Rio 2016; Olympic BMX Centre

Photo: Martijn Giebels
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OLYMPIC BMX CENTRE

  • Architect; Vigliecca & Associados
  • Consultants; Elite Trax
  • Year completed; 2016
  • Track length; 350m (women) and 400m (men)
  • Capacity; 7.500 seats
  • Olympic Sports; BMX Cycling
  • Paralympic Sports; –
  • Legacy; The BMX track will remain operational after the Games

 

Photo: Martijn Giebels
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Photo: Martijn Giebels
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Rio 2016; Barra Olympic Park at night

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Rio 2016; Olympic Aquatics Stadium

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OLYMPIC AQUATICS STADIUM

  • Year completed; 2016
  • Type; New and temporary
  • Capacity; 18.000 seats
  • Olympic Sports; Swimming + Water Polo
  • Paralympic Sports; Swimming
  • Legacy; Dismantled and used for the construction of two aquatics centres. One with a covered 50m pool and capacity for 6.000 people, the other with a 50m pool with capacity for 3.000 people.

 

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Rio 2016; Youth Arena

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Photo: Martijn Giebels / Architecture of the Games

YOUTH ARENA

  • Architect; Vigliecca & Associados
  • Year completed; 2016
  • Type; New and permanent
  • Capacity; 5.800 seats (2.000 permanent)
  • Olympic Sports; Basketball + Modern Pentathlon (Fencing)
  • Paralympic Sports; Wheelchair Fencing
  • Legacy; Part of the Olympic Training Centre. The building was designed to operate with only natural ventilation and illumination once in legacy mode.

 

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Rio 2016; Maracanã Stadium

MARACANÃ

  • Architect; Waldir Ramos, Raphael Galvão, Miguel Feldman, Oscar Valdetaro, Pedro Paulo B. Bastos, Orlando Azevedo, Antônio Dias Carneiro (1950) Schlaich bergermann und partner,
  • Daniel Fernandes Arquitectos (renovation 2013)
  • Opened; 1950
  • Capacity; 78.838 seats
  • Olympic Sports; Ceremonies + Football
  • Paralympic Sports; Ceremonies
  • Previous major events; 1950 FIFA World Cup + 2007 Pan American Games + 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup + 2014 FIFA World Cup
  • Legacy; Home of Brazil national football team, Flamengo and Fluminense

 

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Rio 2016; Future Arena

Image courtesy: Lopes, Santos & Ferreira Gomes & AndArchitects
Image courtesy: Lopes, Santos & Ferreira Gomes & AndArchitects

 

Today starts the Rio 2016 handball competition in the Future Arena. This arena, located in Barra Olympic Park,  is designed by a consortium of Lopes Santos & Ferreira Gomes and AndArchitects. The Future Arena will be removed after the Games and reused in the construction of four schools.

 

Future Arena

  • Architect; LSFG Arquitetos Associados,+ OA | Oficina de Arquitetos, in collaboration with AndArchitects
  • Year completed; 2016
  • Type; New and temporary
  • Capacity; 12.000 seats
  • Olympic Sports; Handball
  • Paralympic Sports; Goalball
  • Legacy; The Future Arena will be removed after the Games and re-used in the construction of four schools.
    • Location: 3 in Barra da Tijuca, 1 in Maracanã
    • Capacity: 500 students each

 

Concept / Diagram

Image courtesy: Lopes, Santos & Ferreira Gomes & AndArchitects
Image courtesy: Lopes, Santos & Ferreira Gomes & AndArchitects
Image courtesy: Lopes, Santos & Ferreira Gomes & AndArchitects
Image courtesy: Lopes, Santos & Ferreira Gomes & AndArchitects
Image courtesy: Lopes, Santos & Ferreira Gomes & AndArchitects
Image courtesy: Lopes, Santos & Ferreira Gomes & AndArchitects

 

From the architects:

The brief for the handball arena was to build something that would contribute to the city of Rio beyond the 2016 Olympic Games. A first for the Olympics, the venue will make use of an innovative technique called “nomadic architecture”, thus ensuring that even a temporary structure can leave a lasting legacy. Two thousand Brazilian school children will benefit from this initiative for many years to come. The arena will be dismantled and the components transported to four separate locations to be rebuilt into state schools. The main elements that will be reused are the roof, rainscreen cladding, main structural steel elements and disabled ramps, which will form the shells of the four schools. The open nature of the rainscreen and external ramp that create a distinctive architectural language for the arena will be recognisable in the architecture of the new schools.

UK-based firm AndArchitects led by Rio-based practice Lopes, Santos & Ferreira Gomes provided the design for the handball arena. AndArchitects’ experience with six temporary buildings at London 2012 helped them jointly win the bid for this ground breaking project.

Careful thought was given to what materials and systems of construction would allow this transition with minimal wasted material. The schools were designed simultaneously with the arena. The grid for the floor plates and the roof were all designed from the outset for both buildings so that the panels on the façade and on the floor and roof could be easily relocated in order for the modules to work for both buildings.

 

Photos

Photographer: Leonardo Finotti

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Tokyo 2020; IOC approves five new sports

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today agreed to add baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing to the sports programme for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

The decision by the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro was the most comprehensive evolution of the Olympic programme in modern history. Plans call for staging the skateboarding and sports climbing events in temporary venues installed in urban settings, marking a historic step in bringing the Games to young people and reflecting the trend of urbanisation of sport.

Source/read more: IOC

Rio 2016; Velodrome officially opened

The Olympic Velodrome in Barra Olympic Park was officially opened this weekend. (more photos here and here)

 

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