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<title>Olympic Urbanism: The Athletes' Village : Responses</title>
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<dc:date>2012-10-09T13:41:50-05:00</dc:date>
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	<title><![CDATA[Responding to "Olympic Urbanism: The Athletes' Village"]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Congratulations on an excellent collation. My understanding Anisha is that the Amsterdam area around the stadium was a new region for the city post Games and used many sport references for street names and residential plots - although I am British my mother in law actually lived for many years on Sportstraat in this area. Also as a member of the Village people your comment about Sydney and garages is not quite accurate. The garages of the family houses were converted to bedrooms for the Games with the up and over door as a solid wall with external window - the laundry space adjacent was modified for the users shower facilities. A third of the Sydney Village footprint contained wooden beach side properties which were eventually sold off and relocated to make way for more traditional and permanent residences - to their credit the Australian Olympic team opted to use these 'temporary facilities' at Games time.]]></description>
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	<dc:date>2012-10-09T13:41:50-05:00</dc:date>
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	<title><![CDATA[Responding to "Olympic Urbanism: The Athletes' Village"]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[DK, thank you for bringing these projects to our attention. While these apartment towers were central to the south Amsterdam plan, the buildings themselves are not mentioned in the Official Olympic Report of 1928. To be sure, the Olympics was a major catalyst for the redevelopment and extension plans of Amsterdam in the mid to late 1920s, however it is unclear whether athletes actually resided in these particular buildings. The lack of documentation to settle the matter you bring up can be attested to the fact that the early Olympics were not as formal nor as well documented as they are today. For example, in the early 20th Century, there was often confusion as to the exact number of participating countries due to the fact that regional club teams (not nationalized teams) were common competitors. As a result, many details about the early Olympic events are not easy to decipher and often require extensive research and investigation. ]]></description>
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	<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/olympic-urbanism-the-athletes-village/35138/#comments</link>
	<dc:date>2012-08-10T08:15:08-05:00</dc:date>
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	<title><![CDATA[Responding to "Olympic Urbanism: The Athletes' Village"]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[I'm curious what's the basis for the author's remark that there was no Olympic housing in the 1928 Olympic games in Amsterdam. I've always thought that the social housing from the twenties in the triangle Stadionweg / Olympiaplein / Olympiakade was built to house atlethes during the games. The sculpture in the facades, depicting Olympic sports, could attest to that. But maybe I'm wrong.]]></description>
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	<dc:date>2012-08-08T07:51:13-05:00</dc:date>
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	<title><![CDATA[Responding to "Olympic Urbanism: The Athletes' Village"]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Thanks for an interesting walk down memory lane. I am disappointed that athlete's villages for winter Olympics were not included. The 2010 villages in Vancouver and Whistler are very good examples of urbanism that should have lasting value in their contexts, as opposed to many of the doctrinaire and shockingly poor efforts shown. <br />
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Another interesting line of enquiry would be for athletes village design competitions for both summer and winter Olympics, whether for the eventual host city or those cities making bids. Particularly noteworthy in my opinion is Thom Mayne/Morphosis' snaking megastructure concept for the unsuccessful New York City bid. ]]></description>
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	<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/olympic-urbanism-the-athletes-village/35138/#comments</link>
	<dc:date>2012-07-31T19:26:13-05:00</dc:date>
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