Two UK based architecture firms, 3DReid and ANDarchitects, have won the competition to design the stadiums for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in Rio De Janeiro. The firms will be teaming up with two local architecture companies on the projects.
According to Curbed, 3DReid will be joining hands with Brazilian firm, BLAC Arquitectura to build the cycling track called the velodrome, while ANDarchitects will be collaborating with Rio-based Lopes, Santos and Ferreira Gomes to build the handball court.
Both the teams already have good experience in the sports architecture field. While 3DReid recently completed construction of an arena for the 2014 Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow, ANDarchitects built six projects for the 2012 London Olympics.
The two firms are quite enthusiastic about their victory. A spokesperson for 3DReid said that the team feels great about being involved in "Rio 2016" and also asserted that it was a positive thing that the game organizers were drawing on their expertise, reports Designboom.
The managing director at ANDarchitects stated that the firm was delighted to be working for the 2016, Rio Olympic games. They were positive that the experience gained during the London Olympics will hold them in good stead.
The master plan of the 2016 Olympics game region has been sketched out by global architecture firm, AECOM U.K. The firm won the master plan-design competition from among 59 teams coming from 18 countries. The plan is a 300-acre project set in the district of Barra de Tijuca in the south west of Rio. The triangular site has a backdrop of extreme natural beauty of mountains on one side and water on the other two.
"Working with our local Rio partner, DG Architecture, the designs grew from the idea of a new urban ecology deeply rooted in the culture of Brazil. One of our strengths is the ability to draw from our broad expertise in masterplanning, sports architecture and landscape architecture to deliver a unique and contextual solution for the specific challenges in Rio.We imagine a new relationship between built form and environment based on sport, recreation, sustainability and ecology," Bill Hanway, project leader of AECOM's Rio bid team, said in a statement.
AECOM claims that the site will be transformed into a commercial and residential space once the Olympic Games are wrapped up. The conversion will take around seven years.
Check out the master plan here.