Lausanne 2020 – Architecture of the Games

In 2020, the ‘Olympic Capital’ was the host city of the third Winter Youth Olympic Games.

Contents
1. General info
2. Events
3. Masterplan
4. Venues
5. Youth Olympic Village
6. Look of the Games
7. Competition Schedule
8. Spectator Transportation
9. ‘Lausanne en Jeux!’ Festival
10. News / Blogposts

1. General info

III Winter Youth Olympic Games
Lausanne, Switzerland
9 to 22 January 2020
Athletes: 1,872 (15-18 years old and from 79 countries)
8 Sports, 16 disciplines, 81 events
10 Competition sites
Website

Lausanne facts and figures

Situated on the shores of Lake Geneva in the French-speaking part of Switzerland
Capital of the Canton of Vaud
Population: 140.000 (fourth largest city in Switzerland)
Altitude: Between 375 and 900m, city centre: 495m
Lausanne was founded by the Romans. (a military camp that came to be known as Lousanna)
Lausanne is a student city with two higly regarded universities; the ‘Université de Lausanne’ and the ‘École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne’
Home to the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
In 1915, Baron Pierre de Coubertin chose Lausanne as the location for the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee. Today, more dan 50 international sports federations and organisations are are based in Lausanne.

2. Events

Sport	Discipline	Events – Men	Events – Women	Events – Mixed	Total
Biathlon	–	-Sprint 7.5km -Individual 12.5km	-Sprint 6km -Individual 10km	-Mixed Relay -Single Mixed Relay	6
Bobsleigh	Bobsleigh	-Monobob	-Monobob	–	2
	Skeleton	-Individual	-Individual	–	2
Curling	–	–	–	-Mixed Team -Mixed NOC Doubles	2
Ice Hockey	–	-6 Team Tournament -Mixed NOC 3 on 3 Tournament	-6 Team Tournament -Mixed NOC 3 on 3 Tournament	–	4
Luge	–	-Single -Double	-Single -Double	-Team Relay	5
Skating	Figure Skating	-Single	-Single	-Pairs -Ice Dance -Mixed NOC Team Event	5
	Short Track Speed Skating	-500m -1000m	-500m -1000m	-Mixed NOC Relay	5
	Speed Skating	-500m -1500m -Mass Start	-500m -1500m -Mass Start	-Mixed NOC Team Sprint	7
Skiing	Alpine Skiing	-Slalom -Giant Slalom -SuperG -Alpine Combined	-Slalom -Giant Slalom -SuperG -Alpine Combined	-Parallel Mixed Team Event	9
	Freestyle Skiing	-Ski Halfpipe -Ski Slopestyle -Ski Big Air -Ski Cross	-Ski Halfpipe -Ski Slopestyle -Ski Big Air -Ski Cross	–	8
	Snowboard	-Snowboard Halfpipe -Snowboard Slopestyle -Snowboard Big Air -Snowboard Cross	-Snowboard Halfpipe -Snowboard Slopestyle -Snowboard Big Air -Snowboard Cross	–	8
	Cross-Country Skiing	-Sprint -10km – Cross Country Cross	-Sprint -5km – Cross Country Cross	–	6
	Nordic Combined	-Individual NH/10km	-Individual NH/5km	–	2
	Ski Jumping	-Individual	-Individual	-Mixed Teams	3
	Combined Disciplines	–	–	-Nordic Mixed Team NH 4×3.3km -Ski Snowboard Cross Mixed Team	2
Ski Mountaineering	–	-Sprint -Individual	-Sprint -Individual	-Mixed NOC Relay	5

Source: The International Olympic Committee

3. Masterplan

4. Venues

Cluster	Venue	Sports	Capacity	Type
Lausanne	Lausanne Vaudoise Aréna	Ceremonies, Ice Hockey	9600 Seats	New
	Lausanne Skating Arena	Figure skating and Short track speed skating	-	Temporary
	Youth Olympic Village Lausanne
	YOV Dining Hall
	Medal Plaza Lausanne
St. Moritz	St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun	Bobsleigh, Skeleton and Luge	-	Existing
	St. Moritz Speed Skating Oval (Lac de Saint-Moritz)	Speed skating	-	Temporary
	Youth Olympic Village St. Moritz
	Medal Plaza St. Moritz
Champéry	Champéry Curling Arena	Curling	-	Existing
Les Diablerets	Les Diablerets Alpine Centre	Alpine skiing	-
Les Tuffes/Station des Rousses (France)	Les Tuffes Nordic Centre	Biathlon, Nordic combined and Ski jumping	-	Existing
Leysin	Leysin Park & Pipe	Freestyle Skiing (slopestyle, big air, half pipe) and Snowboard (slopestyle, big air, half pipe)	-
Vallée de Joux	Vallée de Joux Cross-Country Centre	Cross-country skiing	-
Villars	Villars Winter Park	Freestyle Skiing (cross), Snowboard (cross) and Ski Mountaineering	-

Detailed info & photos

5. Youth Olympic Village

The construction of the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Village (“Vortex”) on the campus of the Université de Lausanne has been completed. 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

Location

6. Look of the Games

Emblem

Pictograms

7. Competition Schedule

Read more

Press release Lausanne 2020

8. Spectator Transportation

Source / more information: Lausanne 2020 – Access & Transport

9. ‘Lausanne en Jeux!’ Festival

Via Lausanne 2020;

Discover the programme of the En Jeux! festival!
From 9 to 22 January 2020, the city of Lausanne and the seven other host sites of Lausanne 2020 will live to the rhythm of the Youth Olympic Games. In addition to the sporting competitions in which the 1‘880 best young winter athletes from all over the world will surpass themselves, the en Jeux! festival will be a great opportunity for all generations to gather and participate in a large variety of activities. Sports initiations, museum visits, shows and concerts and the opportunity to enjoy local specialities ; the vast majority of activities will be free of charge, with over 300 free activities in Lausanne alone.

10. News / Blogposts

Read the latest news here