Suite à l'annonce des résultats de la nouvelle consultation, l'architecte irako-britannique a violemment réagit (lire ci-dessous son communiqué) en criant au complot. Le nouveau lauréat, Kengo Kuma, affirme en tous cas que le coût du futur stade devrait s'élever à 1,1 milliard d'euros quand Zaha Hadid affirmait que le prix du projet ne pouvait descendre en dessous des 1,9 milliards d'euros qu'elle avait chiffré. Le chantier débutera en 2019 et nous saurons à l'ouverture des jeux olympiques de 2020 si le coût sera effectivement respecté.

Statement from Zaha Hadid on New National Stadium Japan

“We were honoured to be selected to design a stadium that would enable Japan to welcome the world for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and bring the 2020 Olympic Games to Tokyo, before becoming a new home for Japanese sport for many future generations.

“Sadly the Japanese authorities, with the support of some of those from our own profession in Japan, have colluded to close the doors on the project to the world.

“This shocking treatment of an international design and engineering team, as well as the respected Japanese design companies with whom we worked, was not about design or budget. In fact much of our two years of detailed design work and the cost savings we recommended have been validated by the remarkable similarities of our original detailed stadium layout and our seating bowl configuration with those of the design announced today.

“Work would already be underway building the stadium if the original design team had simply been able to develop this original design, avoiding the increased costs of an 18 month delay and risk that it may not be ready in time for the 2020 Games.”

Zaha Hadid