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The person who is responsible to give this abstract idea a concrete form is a Japanese architect Toyo Ito. This project cost around $150 million to build and can accommodate 55,000 spectators.

This stadium is situated in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Switzerland too has a somewhat similar high-profile Stade de Suisse that is located in Bern. It can accommodate 32,000 spectators and produce 700,000kWh annually. Beijing National Indoor Stadium too can absorb 19,000 spectators and has 1,124 solar panels. But Taiwan till date can be proud owner of the largest solar powered stadium in the world. Taiwanese officials claim the stadium’s energy production output will save 660 tons of carbon dioxide each year.

This is not the whole story. The stadium’s designers have also put lots of effort to curtail the environmental impact of the stadium. They utilized only those raw materials that have been procured from Taiwan and are 100 per cent reusable. The site is surrounded by a 19 hectare open space, with around 7 hectares exclusively kept aside as integrated public green spaces, bike paths, sports parks and even an ecological pond. To further make the entire project environmental friendly, all of the plants occupying the area before construction were transplanted.

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