A senior architect at the company that has been appointed to design the new £ 2 billion stadium of Manchester United has unveiled further details about their ambitious project.
United revealed their plans last week to build a new Old Trafford of 100,000 capacity under a huge 'umbrella' Complete with a public square twice as large as Trafalgar Square and their own version of Wembley Way in a breathtaking 'city of the future'.
The stunning plans were drawn up by the renowned British architect Lord Norman Foster, including a brutal nod to the infamous climate of Manchester.
Three gigantic towers, inspired by the trident of the Red Devils, dominate the skyline and effectively retain the 'umbrella' – a sweeping glass and steel canopy above it that fans dry inside and outside, which would be comfortable the largest stadium in Groot -Britain.
A huge Wraparound scoreboard also contains, along with a three-storey museum and restaurants on the canal side as part of a huge Fandorp in a project Sir Jim Ratcliffe says that it will retain the essence of Old Trafford … while the fan experience only transforms footsteps from our existing house '.
However, United fans have wondered how the club will pay the stadium.
Others have insisted on those who are involved in the project to retain elements of Old Trafford, including the tunnel of Munich – who commemorate those who have lost their lives in the air disaster in Munich in 1958 – and the Trinity statue with George Best, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law.
And Patrick Campbell, an architect at Foster + Partners, the group that has been appointed to design the Stadium District has opened on plans to keep both as part of the new Old Trafford.
'We were honored and privileged to be on the recent one [Munich] Memorial. It's so powerful, “said Campbell.
'It is so important and it is non-negotiable. That must play such an important role in the design of how this all emerges.
'We want to collaborate with fans to understand what the important pieces are and what the best way is to continue that wonderful story of history and to ensure that we can continue to honor those memories. So it's about how can they be integrated into the new stadium, or the public spaces around the stadium? Or how we can even add to it.
'How can we make this [area] Even more about Manchester United, about the history and story that is unique to the club and different from something else? '
Campbell also revealed where the Trinity statue could be located. “That is 450 meters with trees surrounded, activated MUSEA, shops, bars, hotels, entertainment route, which links to the route of the cricket field and the yard,” he added.
“So that is perhaps where we place the Trinity statue, so that it just like today the stadium.”
A series of spectacular drawings revealed last week that the new Old Trafford would be pushed back from the site of the existing iconic home base of United, more than a century.
Their own version of Wembley Way, surrounded by trees, would extend from outside the current Holy Trinity statue to the existing Old Trafford with land that is currently being used for a parking space and freight terminal behind the Stretford end that came in to play.
On the one hand, the bowl -shaped location would stretch over the canal, with a series of sheltered bridges so that fans could cross a cave -like arena.
'The idea is to ensure that Manchester United can continue to play this entire process in Old Trafford. So we find the new stadium wide in the middle of the Bridge Gewaterkanaal and the railway line, just to the west of the existing stadium, “Campbell added.
United will continue to play in their current house, while the new stadium, which the club has ambitious to be completed in five years, is being built next door.
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