"A yellow roof above green grass. The simplest declaration that a neighborhood deserves great architecture."
Cancha Águila — Community Sports Complex Tecámac, State of Mexico
A public sports complex that puts structural honesty at the service of community life. Cancha Águila delivers a full-size artificial turf football field framed by perimeter walls of exposed block, concrete bleachers, and a bold cantilevered grandstand roof in yellow painted steel that announces the project from a distance and marks it as a place that belongs to the neighborhood.
The grandstand structure is the architectural centerpiece. A forest of V-shaped yellow steel columns branches upward to support a wide-span trussed canopy, exposing its geometry with pride rather than concealing it. From below, the roof becomes a composition of intersecting lines and planes against the sky, a ceiling that is also a diagram of forces. From the field, it reads as a bright horizontal accent, a signal that someone cared enough to make a sports facility worthy of its players.
The project combines artificial turf, perimeter lighting towers, accessible ramps, and a service volume into a compact and complete program that responds to the real needs of the community. Built to last, designed to be used every single day.
Program: Community sports complex with football field, grandstand, and support facilities Location: Tecámac, Estado de México Services: Architectural design, structural engineering, hydrosanitary and electrical plans, construction supervision
