Whether or not professional football ever returns from the suburbs back to Washington, D.C., the site where football was once played may yet again be the permanent home for a pro sports team. Or maybe just a home for sports.
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture, an international Dutch design firm led by Rem Koolhaas and eight other partners, has produced a new master plan for Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, the former home of Washington football. The 55-page plan outlines several options for the future of the campus, a 190-acre site that runs along the Anacostia River.