A TRANSFORMATIVE OLYMPIC VILLAGE
THE WASHINGTON 2024 POST-GAMES LEGACY EVAN SCHROEDER
Statement of Purpose This thesis explores the Modern Olympic Games to strategically design an Olympic Village for Washington D.C. that plans not just to house athletes, but to provide a vision for the post-Games city. Through discovery of the spirit and meaning behind one of the world’s biggest events and analysis of various post-Games Villages, the proposed Olympic Village will innovate the future of Washington D.C.’s Southeast region. Study of existing mixed-use architecture, urban planning, and adaptation will help formulate an Olympic Village design. It is the intention that the Olympic Village, much like its athletes, will emulate the Olympic motto “Citius, Altius, Fortius,” meaning “Faster, Higher, Stronger.” The objective is to establish a village that allows for a faster turnaround in post-Olympic design, utilizes higher standards, and uses stronger applications to building a more sustainable city.
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PRECEDENT MATRIX HISTORY
1-6
PROGRAM ANALYSIS CONTEXT
7-8
DESIGN GUIDELINES CONTEXT
APARTMENT BUILDING TYPE A
BRICK
BLACK CLADDING
APARTMENT BUILDING TYPE B
9 - 10
ALUMI. CLADDING
URBAN FABRIC SITE ANALYSIS
11 - 14
BUILDING USERS PHASING
15 - 16
CITY GROWTH PHASING
15 - 16
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POST-OLYMPIC VILLAGE PRECEDENT MATRIX
HOST CITY AND YEAR
CAPACITY DESIGNED FOR
CONTEXT
10,000 RESIDENTS
3 RESIDENTIAL ARMS EXTENDING TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST CONTAINS
1972
HISTORY
MUNICH, GERMANY
3,100 RESIDENTIAL UNITS 255,324 M2
GROSS FLOR AREA:
DESIGNED FOR
16,000 RESIDENTS
2,000 STUDENTS IN 3-6 BED APARTMENTS
CURRENTLY CAN HOUSE
After beginning in 1896, there have been 27 Modern Summer Olympic Games, held in a total of 22 different cities. Furthermore, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has already established the host cities of future Olympic Games as far as Winter 2022. There is a plethora of not just past examples for Olympic design, but also prime examples of how cities are looking at future technologies and concepts for their Olympic blueprints. Olympic Villages are considered the heart of Modern Olympic Games, not just to athletes, but to the cities that host them. It is essential for any Olympic Candidate City to critically analyze past Games’ Olympic planning as well as explore each city’s post-Games life (legacy). Through the exploration of different Olympic Village precedents, can come crucial knowledge that can be used in the design for future Villages. Over 120 years, there have been Olympic Villages that failed to achieve their main goals and even exacerbated their city’s rb economy,y, while there have been oother Villages that better. have completely omp omp renovated host cities for the bet
The Modern Olympics offer a country the opportunity for income, innovation, and unprecedented notoriety or if not established strategically, unparalleled logistical problems, debt, and worldwide shame. Through the in-depth precedent analysis matrix studying host city and Games’ year, capacity, initial themes, adaptation, legacy, and sustainability, three universal design themes were generated. Unity, fashioned through universal design, mixed-use buildings, and communal green spaces allows for a more uniform and cohesive Village design. Opportunity, offers areas such as waterfront districts to be revitalized as well as the notion to plan for the future user, considers the forthcoming life of the Village. Lastly, legacy promotes the concepts of phasing, and the consideration of a city’s economy post-Games.
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ATLANTA,USA DESIGNED FOR
CURRENTLY
2,048 APARTMENTS 5,783 INHABITANTS
PRESENT POPULATION:
1992
BARCELONA, SPAIN CURRENTLY
2,818 APARTMENTS 6,000 INHABITANTS
PRESENT POPULATION:
SPREADS ACROSS ELEVEN DEVELOPMENTS CONSISTING
8 12 STORY BLOCKS BUILT
MOSTLY OF SETS OF -TO-
2012
AROUND COURTYARDS
LONDON, ENGLAND 206,000 M2 OF BUILT AREA, WITH 31 BUILDINGS, EACH 17 STORIES HIGH PROPOSES
2016
RIO DE JANEIRO, JANEIRO BRAZIL B 17,000 BEDS: 16,000 FOR NOC REQUIREMENTS AND AN EXTRA 1,000 AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONALAL OFFICIALS OFFIC PROPOSES CAPACITY OF
2020 202
TTOKYO, OOK O, JAPAN JA 3
15,000 RESIDENTS
RESIDENTIAL ESIDE ZONE DIVIDED INTO
3 EQUAL QUAL BLOCKS BLO
THEMES OLYMPIADORF, MUNICH
ADAPTATION
LEGACY
AN APOLITICAL OPTIMISM AND MULTI-CULTURAL
-VILLAGE INTENDED TO SERVE AS A RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX POST GAMES
COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
-PLANNED TO BECOME A SHOWCASE FOR MODERN FORMS OF RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND URBAN PLANNING
THE GAMES DESIGNED IN OPPOSITION TO THE 1936
-THE VILLAGE WAS SOLD AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. MOSTLY HOME TO STUDENTS AND SMALL FAMILIES
BERLIN GAMES.
DOWNTOWN, ATLANTA
TO PROMOTE ATLANTA’S IMAGE AS AN INTERNATIONAL
-THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE’S STRATEGIC LOCATION ALLOWED FOR THE APARTMENTS TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO
CITY READY TO PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN GLOBAL
DORMITORIES FOR THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
COMMERCE.
-PREPARATION FOR THE GAMES INCLUDED NEW HOUSING AND CONVERSION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
CLEAR-CUT APPROACH: AIM TO UNDERTAKE AMBITIOUS
-APARTMENTS GRADUALLY OCCUPIED HAND-IN-HAND WITH GRADUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL FACILITIES AND
PROJECTS WHICH WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY AS A
SERVICES
WHOLE. WHAT WAS GOOD FOR THE CITY’S RESIDENTS
-NOW A RESIDENTIAL AREA CONSISTING OF COMMERCIAL, SERVICES, AND LEISURE CENTERS: 214 SHOPS AND
WOULD ALSO BE GOOD FOR THE OLYMPIC
SERVICES, 36 FOOD SHOPS
PARTICIPANTS. PARC DE MAR [WATERFRONT]
EAST VILLAGE, STRATFORD
POLYCLINIC ----> PRIMARY CARE CENTER
STORAGE AREA ----> PUBLIC LIBRARY
GYM AND TRAINING CENTER ----> MUNICIPAL MULTI-SPORTS CENTER
SERVICE CENTERS ----> OFFICE SPACE
-THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE VILLAGE FOLLOWED THE GAME’S THEMES: TO BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT; DISPLAYED IN THE GAME’S LAX SECURITY. -THE BLACK SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACKS PLACED ON THE VILLAGE TARNISHED ANY POSITIVE MEMORIES OF THE GAMES, GARNISHING THE ’72 OLYMPICS WITH CRITICISM. -TODAY, SECURITY EXPENSES MAKE UP FOR A LARGE PORTION ON OLYMPIC BUDGETS.
-UNIVERSAL DESIGN: NO NEED FOR TRANSITIONAL CONSTRUCTION FOR PARALYMPICS -PEDESTRIAN LEVEL SEPARATED FROM SUBTERRANEAN VEHICLE ROADS -SURROUNDED WITH GREENERY -TERRACED APARTMENTS FOR MORE SUN AND SKY
-MARKED THE FIRST TIME SERIOUS CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO SUSTAINABLE RE-USE OF NEW OLYMPIC CONSTRUCTION. -CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK REVITALIZED A RUN-DOWN AREA OF ATLANTA. -POPULATION GROWTH ALLEVIATED THE CITY.
-RE-USE OF OLYMPIC CONSTRUCTION
-THE CORRECT BALANCE OF DIFFERENT USES SATISFIED THE NEEDS AT THE START OF THE NEW CENTURY: -USES AT LOCAL SCALE: RESIDENCE, LOCAL FACILITIES, SHOPS -USE AT METROPOLITAN SCALE: OFFICES, LEISURE, TRANSPORT, ETC. -COMPLETELY REVITALIZED THE CITY’S WATERFRONT
-MIXED-USE DESIGN: RESIDENTIAL ABOVE/ RETAIL BELOW -PROXIMITY TO METRO-STATION -BEACH-FRONT DOMINANT -PUBLIC PARKS AND PRIVATE GARDENS
-MIXED-USE DESIGN: RESIDENTIAL ABOVE/ RETAIL BELOW -PROXIMITY TO OLYMPIC PARK -EMPHASIS ON GREEN LIVING (LOW CO2 EMISSIONS, WATER RECYCLING, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, ‘LIVING ROOFS’ )
WORKED TO ESTABLISH THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A
-A MIX OF HOUSING: PREDOMINANTLY AFFORDABLE [FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PLOTS]
-A REGENERATION AREA OF THE CAPITAL
THRIVING AND SELF-SUSTAINING COMMUNITY.
-27 ACRES OF PUBLIC SPACES
-ALLOW FOR THE CAPITAL’S “CENTER OF GRAVITY”
-BARS, RESTAURANTS, AND CAFES
TO SHIFT EAST
FUTURE OF STRATFORD BE REFLECTED IN THE HIGH
-30 SHOPS
-HIGH-QUALITY / SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
STANDARDS OF QUALITY AND DESIGN ON THE SITE.
-TRANSPORTATION ACCESS -TEMPORARY STRUCTURES UTILIZED POLYCLINIC ----> PRIMARY CARE CENTER
SUSTAINABILITY -COMPREHENSIVE FACILITIES
-CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK ENCOURAGED OPEN GREEN SPACE -IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT
SERVICE CENTERS ----> ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CELEBRATING BRAZIL’S EMERGENCE AS A WORLD
-USE CONCEPT OF “NOMADIC ARCHITECTURE”
-EVOLVE INTO A COMPACT URBAN ENVIRONMENT
-UNIVERSAL DESIGN: NO NEED FOR TRANSITIONAL
POWER.
-CREATE A NEW LEGACY DISTRICT WITH NEW HOMES, JOBS, AND PLACES OF LEISURE ACTIVITIES, WITH A NEW
-ENCOURAGE A DIVERSE MIX OF LIVING, WORKING, AND
CENTRAL PARK AND REVITALIZED WATERFRONT
RECREATIONAL USES
CONSTRUCTION FOR PARALYMPICS -PRESERVE THE AREA
-MUCH OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE REMOVED FOR FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
-FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK THAT RESONATES WITH AND
-CERTIFIED SUSTAINABLE WOOD AND MATERIAL
ECHOES THE SPECIFIC LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BARRA
-COMPACT LAYOUT
PARKING LOTS ----> RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES
BARRA DE TIJUCA [WATERFRONT]
AND RIO -RECONNECT THE CITY WITH ITS PORT
THE HEART OF THE OLYMPIC CONCEPT. MUST BE CONVENIENT, SECURE, AND COMFORTABLE, HARUMI PIER [WATERFRONT] WAT
WITH HIGH STANDARDS OF SERVICE.
-COMPLEX OF FACILITIES WITH RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, MULTI-GENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN EDUCATION, CULTURE, -THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE SITE TO BECOME THE TOKYO AND SPORTS, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PLAZA -PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO MEET, INTERACT, DEVELOP, -TEMPORARY FACILITIES MOVED FOR REUSE OR MATERIAL RECYCLED -TE RESIDENCES ----> 6,257 HOTEL ROOMS RES MANAGEABLE LAYOUT OF INDEPENDENT BLOCKS / BUILDINGS ----> ENABLE LE FLEX FLEXIBILITY ANDD DIVER DIVERSITY V RS OF USE AFTER TER GGAMES
AND COMMUNICATE BAN RESIDENTIAL ”SMART CITYY PIONEER P -URBAN MODEL”
-UNIVERSAL DESIGN: NO NEED FOR TRANSITIONAL CONSTRUCTION FOR PARALYMPICS -COMPACT AND ECOLOGICAL DESIGN LAYOUT NDD WATER WATE WA TO BE -”HYDROGEN TOWN” POWER AND GENERATED BY HYDROGEN GAS
SHOWCASE WCASE C S OF O SUSTAINABILITY TO THE WORLD
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RESIDENTIAL
POST-OLYMPIC VILLAGE PROGRAM ANALYSIS CHEF DE MISSION HALL
ATHLETE HOUSING
4,306 sqft
DINING
215,296 sqft
NOC SERVICES SECURITY CENTER COMMAND 10,764 sqft CENTER
215,296 sqft
5,382 sqft
POLYCLINIC
TOTAL: 483,335 sqft
32,291 sqft
ATHLETE HOU CHEF DE MISS DINING POLYCLINIC NOC SERVICES SECURITY COM
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RECREATIONAL TRANS TRA TR TRANSPORTATION RRAN AN
By adopting and strategically dissecting a typical Olympic Village Program, four distinct zones were formulated and calculated for the Washington 2024 Olympic Village. The four zones: Residential, Operational, Recreational, and Transportation were tabulated and scaled to ensure proper security measures. To decrease the demanding building footprint of the Olympic Village, the D.C. Armory and St. Coletta of Greater Washington Public Charter School would be used to house programmatic elements. The D.C. Armory’s robust size and flexibility lends itself as the temporary housing structure of the much required Village Dining Hall. A permanent dining structure would provide itself well for the short life-cycle of the 2024 Games, but would be an underutilized nuisance for the Southeast region in the long run. Furthermore, with the 2024 Games taking place in the summer months, the public charter school lends itself well to Operational Zone requirements, such as much needed storage and even security measures. Both existing buildings on the Hill East site will be of great use during the Olympic Games, this strategy diminishes some of the extensive program required in an Olympic mpic Village as well as further implements an approach to t benefi efififitt D.C. ppost-Games. ame
OPERATIONAL
CONTEXT GUEST PASS CENTER 6,400 sqft
RECREATIONAL COMPLEX 215,296 sqft
WELCOME CENTER 107,639 sqft
FACILITY SERVICES CENTER 107,639 sqft
TOTAL: 436,974 sqft
OLYMPIC VILLAGE PLAZA 43,264 sqft
HAIR SALON
RELIGIOUS CENTER
CAFE
10,764 sqft
5,382 sqft
861 sqft
1,938 sqft
VILLAGE GENERAL STORE 10,764 sqft
CYBER CAFE 4,629 sqft
WADA 538 sqft
BANK 2,691 sqft
VILLAGE CALL CENTER 2,153 sqft
PHOTO STORE 1,830 sqft
DRY VILLAGE MUSEUM CLEANING COMM. 538 sqft 538 sqft CENTER 538 sqft
TOTAL: 218,757 sqft
2,153 sqft TRAVEL AGENT 1,076 sqft POST FLORIST OFFICE
VILLAGE SPORTS AMPHI- INFO THEATER CENTER 5,382 sqft 5,382 sqft
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
RESIDENT CENTER
64,516 sqft
53,820 sqft
OLYMPIC VILLAGE PLAZA RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES RESIDENT CENTER SPORTS INFO CENTER RELIGIOUS CENTER VILLAGE COMM. CENTER
43,264 sqft 64, 516 sqft 53,820 sqft 5,382 sqft 10,764 sqft 538 sqft
FACILITY SERV GUEST PASS C RECREATIONA WELCOME CE
BANK CAFE CYBER CAFE DRY CLEANIN FLORIST HAIR SALON PHOTO STORE POST OFFICE OLYMPIC MUS TRAVEL AGEN VILLAGE AMP VILLAGE CALL VILLAGE GENE WADA
TRANSPORT MALL MA 215,278 sqft
TOTAL: 215,278 15 27 sqft
TRANSPORT M
THEMES
FACILITY SERVICES CENTER 107,639 sqft
TRANSPORT MALL WELCOME CENTER
215,278 sqft
~215,296 sqft 4,306 sqft 215,296 sqft 32,291 sqft 10,764 sqft S CENTER 5,382 sqft MMAND CENTER
USING SION HALL
107,639 sqft
RECREATIONAL COMPLEX
TOTAL BUILD IMPACT: 1,354,344 sqft
215,296 sqft
TRAVELL AGENT
PHOTO STORE
GUEST PASS CENTER
1,830 sqft
1,076 sqft FLORIST 861 sqft
VILLAGE SPORTS INFO AMPHITHEATER CENTER 5,382 sqft
53,82 sqft
RELIGIOUS CENTER 10,764 sqft
POST OFFICE 1,938 sqft
6,400 sqft
CYBER CAFE 4,629 sqft
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
RESIDENT CENTER
64,516 sqft
53,820 sqft
VILLAGE CALL CENTER
VILLAGE GENERAL STORE
2,153 sqft
BANK
10,764 sqft
2,691 sqft
UNITY
LEGACY
OPPORTUNITY
OLYMPIC VILLAGE PLAZA 43,264 sqft CHEF DE MISSION HALL
ATHLETE HOUSING
DRY CLEANING G 538 sqft
CAFE 5,382 sqft
4,306 sqft
DINING
215,296 sqft
215,296 sqft
HAIR SALON 2,153 sqft
WADA 538 sqft
VILLAGE MUSEUM COMM. 538 sqft CENTER
NOC SERVICES SECURITY D CENTER COMMAND 10,764 sqft CENTER 538 sqft
5,382 sqft
VICES CENTER CENTER AL COMPLEX NTER
G
E
SEUM NT HITHEATER L CENTER ERAL STORE
MALL
107,639 sqft 6,400 sqft 215,296 sqft 107,639 sqft
2,691 sqft 5,382 sqft 4,629 sqft 538 sqft 861 sqft 2,153 sqft 1,830 sqft 1,938 sqft 538 sqft 1,076 sqft 5,382 sqft 2,153 sqft 10,764 sqft 538 sqft
POLYCLINIC 32,291 sqft
GUEST PASS CENTER 6,400 sqft
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES 64,516 sqft
OLYMPIC GAMES 2024
VILLAGE SECURITY AMPHI- COMMAND THEATER CENTER 5,382 sqft
POST-OLYMPIC GAMES
5,382 sqft
MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING COLLEGE HOUSING
OLYMPIC VILLAGE PLAZA 43,264 sqft
OFFICE BUILDINGS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
DINING 215,296 sqft
CONVERSION TACTIC
TOTAL BUILD NEEDED: ~798,826 sqft
RETAIL RESTAURANTS LIBRARY CINEMA MARKET FOOD & CLOTHES PANTRY
TRANSPORT MALL LL 215,278 sqft
EVENT PARKING COMMERCIAL OMMERCIAL PARKING KIN 215,278 2 15 5 27 278 8 sq ssqft qfft f
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RESIDENTIAL “DESIGN GUIDELINES“ LOCAL ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
TOWNHOUSE/ APARTMENT COMPLEX
CONCRETE
NUMBER OF STORIES
MATERIALS
NOTE: *BUILDINGS WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY CONCRETE FOR EFFICIENCY AND COST APARTMENT BUILDING TYPE A
BRICK
APARTMENT BUILDING TYPE B
BLACK CLADDING
ALUMI. CLADDING
APARTMENT BUILDING TYPE C
GLASS
WHITE CLADDING
NOTE: *FIRMS WILL USE A PRESELECTED LIST OF FACADE MATERIAL OPTIONS TO ALLOW VARIETY WITHIN A UNIFORM AESTHETIC
TOWNHOUSE APARTMENTS FLOORS 1-3: INDIVIDUAL “WALK-UP” TOWNHOUSES FLOORS 4-6: APARTMENT UNITS VARIATIONS: 7 INDIVIDUAL TOWNHOUSES PER COMPLEX; 6 STORIES (60 FEET)
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RIVERFRONT
0
ZONE R-4
HE-1
HE-2
ZONING
It is essential that the Olympic Village is properly scaled in relation to the existing building in the Hill East region. The architectural elements required for such a massive project would be very significant to the overall character of the site. A flaw of Olympic Villages in the past is their monotonous and bleak homogeneity. Taking an approach similarly created for the London 2012 Games, the Washington 2024 Games would offer “Design Guidelines,” for the creation of residential buildings. The guidelines would be a comprehensive toolkit offered up to a variety of local D.C. architecture firms to encourage façade explorations of the residential buildings to promote a unique but uniform Olympic Village. The guidelines would offer the Village more character but maintain a necessary cohesive e identity. Furthermore, the guideli guidelines express the requirements me of parking, zoning, sustainability, fformatting, orm maatting, aand nd oov overall ve l aaesthetic estthheetti ooff tthe es he Village: 7
TYPOLOGY
CONTEXT
HE-3
APARTMENT TYPE A GROUND FLOOR: LOBBY, COMMUNAL SPACES / COMMERCIAL & RETAIL FLOORS 2-9: 8 UNITS PER FLOOR VARIATIONS: 6- 8 STORIES (80-110 FEET)
APARTMENT TYPE B GROUND FLOOR: LOBBY, COMMUNAL SPACES / COMMERCIAL & RETAIL FLOORS 2-9: 10 UNITS PER FLOOR VARIATIONS: 8-9 STORIES (80-100 FEET)
UNZONED NZON
APARTMENT TYPE C GROUND FLOOR: LOBBY, COMMUNAL SPACES ACE FLOORS 1-10: 9 UNITS PER FLOOR VARIATIONS: NS 10 STORIES (110 FEET)
NOTE: *WITH AN UNZONED RIVERFRONT AND PUBLIC AMENITIES BENEFICIAL TO THE HILL EAST AREA, RESIDENTIAL BUILDING HEIGHTS WILL BE BETWEEN 60-110 FEET. KEEPING THE EXISTING CONTEXT IN MIND, THERE WILL BE A GR GRADUAL INCREASE IN HEIG HEIGHT FROM WEST TO EASTT.T
SUSTAINABILITY
PARKING ACCOMMODATIONS -PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CAR PARKS, BOTH GRADE AND SUBGRADE, ARE TO BE PLANNED AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENTRANCES TO THE AREA.
PUBLIC TRANSIT -THE SITE WILL RELY HEAVILY ON THE STADIUM ARMORY METRO STATION, METRO BUSES, AND CAPITAL BIKESHARE
-ADDITIONAL PARKING WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE SITE, STREET PARKING AND SUBGRADE RESIDENTIAL PARKING.
FORMATTING
AESTHETIC
-APARTMENTS WILL BE FORMATTED AND PREPLANNED FOR EASY KITCHEN FITTINGS POST-GAMES.
-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ARE TO HAVE A BASELINE AT 20 FEET.
-APARTMENT BLOCKS WILL EACH HAVE A SEMIPUBLIC COURTYARD OFFERING PAVILIONS, FOUNTAINS, AND STATUES.
-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ON MAIN STREET ARE TO HAVE 60-70% OF THE GROUND FLOOR BE PUBLIC/ RETAIL ACTIVITIES.
TYPE A
NOTE: *PARKING LOTS WILL BE USED FOR STORAGE DURING THE OLYMPIC GAMES, I.E. PARTITIONED FOR ANCILLARY FACILITIES. *THE SITE AND BUILDINGS WILL CONSIST OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND BE PREDOMINANTLY PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
COURTYARD SPACE
RETAIL
CAR PARK: GRADE
RETAIL
CAR PARK: SUBGRADE
Parking Iteration
-EACH APARTMENT TYPE WILL MAINTAIN A SPECIFIC GLAZING TO SOLID RATIO.
TYPE B
TYPE C
NOTE: *DESIGN GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS ALLOW FOR THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE TO HAVE A UNIFORM BUT VARIED SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
PRECEDENTS
ELEVATION VARIATION
REGULATIONS
-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WILL BE DESIGNED COHESIVELY WITH THE LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE. -POTENTIAL FEATURES: GREENROOFS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; STORMWATER MANAGEMENT; REUSEABLE & LOCAL MATERIALS.
STATISTICS
3060 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD KGTY GROUP
DISTRICT CONDOS THE JBG COMPANIES
TRIO APARTMENTS FENDER KATSALIDIS ARCHITECTS
PUBLIC LAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
-MAXIMIZE THE SITE’S POTENTIAL: HIGH-DENSITY MIXED-USE
-PLAN FOR 30% OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THE SITE TO BE SET-ASIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING (INCOME TARGETING SPLIT OF 15% AT 30% AMI; 15% AT 60% AMI).
-MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS: DAYCARE, HEALTHCARE, ENTERTAINMENT, WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, PUBLIC LIBRARY, FOOD AND CLOTHES PANTRY. T -AFFORDABLE HOUSING A TOP PRIORITY -PROVIDE TRANSPARENT VALUATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UB BENEFITS.
-SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC LAND DEALS REQUIRE THAT D.C. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CIVIC, COMMUNITY, AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS ALL WORK COLLABORATIVELY. RESTS A ABORA
NOTE: *WITH OVER 2,125 RESIDENTIAL UNITS BEING CONSTRUCTED, OVER 600 UNITS WILL BE OFFERED UP AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
Precedent recedent Zoning Z Analysis
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POST-OLYMPIC VILLAGE URBAN FABRIC SITE ANALYSIS
L’Enfant’s D.C. master plan Ellicott’s D.C. master plan Pierre L’Enfant’s plan led the way in the District of Columbia’s formation; however, Andrew Ellicott’s alterations to the plan displays a provocative feature in the Southeast region. The surveyor pursued L’Enfant’s D.C. plan, tweaking it, by changing the alignment of Massachusetts Avenue and adding additional elements. Elllicott’s plan of Washington D.C. terminates Massachusetts Avenue, in the Southeast region, with a park space as an abundant bookend to an area of cross streets. The public space is vastly different from L’Enfant’s open but widely empty space designed in his iteration. This site, which rests alongside the Potomac River is Massachusetts Ave relationship to public green spaces D.C.’s monumental axis home to the Washington 2024 Olympic Village. The site rests on the edge of the Anacostia River and offers potential to be the city’s eastern gateway. The site rests at an abrupt end to Massachusetts Avenue; the prominent street runs throughout the city of D.C. through a sequence of public green spaces. The The he Official 2024 Games’ Gam Logo is derived from D.C.’s influential axis that unifies monumental features. The logo logg too intends to site has the opportunity to create a proper terminus for bringing the Washington unify nififf the City Ciity ttyy and the he Games brin he ashington Monument closer to the Olympic torch all under one ne nation. n. Massachusetts Avenue, allowing for a final public space alongside the Anacostia River. 9
Site Photo: D.C. Jail
Site Photo: St. Coletta of Greater Washington Public Charter School
Site Photo: Congressional Cemetery
Relocation and demolition of existing D.C. C. Jail and former D.C. General Hospital
Site Photo: Anacostia Riverfront View
Site Photo: RFK Stadium will be renovated te for the 2024 Games
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POST-OLYMPIC VILLAGE URBAN FABRIC SITE ANALYSIS
Reservation 13 is a dumping ground of sorts, as it remains unplanned and does not offer permanent solutions. The emergency homeless shelter operating out of the old D.C. hospital as well as the dated D.C. jail both still operating for necessity rather than for proper functionality or as a unified piece to Washington D.C.’s infrastructure. The site lacks any real character and is nestled within two prominent elements of the city, north of the site rests RFK Stadium and south sits the highly under-appreciated Congressional Cemetery. The site of Reservation 13 can be alleviated of its makeshift homeless shelter and rundown prison if a proposal comes along that offers a rejuvenation of the Anacostia River waterfront in relation to the stadium and cemetery while justifying the relocation of these two provisions.
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Cross Street Connections to Riverfront
100 & 500 Year Flood Plains
Parallel Street Connections to Riverfront
Potential Growth for Public Green Space
Master Plan
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POST-OLYMPIC VILLAGE URBAN FABRIC SITE ANALYSIS
Through the analysis and planning of the 2024 Olympic Village, much of the required program started to emulate that of an Ancient Greek city. Key elements like an agora, gymnasium, acropolis, and theater began to relate the modern day Village to that of its village ancestors. The Olympic Village has an extensive program and strict security measures, all of which is organized in the four Olympic zones established from the Technical Manual. While the zones will not be necessary post-Games, they are essential in the overall formation of the Olympic Village. The Residential Zone is the core of the Village, offering athletes and officials easy access to all points of the site. The Recreational Zone wraps around the Residential Zone, and offers great potential for interaction both on and around the Anacostia River. The Operational Zone remains in the west of the site, establishing an entry to the Village off Massachusetts Avenue. Lastly, tly, the Transportation Zone remains remain near ar the dining hall (D.C. Armory), offering a great locationn fo ffor athletes hlleet et during the Olympics, while benefiting RFK Stadium taadium m postos Games. GGa ames am 13
Points of Intervention
Zoning Diagram
Relation atiti to Greek City at
Sto Storyboard of Key Features
While the site demands a lot of strategic planning, the architecture and programmatic design of each urban block takes tactical consideration as well. Four residential building typologies were created to encourage easier and faster construction methods. A curved building type will rest along the eastern portion of the site for maximized waterfront views. A townhouse/ apartment hybrid typology will encourage a moree activated street-front while also p paying homage to D.C.’s historic townhome om aesthetic. Two different eren “L” L” sshaped residential esidential building typologies will exploit urban urb rb b blocks bllo and aan n encou encourage mixed-use ixed-use ground floors oo att every eve y corner. 14
POST-OLYMPIC VILLAGE PLAZA ADAPTATION
TRANSFORMATION
The Olympic Village Plaza is a vital piece not just to the Games, but also to the site post-Olympics. The Plaza will be the gateway of Olympia Riverfront. The Village Plaza is home to many accommodations and centers for the Games, while becoming an entertainment hub that encourages visitors to explore the area and Riverfront Park when the Olympics are over. The reverse-engineered master plan allows for an easy transformation post-Games of the Village Plaza. The entertainment hub is a gateway to the site that encourages exploration and activition of the Riverfront Park. Commerical, retail, and paths meandering throughout monuments and public features, offer new and exciting experiences for not just residents but vistors post-Games.
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POST-OLYMPIC VILLAGE PLAZA ADAPTATION
TRANSFORMATION
The Plaza’s most unique feature is a portable practice running track that is gazed upon by terraced buildings reminiscent of stadium seating. The overall space embodies the physical perseverance of the athletes that will inhabit the site. The site will donate all but the track’s interior lane to a local public school post-Games allowing for the Washington 2024 legacy to live on. The Plaza’s vast green space as well as track element will continue to encourage athleticism and human perseverance. The Village Plaza will gain a more structured program after the Olympics leave the city, accommodating prominent city features like pathways and roadways. The Plaza will remain a lively destination space post-Games, as it will become the Riverfront’s entertainment hub. The hub will be home to existing and future restaurants, hotels, movie theater, library, cafes, and much ch more.
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POST-OLYMPIC VILLAGE PLAZA ADAPTATION
TRANSFORMATION
Every Olympic Village has a Truce Wall, this structure is signed by athletes and officials to promise a fair and peaceful Olympic Games. In the city where monuments have shaped its identity, the 2024 Truce Wall will become a new resurrected monument in the Southeast region. The acrylic structures will commemorate the history of the Washington Games long after the Olympics; as the immense structures will rest on podiums and glow vibrantly around a bed of D.C.’s flower, the American Beauty Rose.
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GAMES 2024
POST-GAMES
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POST-OLYMPIC VILLAGE COURTYARD ADAPTATION
TRANSFORMATION
The transformation of the Olympic Village is displayed at an array of scales. Courtyard spaces will resemble the transformation of the Plaza, as what is to be a more flexible space during the Games will start to establish an identity and program post-Olympics. Courtyards will offer people an opportunity for recreation and leisure, suggesting vegetable gardens, grilling, or smaller community gatherings. Over time, residents will make the courtyard spaces more unique further emulating the diversity of the post-Game Village.
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GAMES 2024
POST-GAMES
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POST-OLYMPIC VILLAGE BUILDING USE GAMES BUILDING USE
PHASING ENTERTAINMENT- MIXED USE [RESTAURANTS; RETAIL]
ENTERTAINMENT HUB [WELCOME AND GUEST CENTER; CYBER CAFE; OLYMPIC MUSEUM; CAFE; POST OFFICE; CALL CENTER]
COMMERCIAL- MIXED USE [OFFICES; STORAGE; AMENITIES: POLYCLINIC]
COMMERCIAL- MIXED USE [ ACCOMMODATIONS ATHLETE LOUNGES; COMMUNAL SPACES; MEETING ROOMS]
HIGH-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL / TECH- MIXED USE [SECURITY; MEDIA CENTER SERVICES]
Along with the transformation of the Olympic Village for its post-Games use, is the phasing of both its building uses and economy. The Olympic Village allows for four-bedroom units to each house eight athletes during the Games, and while this is beneficial to the Olympics, it could never work in a city’s diverse apartment development. Planning for the future of the Village, the residential building typologies would allow for an easy transformation into a variety of unit types. Drywall between select bedrooms could be taken down to change the larger and repetitious four-bedroom units to allow for studios, twobedroom, and three-bedroom units. The variation of unit sizes in the postGames Village will offer more apartment units for rent or purchase, as well as match the ever-growing diversity of Washington D.C. The ground floor of many Main Street located apartment buildings will gradually phase over from the Olympic program to a more business and retail oriented program, while still offering some key features such as lounge and conferencee spaces. An entertainment hubb w become will becom the gateway to the site and establish a lively space that not on only frames ame but activates vaatte the Riverfront. 23
PUBLIC FACILITIES [RECREATION CENTER; SCHOOL]
DINING HALL [TEMPORARY DINING LOCATION]
POST-GAMES BUILDING USE ENTERTAINMENT- MIXED USE [RESTAURANTS; RETAIL]
ENTERTAINMENT HUB [WELCOME CENTER; HOTEL; LIBRARY; CINEMA; OLYMPIC MUSEUM]
COMMERCIAL- MIXED USE [OFFICES; AMENITIES: POLYCLINIC, DAYCARE, FOOD AND CLOTHES PANTRY, BANK]
COMMERCIAL- MIXED USE [OFFICES; RETAIL; SERVICES]
HIGH-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL / TECH- MIXED USE PUBLIC FACILITIES [RECREATION CENTER; SCHOOL]
GAMES’ USER INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES
TYPICAL UNITS
POST-GAMES’ USER DIVERSE RESIDENTS
4 BEDROOM
TYPICAL UNITS
STUDIO 4 BEDROOM
4 BEDROOM
2 BEDROOM
OFFICE SUITE
ATHLETE LOUNGE
NOC OFFICES
FOOD/ CLOTHES PANTRY
SERVICES CENTER
OFFICE SUITE
MEETING ROOM
CONF. ROOM
SERVICES CENTER
3 BEDROOM
RESIDENT CENTER NOC WORKSHOP
GROUND FLOOR
RETAIL
MEETING ROOM
ATHLETE LOUNGE NOC OFFICES
RETAIL
RESIDENT LOBBY
RETAIL
CONF. ROOM
RESIDENT LOUNGE OFFICE SUITE
GROUND FLOOR: ITERATION
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POST-OLYMPIC VILLAGE CITY GROWTH PHASING
Existing Figure-Ground The 2024 Games’ Olympic Village will form the fundamental element that Ellicott’s plan for Washington D.C. intended. The Village will revitalize the Anacostia Riverfront as well as become a boundary to the quintessential D.C. grid. The formation of the Village offers a better connection with the city’s existing urban fabric, further helping it prosper when the Olympics are complete. The spirit of triumph and human perseverance is reflected in the Village Plaza and its interior running track and recreation spaces, the peace established by the Truce Monument and Olympic Rings Statue, the memories created in “The Eagle” amphitheater venue space, and the newly activated waterfront. However, it is the universal design, sustainable efforts, an influx of business, commercial, and retail growth, and the commitment for 30% affordable housing that allows this Village to have a true legacy.
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Exposed Site Figure-Ground
Proposed Village Figure-Ground [reminiscent to Ellicott’s Plan]
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Evan Schroeder
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