BIG’s new 34,000-capacity stadium for the Oakland Althetics (A's) will stand at the city's Howard Terminal port. 

Designed as a “ballpark within a park”, the plans are intended to allow use of the stadium facilities on non game days too.

One corner of the stadium dips down to create a pair of slopes where spectators can wander in from a newly created park on the waterfront and onto the top of the stadium. Greenery-covered undulations on these make-shift spectator stands offer a range of vantage points over the pitch. 

“This design will allow us to blur the boundaries of a traditional ballpark and integrate into the surrounding neighborhood,” says Oakland A’s president, Dave Kaval. 

The stadium forms part of a two-step redevelopment of the site, which also involves plans to create housing, a community centre, as well as offices, shops and restaurants around the team’s former home: the Coliseum.

The original stadium will be preserved, with its former carpark converted into a park containing a public playing field surrounded by amphitheatre-style stands.

“Our design for the A’s new home at the heart of Oakland’s revitalized waterfront seeks to return the game to its roots as the natural meeting place for the local community,” says Bjarke Ingels.

The ballpark is slated for completion in 2023.