Atlas Academia Sport Facility / Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

Sordo Madaleno has designed a new home for one of Mexico's longest-lived football teams, Atlas FC, based in Guadalajara. Called Academia Atlas, the building serves six professional football fields and includes clubhouses, applied sport science facilities, and administrative offices. A key role of the project is to offer accommodation and resources to young players from less privileged backgrounds. Using locally-sourced materials and embracing traditional construction techniques, Sordo Madaleno worked with Atlas FC and Orlegi Sports to transform the seven-hectare site into a collegiate-style campus full of vibrant, young, and healthy people connecting through the most popular sport in the country.