YOG – Lausanne 2020; 1 Year to Go!

Source: Website Lausanne 2020

The final countdown is on as we’re only 1 year away from Lausanne 2020!

III Winter Youth Olympic Games
Lausanne, Switzerland
9 to 22 January 2020
Athletes expected: 1,800 (15-18 years old and from more than 80 countries)
8 Sports, 16 disciplines
8 Competition sites
Visit the Lausanne 2020 website

 

Mascot

Yesterday, the Lausanne 2020 Mascot was revealed;

YOG – Lausanne 2020; Photos Construction Youth Olympic Village (November 2018)

Photo: Martijn Giebels

You can read more about the design of the Youth Olympic Village on this page.

 

Location

 

Photos

Photo: Martijn Giebels

 

See more photos after the break.

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YOG – Lausanne 2020; Youth Olympic Village: Design & Webcam Construction

The construction of the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Village (“Vortex”) on the campus of the Université de Lausanne has started. You can read more about the concept behind the design in this presentation.

After the Youth Olympic Games, the building will be used as student accommodation for 1,000 students.

 

Project details

  • Architect: Dürig AG (website)
  • Client: Retraites Populaires & SiPAL Canton de Vaud
  • Landscape Design: Vulkan Studio, Zürich

 

Youth Olympic Village facts & figures

  • 1,600 beds
  • 630 Rooms
  • 475 Studios
  • 50 Apartments
  • Courtyard: 7,800 m2
  • Construction: 2017-2019
  • Legacy: Student accommodation

 

Webcam construction

You can watch the progress of construction on this page.

 

Images

Image CPEV
Image CPEV
Image CPEV
Image CPEV

 

Location

YOG – Lausanne 2020; Centre Intercommunal de Glace de Malley

 

Centre Intercommunal de Glace de Malley

  • Sports: Ceremonies, Ice Hockey, Figure skating and Short track speed skating
  • Capacity: 9,600
  • Construction: 2017-2020

 

Location

 

Photos (demolition old arena)

Photo: Martijn Giebels
Photo: Martijn Giebels
Photo: Martijn Giebels
Photo: Martijn Giebels
Photo: Martijn Giebels
Photo: Martijn Giebels
Photo: Martijn Giebels
Photo: Martijn Giebels

YOG – Lausanne 2020; Palais de Beaulieu

Update January 2019; This venue is no longer part of the Lausanne 2020 Master Plan. Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating has been moved to the Vaudoise aréna and curling to the Champéry Palladium in Champéry.

 

Palais de Beaulieu

  • Sports: Figure skating, short track, curling
  • Opened: 1921

 

Location

 

Photos

Photo: Martijn Giebels
Photo: Martijn Giebels
Photo: Martijn Giebels