This stadium is an example of good design for two reasons; size and commodity, but before I start talking about the design I'm going to talk about the history of this amazing stadium. The stadium was built in 1966 by architects Pedro Ramirez Vasquez and Rafael Mijares. Before the construction of the Etadio Azteca the architects made trips to other countries like Argentina, Spain, Italy,France, and England to get ideas of stadiums different stadiums. As we learn in History and Theory of design not all the architects just began designing buildings, first they went to different countries and gathered ideas.The Azteca is also the only stadium were two world cup finals have been played.
Now that we know some history the next thing to talk about is why the estadio azteca is a good design for all. The size of the stadium is what makes it a good design. the stadium used approximately 8000 tons of steel rods plus 1200 of plain steel. The stadium is also know as el "coloso de santa ursula" ( the colossus of Saint Ursula) because of its size. The maximum capacity of people it can hold is approximately 106,000 people which places this stadium as the third largest stadium in the world. The size of this stadium is important specially for this stadium because is located among one of the biggest cities of the world.
Commodity is also another factor that makes this building a good design. As I mentioned before the stadium can sit about 106,000 people with a clear view of the stadium. One of the things i like to see when I go to soccer stadiums is a clear view of the soccer field and the Estadio Azteca does a good job on accomplishing this.
sources:
http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stadiums/stadium=5000118/detail.html
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