Jasper Place Bowl Grandstand | ?m | ?s | City of Edmonton | Dub Architects

[Daveography]

I think this project is done now? But it completely flew off my radar.

Jasper Place Bowl Stadium — dub architects

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Jasper Place Bowl Grandstand Replacement

Demolition and replacement of existing Grandstand structure (originally built in 1967) with a new 2,000 seat structure, additional dressing rooms and spotter box.

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[Windermere]

I was nearby today, it's much better than what was there before, but it kind of looks like it was built using a bunch of sea cans.

 

[JNO1]

A few pictures from today. I'm not sure what the exterior finishing material is but it sure looks good. Gleams in the sun.

 

[bodsbods9090]

Wow. That is a nice upgrade.

I used to play football there a lot. Nice to see this field updated.

 

[northlands]

Wow. That is a nice upgrade.

I used to play football there a lot. Nice to see this field updated.

Me too. Friday Night Lights at Johnny Bright was a staple of my highschool days. Lol.

Props to Dub on this one... pretty unique design overall. I imagine it was fairly cost effective as well to construct?

 

[archited]

Copper.

 

[IanO]

I can't wait for the patina.

Also, some of that might need some deficiency work.

 

[archited]

^^^^I am of a different mind (so what else is new) -- I think that it was purposefully designed this way to allow for the copper elements to take a beating and underscore a tweeting about how each beat marks a better appearance. Copper is soft and malleable and easy to score, puncture, and dent. The installation puts me in mind of a kind of metallic "bamboo" -- the genius of Dub is that he looks ahead to an end result more so than first-off installation. Dents and copper patina together will make this building age beautifully in my opinion.