Berloni Playing a Leading Role in the Torino 2006 Olympic Villages
February 24, 2006
The first people to get to the three Olympic Villages in Turin, Bardonecchia and Sestriere were the Italians, closely followed by the Chinese team. The Italians then met the Canadians, Russians, Americans, Poles and Bulgarians, gradually followed by all the other 85 teams.
The Berloni group stylishly and functionally furnished the living areas for the athletes and the thousands upon thousands of other people, such as the trainers and directors of the various national teams, the media and members of staff of TOROC (the Organising Committee).
The three Olympic Villages, two in the mountains and one in the regional capital, house five thousand athletes and trainers: 2,500 in the 39 buildings of Turin, the others divided between the brand-new village in Sestriere and the former Medail colony in Bardonecchia, which had been especially renovated for the occasion.
The project for the Turin Olympic Village was chosen through an international competition which was won by a group co-ordinated by the architects Benedetto Camerana and Giorgio Rosental. The site involved, adjoining the Lingotto complex and linked to the headquarters of Torino 2006 by a pedestrian bridge, covers an area of more than one hundred thousand square metres surrounding the historical general market building of 1934.
The Turin Olympic Village which, together with the Lingotto complex, forms the centre of the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics Games, was designed and built using cutting-edge eco-compatible and eco-sustainable methods. It is a city within a city which takes things down to a human scale by means of a system of blocks and squares separating the colourful buildings.
After the Winter Olympics Games, part of the Village will be reconverted for residential use while the rest will house advanced research and service facilities.
Story From: Berloni News
