Olympisches Dorf 2012
Olympisches Dorf 2012

PROJECT DATA

PROJECT NAMEOlympisches Dorf 2012
LOCATIONleipzig . germany
PROGRAMcarbon neutral sustainable development : 2345 housing units for 16.000 athletes . sport facilities . entertainment . retail . restaurants
CLIENTcity of leipzig
SIZEsite area 1.120.000 m2 . floor area 415.115 m2
SCOPEarchitecture . urban design . traffic design . landscape . energy
TEAMarchimedialab . project gmbh . architecture . stötzer.landscape . wh-p.structural . transsolar.energy
STATUSinternational urban design competition 04 . 2004 . revision 06 . 2004
AWARDS1. prize . international urban design competition
CONCEPT

built structures evolve out landscape with fluid transition. striations, characterized by grooves running from east to west, absorb the natural furrows and water channels and mesh with the basin of the port. this is constrasted with the hard edge of the eastern quay on the opposite site with its vertical solitary structures. further east a braided band interweaves natural and built structures.