Erick van Egeraat wins competition for stadium in Moscow

Erick van Egeraat has been awarded the first prize in the closed international design competition for VTB Arena Park in Moscow on the initiative of VTB Bank. The 300,000 m2 VTB Arena Park is one of the largest projects that will be developed in the Russian Federation in the coming years. VTB Bank will provide an investment of approximately 500 million Euro for the development of this large-scale project.

VTB Arena Park comprises the redevelopment of the Dynamo Moscow stadium and its surrounding park. Erick van Egeraat and his Russian partner Mikhail Posokhin (Mosproekt-2) selected a team of international consultants for the competition, including Bollinger + Grohmann structural engineers, Amsterdam ArenA Advisory, Artec Acoustic consultants and Illuminator lighting consultants. Erick van Egeraat’s 300,000 m2 multifunctional centre on the 116,000 m2 site will comprise a 45,000-seat Stadium Arena for Dynamo, a 10,000-seat Arena Hall, a retail and entertainment complex, restaurants, parking and other facilities.

The jury, chaired by Yuri Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow, Andrei Kostin, VTB Chairman and Alexander Avdeev, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, anonymously selected Erick van Egeraat’s design. The jury praised the design for its „all-under-oneroof“ concept, providing a mix of sports and cultural facilities all concentrated within the current stadium perimeter. Erick van Egeraat’s design was chosen out of five international competitors, including NPS Tchoban Voss with gmp von Gerkan Marg und Partner, STD development with Interstudio, ABD with Perkins Eastman International, and Mosproekt 4 with Populous.


Image: designed by Erick van Egeraat