically sustainable and inclusive architecture.
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