Stadium Design: Contex-ture : the Active Edge and Asymmetrical Destabilisation. How Can a Stadium Design Change to Provide an Interactive Edge that Could Act as a Catalyst for Urban Generation? [An Explanatory Document Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Of] Masters of Architecture by Project

Many cities have sought to use sports facilities, in particular stadiums, to initiate urban renewal in areas of declining growth. Their reliance has been upon the presence of the facility and not the way in which it could be designed. The challenge: to design stadiums that facilitate interaction outside of time constraints, acting as a stimulus or catalyst for urban generation and regeneration ... The resulting design takes the life of a stadium beyond intermittent events and challenges the common organising principle they are formulated around that of symmetry. The purpose of this design is not to propose a model that can guarantee urban generation, but a design methodology that, if adopted, has the likely outcome of urban generation ... a peeling away of the enclosure and a response to the topographical context of the chosen site, Mutukaroa (Hamlin's Hill).