The Colleseum is the greatest ampitheatre of the antiquity. It is considered an architectural and engineering wonder, and remains as a standing proof of both the grandeur and the cruelty of the Roman world.

I decided top research the 'Roman Colleseum' by having found that it is the basis as to where stadium architecture was influenced. Construction of the Colosseum beganin around 70–72AD. The Colosseum underwent several radical changes of use during the medieval period. By the late 6th century a small church had been built into the structure of the amphitheatre, though this apparently did not confer any particular religious significance on the building as a whole. The arena was converted into a cemetery. The numerous vaulted spaces in the arcades under the seating were converted into housing and workshops, and are recorded as still being rented out as late as the 12th century. Around 1200 the Fragipani Family took over the Colosseum and fortified it, apparently using it as a castle.

This is a site map of the immediate area around the stadium, using a coloured and numbered key alsohelps to show how wiseley site managers use their space.

This is a more recent seating plan at twickenham stadium.

Tis is a seating plan of twickenham stadium in 2005. Using colour codes to iscolate forms of class.

This is one of the rooms over the stadium pitch at the Marriot Hotel in the south stand of the stadium also has contemporary and modern design. It is six miles away from heathrow airport and twenty minutes from central london which demonstrates how the building as a whole can relate well to travel situations.

The bar at the Marriot hotel, is one of the main places where people can relax, socialise and have a good time. this space seems very neccessery as to bringing more attraction to the stadium.

The executive box at twickenham is something worth experiencing, it's audience mainly targets people of the upper class.
This space is a real definition of a differenciation between public and private environments.

This is an image of the new Rugby season as it draws near, the home of English rugby, is set to celebrate its centenary with a special exhibition as hundreds of spectators gather outside the stadium.

This is an image of Twickenham stadium in the 1930's. Its visual image is one of the main aspects which have changed over the years amongst other things such as the structure's strength, quality, capacity and also the surrounding of the stadium demonstrates that they would have endured more domestic problems.

This ariel view shows the immediate surroundings of the stadium and how they interact with each other. Also showings aspects of buildings, fields and roads which may stand out.

Twickenham station is the nearest train station to the rugby stadium and then there is a twenty minute walk to reach there. There is also a bus stop opposite the station where one bus can take spectators close to the stadium.
I decided to analyse this as part of my self awareness as to how people would approach the stadium, exploring which routes are most popular and convenient.

Emphasising the wide amount of space surrounding one of the entrances, shows how conjested the area must get with people.

Even though this is not the main entrance, it still shows sophistication towards the building. The use of glass, white pillars and some imposing features emphasise this.

I took images of the bus stops around the stadium and they are very close to the stadium which is also ideal for visitors but still does not defeat the main occurance of traffic on matchdays.

These are also main roads where visitors can easily access the stadium but again on matchdays there would be heavy traffic.

this road could be used as extra parking if the car park is full or just for preferance. visitors can easily make this decision as to this road being a dead end.

These images show the main route as to how most people would approach the stadium, this main road is ideal but on matchdays could cause major traffic problems so other routes woukd b neccessary.

Both of these pictures help to give a n understanding of how the stadium stands out of it's environment, this is useful for visitors who slightly know where the stadium is but are not fully sure, so an imposing building would help the situation. these pictures are taken from the college car park.