"The new Milano Cortina Olympic Village, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), at night. The Milano Cortina Olympic Village may never steal the spotlight from the neighboring Prada Foundation, with its gold-leafed tower and retractable stainless-steel walls. But the global architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) designed the athletes' housing, on the site of a former rail yard, to make an important contribution to the Porta Romana area."
"After the Games end, a few adjustments will turn the Village into dorms for some 1,700 students. Its six long buildings contain seven floors of mainly single rooms with bathrooms. Stores, restaurants, and bars, in addition to student amenities and service facilities, will activate the ground level and also fill a pair of reconditioned train sheds. The idea is to foster social interaction, which is also the point of the terraces that connect the buildings at the east and west ends of the site."
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the Milano Cortina Olympic Village on a former rail yard in Porta Romana to host athletes for the 2026 Winter Games and then convert into housing for about 1,700 students. Six long buildings provide seven floors of mainly single rooms with bathrooms, while ground-level stores, restaurants, bars, student amenities, and service facilities activate the site and occupy two reconditioned train sheds. Elevated terraces and nearly 13-foot-deep walkways link buildings to promote studying, dining, and socializing, screened by native plants. Historic Squadra Rialzo and Basilico buildings were updated for public programming, and prefabrication was used to save time and money.
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