THE FLOATING GAMES 2028
AMSTERDAM
assignment
Plan for the Olympic Games 2028 in Amsterdam
client
KondorWessels Real Estate Zoetermeer
design
2010
The idea is to use the IJ in Amsterdam as the most sustainable
location to organize the Olympic Games. For that purpose a majestic
bridge will be built between Java island and Amsterdam North.
Around and in the IJ practically all events will take place and cruise
ships can provide the necessary hotel accommodation.
THE SUSTAINABLE GAMES
The Olympic Games have to be compact games in the
heart of the city. Large parts of the Olympic programme
can become part of a permanent, sustainable residential
area and work area on the banks of the IJ. Special
buildings, sports facilities, new connecting roads and
extension of public transport, boulevards and other public
services on the water. And last but not least, there will be
a new perception of the IJ.
THE OLYMPIC BRIDGE
The Olympic Bridge is the heart of the Olympic town on
and around the IJ. It consists of an Olympic village where
sports-people will be hosted, and the ceremony square
where sports-people and visitors can meet. “The Bridge”,
a building across the IJ, is the symbol of the Games. The
village is part of the new town on the northern banks, an
urban and green area at the same time. Public services,
including training facilities and parking on the first couple
of floors create a raised park on the water. The buildings
above it, that differ in heigth, are a combination of work
and residential buildings. The Bridge is a vertical town. It
combines functions such as public squares and small front
offices, hotels, retail and a media centre.
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TERRA
Terra is situated in the western part of Java island, an attraction
based on the principle ‘education by entertainment’. In this
building the creation, the history and the importance of the planet
will be explained. Themes such as the “big bang”, “deep sea”,
minerals and the climatic threat, but also the beauty of the earth
will be dealt with and experienced in an interactive way. During
the Olympic Games Terra and the quay will function as the nerve
centre for the Olympic Games.
OLYMPIC
STADIUM
SMALL HALL
TENNIS
RECYCOLYMPICS
Many sports divisions will be temporary in the floating Olympic
town in the IJ. Stadiums and sports centres can be built elsewhere
and then be transported to the destination. Cruiseships can
function as temporary hotels, the Olympic Stadium can be pulled
down and recycled or it can be used again somewhere else in the
world four years later. The services we can use in the new town on
the IJ will remain.
Terra
BASEBALL
VOLLEYBAL
SHOOTING
RANGE
Boxing arena
MULTI-PURPOSE
EXISTING VENUES ELSEWHERE
OLYMPIC
VILLAGE
SWIMMING
POOLS
HIPPIC EVENTS
Olympic stadium
ROWING-COURSE
EVENT PLAZA
CENTRAL
STATION
VELODROME
HOCKEY
4 FOOTBALL STADIUMS
WILD WATER COURSE
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SMALL
HALL 4
BASKETBALL
SMALL HALL
2 AND 3
BIG HALL
1 AND 2
THE FLOATING GAMES 2028, AMSTERDAM
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THE FLOATING GAMES 2028, AMSTERDAM
© OeverZaaijer architecture and urbanism