Watch the Pritzker Prize 2015 Award Ceremony
2015 Laureate: Frei Otto (1972 Munich Olympic Stadium)
Read more: Munich 1972; Frei Otto awarded Pritzker Prize a day after his death
New IOC headquarters; Proposals “Olympic Unity House” competition
Last year 3NX was chosen as preferred architectural partner for the Olympic Campus in Lausanne. Let’s take a look at a few other proposals in this competion:
Background
June 2013; 12 candidates were asked to develop an architectural concept.
- Jean Marc IBOS – Myrto Vitart
- XDGA – Xaveer De Geyter Architecten B.V.B.A.
- Brasil Arquitetura Ltda.
- Groupe 3 Architectes S.N.C
- AL_A – Amanda Levete architects Ltd
- Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
- Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A)
- Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos GmbH
- PIUARCH S.r.l
- 3XN
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro
- Farshid Moussavi Architecture
December 2013; three firms were invited to further develop their concepts.
- Unity House by 3XN (Denmark)
- Olympic Forum by Farshid Moussavi Architecture (Great Britain)
- One People Under One Roof by Xaveer De Geyter Architecten (Belgium)
April 2014; The Unity House by 3xN was chosen by the IOC Executive Board.
Proposals
3XN – Unity House
Farshid Moussavi Architecture – Olympic Forum
Xaveer De Geyter Architecten – One People Under One Roof
Brasil Arquitetura Ltda.
AL_A – Amanda Levete architects Ltd
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
News roundup; This week’s topics (20/2015)
London 2012;
- World’s Top Olympic Class Sailors to Compete in Weymouth 8 – 14 June 2015 [Afloat]
- Brazil debacle proves West Ham getting Olympic Stadium is a good thing [HITC Sport]
Rio 2016;
- Rio 2016; Handball Arena (Lopes Santos & Ferreira Gomes / AndArchitects) [AotG]
- President Rousseff says she’ll get more involved in Olympics [The New Zealand Herald]
- 500 days out, Rio risks Olympics cost surge as building lags [Reuters]
- Taking a look at the Olympic badminton venue for Rio 2016 [Badminton England]
- Brazilian government confident that doping control laboratory will be ready for Rio 2016 test events [Rio2016]
- Rio 2016 to host International Paralympic Day on Copacabana beach to mark one year until the Games [Rio2016]
- Olympic sailing should stay in Rio [Scuttlebutt Sailing News]
- WADA lifts Rio Olympic drug-testing lab ban [Euronews]
Tokyo 2020;
- National Stadium demolished, clearing way for 2020 Olympic structure [ESPN]
- Tokyo 2020 Opens Application Process for 2020 Games Additional Events [IOC]
2022 Bid;
- Successful 2022 Winter Olympics bid will leave healthy sporting legacy in China: Yao Ming [Channel NewsAsia]
2024 Bid;
- Baker calls for revised Olympic plan by early June [Boston Globe]
- 2020 host contract the last under old Olympic bid process [USA Today]
General;
Rio 2016; Handball Arena (Lopes Santos & Ferreira Gomes / AndArchitects)
From the architect:
The Rio 2016 Handball Arena is designed to be disassembled after the games and reconstructed into four schools. AndArchitects has thought carefully about what materials and systems of construction will allow this transition with minimal wasted material. It is important that the schools are expressed in the architecture of the arena so that its eventual use is clear even during the games.
Links:
This week’s most read articles (19/2015)
Book list; Update May 2015
New additions to the book list:
Olympiastadion Berlin und Olympisches Dorf Elstal (German)
Martin Kaule
Hardcover: 64 pages
ISBN-13: 978-3861537663
Ch. Links Verlag
2014Olympic Stadium Berlin (Die Neuen Architekturfuhrer) English Version
Bernd Hettlage (Author), Wolfgang Reiher (Photographer), Leo Seidel (Photographer)
Paperback: 32 pages
ISBN-13: 978-3937123806
Schnell & Steiner
2006München ’72: Olympia-Architektur damals und heute (German)
Matthias Hell
Hardcover: 160 pages
ISBN-13: 978-3937090634
MünchenVerlag
2012Norwegian Olympic Design: Design and Architecture for the XVII Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer 1994
Lars Elton (Author), Jim Bengston (Illustrator), Sean Martin (Translator)
Hardcover: 156 pages
ISBN-13: 978-8245200089
Norsk Forum
1995The Race for the 2012 Olympics
Mike Lee
Paperback: 240 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0753511527
Virgin Books
2006Material Innovation: Architecture
Andrew H. Dent, Leslie Sherr
Paperback: 224 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0500291283
Thames and Hudson Ltd
2014Magazines
National Geographic
August 2000 – Sydney Olympic City
February 2002 – Salt Lake Valley Olympic leap of faith
May 2008 – Beijing is building up for the Olympics
August 2012 – Olympic London, The East End is rebornArchitectural Record
7-2008 Beijing TransformedMark Magazine
2012-#39 London after the Games
News roundup; This week’s topics (19/2015)
London 2012;
Sochi 2014;
- Decision to disband anti-Sochi environmental group overturned, though harassment remains [Bellona]
- Olympic white elephants haunt Sochi [Mail & Guardian]
Rio 2016;
PyeongChang 2018;
2022 Bid;
2024 Bid;
- Olympics-IOC in talks with fifth city over 2024 bid – Bach [Reuters]
- Boston’s Olympic bid needs bigger ambitions [The Boston Globe]
- No Plans to Bid for 2024 Summer Olympics – Russian Sports Minister [Sputnik News]
- Paris 2024 Takes A Step Closer To Finalizing Bid [Gamesbids]
- It’s Boston Or Bust For a U.S. 2024 Olympic Bid [BostInno]
- Details of ‘Highly Confidential’ Boston 2024 Bid Book Contained in UMass Emails [Boston Magazine]
General;
International Olympic Committee;
Rio 2016; Progress construction Barra Olympic Park 2006 to 2014 on Google Earth
June 2006
March 2012
November 2012
May 2013
April 2014
June 2014
November 2014
London 2012; The Landscape Legacy of the Olympics
A series of interviews by the Landscape Institute on the role of landscape architects in the Olympic Games:
- Part 1: The Client’s Perspective
- Part 2: Masterplanning the Olympic Site
- Part 3: The Olympic Gardens
- Part 4: Delivering the Olympic Park
- Part 5: The Olympic Village
- Part 6: Engineering the Olympic
- Part 7: The Olympic Planting Strategy
- Part 8: Ecology of the Olympic Site
- Part 9: The Olympic Soil Strategy
- Part 10: Writing an Olympic Brief