Dominique Perrault - Olympic Velodrome and Swimmingpool

Dominique Perrault
Olympic Velodrome and Swimmingpool
Berlin 1992-1999
Completed November 5, 1999

Photo: Werner Huthmacher

This project is bound up with the reunification of the two Germanies. It is related to the wish of a city, Berlin, about to become the capital, to be nominated for the Olympic Games of the year 2000. From the first, there was a conjunction of the political ambitions of the Berlin Senate, an extremely strong desire for the redeployment and linking together of the two parts of the city, and a unifying project, the Olympic project, that enable the planners to develop not only the setting up of a certain number of sporting facilities, but also a certain number of networks to serve these sporting facilities. It is within this context, at once enthusiastic and contentious, that the city of Berlin set up an international competition for the design of the Olympic velodrome and swimmingpool.

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		Dominique Perrault Olympic Velodrome and Swimmingpool Berlin 1992-1999 Completed November 5, 1999 Photo: Werner Huthmacher This project is bound up with the reunification of the two Germanies. It is related to the wish of a city, Berlin, about to become the capital, to be nominated for the Olympic Games of the year 2000. From the first, there was a conjunction of the political ambitions of the Berlin Senate, an extremely strong desire for the redeployment and linking together of the two parts of the city, and a unifying project, the Olympic project, that enable the planners to develop not only the setting up of a certain number of sporting facilities, but also a certain number of networks to serve these sporting facilities. It is within this context, at once enthusiastic and contentious, that the city of Berlin set up an international competition for the design of the Olympic velodrome and swimmingpool. Dominique Perrault arcspace features