Houston ta sami hanya mai launi don barin alamarta a tarihin FIFA World Cup 2026. Fiye da sassaka 150 na ƙwallon kafa manya-manya na fiberglass da aka zana da hannu yanzu suna warwatse a duk faɗin Space City, suna haɗa fasahar gida da makamashi na gasar duniya.
Shirin da ya ɗauki shekaru ana shirya shi
An ƙaddamar da shirin Art of Soccer a karo na farko a 2019, lokacin da Houston tana ƙoƙarin zama garin mai masaukin baki. An sake ƙaddamar da shi a watan Satumba da ya gabata yayin da sha'awar FIFA World Cup 2026 ta kai kololuwa. Masassakai — kowannensu ƙwallo na fiberglass mai diamita inci 36 — ƴan wasan zanen gida ne suka tsara su, kuma kasuwanci ƙanana, cibiyoyin al'umma, da ƙungiyoyin bunƙasa tattalin arziki sun ba da tallafi.
An nuna sassakan a wasu daga cikin wuraren da aka fi sani a Houston, ciki har da gidan nishaɗi na POST Houston, Four Seasons Hotel, Houston Public Library, da kuma dandalin FIFA Fan Festival. Discovery Green, Ion District, Houston Farmers' Market, Helix Park, da cibiyar sayayya The Galleria ma sun nuna ayyukan daga tarin.
Masu fasaha suna sanya Houston a zuciyar kowane ƙwallo
Mai fasaha Alex Roman Jr., wanda aka fi sanin sa da laƙabinsa Donkeeboy, ya jefa kansa cikin aikin da himma ta musamman — a ƙarshe ya ba da gudunmawar kusan sassaka 15. Ya ce: «Na ji daɗin kasancewa cikin aikin Art of Soccer sosai har na ƙare zana kusan sassaka 15. Ina son haɗa Houston da kowane ƙwallo in iya, kuma ina son ƙirƙirar hadin gwiwa mai daɗi da launi da kowane abokin ciniki.»
Amber Cleveland, mai Houston School of Art and Design, ma aikin ya taɓa zuciyarta. Ta ce: «Aikin Art of Soccer yana da muhimmanci sosai domin ya haɗa duniyoyi biyu da ba safai suke raba matakin ɗaya ba.» Cleveland ta fi so shigar da masu fasaha masu tasowa, ciki har da wasu daga ɗalibanta, waɗanda suka sami damar yin aiki akan fasahar jama'a mai girma yayin da suke koyon yin aiki da abokan ciniki da kuma cika buƙatun ƙwararru.
Ta ƙara da cewa: «Aikin ya nuna cewa fasaha ba kawai ado ba ce — kayan aiki ne mai ƙarfi don ba da labari, shigarwa da al'umma, da haɗa mutane a kusa da manufa ɗaya.»
Gadon da zai ci gaba bayan busa ƙarshe
Amfanin aikin ba zai tsaya da ƙarewar FIFA World Cup 2026 ba. Za a jagoranci kudaden shiga zuwa shirye-shiryen gado na hukuma na Houston Host Committee a ƙarƙashin laima ta Impact Houston 26, wanda Sports Authority Foundation ke kula da shi. Kudaɗen za su goyi bayan shirye-shirye don haɓaka damar matasa ga wasan ƙwallon kafa, tare da ƙoƙarin dorewa da gina al'umma.
Mai fasaha David Maldonado ya lura cewa bangaren gado da yanayin hadin gwiwa na aikin sune mafi jan hankalinsa. Ya ce: «Babbar dama ce ga ƙungiyoyi da masu fasaha su haɗu su sanya aikin ya faru. Yayin da muke maraba da baƙi da yawa a birninmu, yana da kyau a ƙara launi ga yanayin, musamman ga taron irin wannan.»
