Change the GOAL: Promoting sports & community engagement through the integration of FNB Stadium
Date
2024-02
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Abstract
South Africa has invested many billions of rands to build and renovate stadiums. This investment has some advantages, such as fostering national pride and boosting political and economic agendas. However, the benefit to the ordinary citizen is exaggerated. This is evident at the FNB Stadium, while used for elite sport, majority of the Soweto community do not come to the stadium. To the local community it a symbol of something beyond their lived worlds. Against this context my project explored how the FNB stadium can become a sport and cultural led space that locates local people at the center of its use identity. I explored the design of the stadium precinct as a mixed-use space with a focus on sport and football development, allowing opportunities for more people to better connect and understand what the stadium has to offer. This re-imagining of FNB as a stadium fostering broader community aims helps to break the pattern of the stadium as an alienated icon within this historically disadvantaged community.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and The Built Environment, University of The Witwatersrand in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree: Master of Architecture (Professional) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg in 2024.
Keywords
Football Training Centre, Sport Development, FNB Stadium, Stadium Identity, Community Stadium, UCTD
Citation
Ramsarup, Shreya. (2024). Change the GOAL: Promoting sports & community engagement through the integration of FNB Stadium [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WIReDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/38787