Rio 2016: a 2.5 million-square-metre area west of Rio de Janeiro has been transformed by Brazilian firm Vigliecca & Associados to become one of two major locations during the city's Olympic and Paralympic games (+ slideshow).
The Deodoro Olympic Park is the largest of Rio's Olympic zones, and is set to host 11 Olympic and four Paralympic sports during this summer's games. The AECOM-masterplanned Olympic Park on a lagoon-side peninsula, which has greater overall spectator capacity, will host a large proportion of other events.
Canoe Slalom, BMX, Mountain Biking, Field Hockey, Shooting, Modern Pentathlon, Women's Basketball, Rugby, and Equestrian Jumping, Dressage and Eventing will all take place at Deodoro once the events commence on 5 August 2016. Photograph is by Gabriel Heusi
During the Paralympics in September, competitions including Wheelchair Fencing, Shooting, 7-a-side Football and Equestrian Dressage will also be held at the park.
Vigliecca & Associados was behind the masterplan and landscaping of the vast area, which encompasses steep terrain, a railway, two roads and a river crossing.
It is divided into north and south sections, with the former split into two smaller zones: A and B.
Photograph is by Gabriel Heusi
Extreme sports like canoeing and biking are grouped in the same vicinity called Zone A, together with a skate park, a picnic area, multipurpose rooms, and elevated walking and running tracks.
These form the X-park, which will become the second la...