Today, three mascot designs for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were unveiled. From December 11 to February 22, school childeren will vote from the shortlist. The winner will be announced in February 2018.
The selection process to the final three shortlisted entries. (Video by Tokyo2020 on YouTube)
Video design candidates movie
From a total of 2,042 applications, 3 Mascot Design candidates have been chosen. Elementary school students across Japan will select the winning Tokyo 2020 Mascot! If you were an elementary school student, who would you select? (Video by Tokyo2020 on YouTube)
IOC Executive Board Approves Tokyo 2020 Urban Sport Venues 6 December 2017
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) today confirmed that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has approved the venues for skateboarding and sport climbing, as well as for the two newly-added disciplines, basketball 3×3 and BMX freestyle. With these additions to the sports programme for Tokyo 2020, which will be staged in an urban setting, it is hoped the Tokyo 2020 Games will inspire new generations and become a blueprint for future Olympic Games.
The Aomi Urban Sports Venue will host basketball 3×3 and sport climbing. This temporary venue will be set up in the Tokyo Bay Zone, conveniently located close to the Olympic Village.
The Olympic BMX Course will now host BMX freestyle and skateboarding in addition to BMX racing. Also located in the Tokyo Bay Zone, the venue will be constructed in the northern part of Tokyo’s Ariake district, an iconic waterfront area of the Japanese capital.
The proximity of the two venues to each other will help create a youth-focused urban atmosphere in the area, increasing the opportunity for engagement with fans and delivering a unique Tokyo 2020 experience.
Together, the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 will utilise a total of 40 venues, including 8 new permanent venues, 24 existing sites and 8 temporary venues, with 39 of these venues utilised for the Olympic Games, while 20 of them will be used for the Paralympic Games. With 60 per cent of the venues utilising existing infrastructure, Tokyo 2020 has embraced one of the Olympic Agenda 2020’s key aims ? creating a sustainable legacy for future generations.
Worldwide Olympic Partner Panasonic hosts Tokyo 2020 Special Exhibition “The Passions”
In preparation for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the Panasonic Centre Tokyo (PC Tokyo) has designed a special exhibition called “The Passions: Our Passions will Shape the Future,” as part of the Tokyo 2020 official programme. The exhibition, which is running until 9 December 2017, introduces the work of designers and creators involved in the Games, primarily focusing on the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, from Tokyo 1964 to Tokyo 2020.
Location: Panasonic Centre Tokyo
Dates: Saturday, October 14, 2017 – Saturday, December 9 (Closed on Mondays)
Opening times: 10:00-18:00 (Final entry: 17:45)
The Musashino Forest Sport Plaza was officially opened this weekend. In 2020, this venue will host the badminton and modern pentathlon (fencing) competitions.
In 2020, Tokyo will host the XXXII Olympic Summer Games. The city also hosted the 1964 Olympics. Over the next three years we’ll explore this fascinating and hectic metropolis in a serie of blog posts. Topics include: urban sprawl, architecture and infrastucture.
PLANE—SITE met with Japanese architect Arata Isozaki in his studio to have a conversation and explore the topics of time, space, and existence in architecture. Isozaki discusses his philosophy on architecture as it relates to space, as well as his intention to never fall into one specific style of design, but create different and unique styles for each distinct environment.
Curated and produced by PLANE—SITE, this video series features interviews with prominent architects reflecting on the topics of TIME SPACE EXISTENCE. These three concepts sketch out the contours of the world around us — a fact especially true within architecture. Taking these words as its starting point, the GAA Foundation is set to curate its fourth collateral exhibition in the context of La Biennale di Venezia Architettura, entitled Time-Space-Existence and opening in May 2018. Featuring over 100 established and emerging architects, and unapologetically international in breadth, the exhibition provides a fascinating complement to a biennial traditionally drawn along national lines.
This interview series has been made possible with the support of the European Cultural Centre.
Videographer: Michael Waldrep.
For more on this series: plane-site.com/projects/time-space-existence/
PLANE—SITE: plane-site.com/
Arata Isozaki & Associates: isozaki.co.jp/
In 2020, Tokyo will host the XXXII Olympic Summer Games. The city also hosted the 1964 Olympics. Over the next three years we’ll explore this fascinating and hectic metropolis in a serie of blog posts. Topics include: urban sprawl, architecture and infrastucture.
Time-lapse: Tokyo’s Urban Growth
The expansion of built up urban land in Tokyo, 1807 – 2000. Prepared for the NYU Stern Urbanization Project using data compiled by Shlomo Angel, Jason Parent, Daniel Civco, and Alejandro Blei for The Atlas of Urban Expansion, published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Visualizations prepared by IMAGINARIA3D in Quito, Ecuador (imaginaria3d.com).
In 2020, Tokyo will host the XXXII Olympic Summer Games. The city also hosted the 1964 Olympics. Over the next three years we’ll explore this fascinating and hectic metropolis in a serie of blog posts. Topics include: urban sprawl, architecture and infrastucture.
The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the Tokyo metropolitan government announced the results of a water quality survey conducted at Odaiba Marine Park. In 2020, this venue will host the marathon swimming and triathlon events.
Tokyo 2020 To Stage Celebration of ‘1,000 Days To Go’ Milestone
26 September 2017
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has announced it will hold a “1,000 Days To Go” countdown event in the main street of Tokyo’s famous Nihonbashi district on Saturday 28 October. The street will be decorated with banners displaying newly designed graphics and turned into a giant sports field for the day – if you’re going to be in Tokyo then, please come along and join us!
After watching demonstrations by athletes, you will have the opportunity to learn about and practice some of the sports that will make their first appearance in the Olympic Games in 2020. The Japanese Olympic Committee will also organise an Olympic Concert – a classical concert performed against a backdrop of Olympic images projected onto multiple screens.
On Wednesday 29 November, exactly 1,000 days before the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, the Tokyo Sky Tree—the world’s tallest tower at 634 metres—will be lit up with the three colours of the “Agitos” Paralympic symbol.
Between these two dates, Tokyo 2020 partners and stakeholders will organise several cultural, sporting and educational events throughout Japan, aiming to maintain momentum and encourage the engagement of the public during a whole month of celebration. Watch our website for further details!
In advance of these countdown events, Tokyo 2020 has unveiled new graphics that are going to feature on posters and banners across Tokyo in the run-up to and during the entire “1,000 Days To Go” celebration period. The patterns of squares forming the underlying Tokyo 2020 emblems have been rearranged in the new graphics to resemble fireworks lighting up the sky. Japan is famous for its firework displays, and these dynamic new designs will help raise public awareness of the Games and create a sense of anticipation as the countdown towards them continues.
Seven new graphic designs have been created – two for Olympic-related promotion, two for Paralympic-related promotion and three designed for use by either. Tokyo 2020, our corporate partners and approved event organisers will use these on posters, banners and merchandise. You can see the new designs below.
Olympic Games
Blue flash
Glorious red
Shiny yellow
Dazzling skyblue
Brilliant pink
