Olympic and paralympic village venues

Andres Anissimov

C.R.Jakobson Gymnasium

Form 9c

Supervisor: Marje Maasen, Tiia Pukk

2012

• Accommodation centre for Olympic

Games, in an Olympic Park host city

• Idea from Pierre de Coubertin

• Munich Massacre 1972 Olympics, Villages

extremely secure

• Only athletes, trainers and officials allowed

to room at the Village

• Apartments for around 17,000 people

• Shops, restaurants, medical, media and

leisure facilities, large areas of open space

• Courtyard areas same size as four tennis

courts

• 88 treadmills for athletes in the Village

gyms

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• Will be transformed into 2,800 new homes,

including 1,379 affordable homes

• Communities supported by new parks,

open space, transport links, and

community facilities.

• Most of apartments already bought

• Athletes have access to the Stratford City

complex, High Speed 1 Javelin® shuttle

service

• 93% of training venues within 30 minutes

• 90% of venues served by three or more

forms of public transport

• Carbon emissions 50% smaller and entire

project 25% more energy-efficient

• 20% of required energy provided by

renewable energy

• 20% of construction materials, and 90% of

the demolished buildings recycled or

reused

• Water used 20% less than average

• 30 km of walking routes and 50 km of

cycling tracks

• The Olympic Park in Stratford, East

London,

• Stratford London E20 2ST

• Near the river Lea

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Village

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_

Olympics_venues#The_Olympic_village

• http://www.london2012.com/athletes-

village

• http://londoniscool.com/olympic-and-

paralympic-village-london-2012

Thanks for listening.