Archive for the ‘melbourne rectangular stadium’ Category

Deadline fast approaching

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium - 04/01/2010

On a fairly regular basis I visit the construction site for the new rectangular stadium as part of my bid to capture the whole construction process (you can view my photos here). What I have noticed in recent visits is that construction (only from an external point of view as I haven’t been inside) has slowed and it worries me a little that the stadium won’t be completed in time for its proposed opening in May.

As a person who works in the construction industry, in my very limited experience that the finishing touches to a project take longer than expected and I don’t think the four months will be enough for the completion of the stadium. I hope to be proved wrong but I don’t think it will meet the deadline somehow.

On a slightly different note, in my latest blog for 442 I come up with some highlights of the year that passed and as per usual there is a heavy bias towards my favourite player of the current squad, Carlos Hernandez. If you want more details, check it out here.

Up in lights

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

The latest video of Melbourne’s Rectangular Stadium showcasing the new LED lighting. Can you imagine what it will be like if they set it up so that when Melbourne Victory scores a goal the lights go nuts so that everyone outside the ground knows what’s happening. It will be awesome!

Also it’s good to see that they have it named as Olympic Park on the fly through - let’s hope it stays that way.

More than just a football stadium

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium - 16/05/2009

The construction of Melbourne’s new Rectangular Stadium has captured the imagination of many a football fan in this town and in my latest au.fourfourtwo.com blog I put forward that this building is much more than just a stadium and expose myself as an architect in the process.

What a difference a year makes

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

22 March 2008

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium - 22/03/2008

21 March 2009

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium - 21/03/2009