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Olympic Village for 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics
16 July 2021
Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Location: Porta Romana railway yard, Milano, northern Italy
SOM to Lead Design of 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Village
Village Targets Minimal Environmental Impact and Creates New Center of Activity in Porta Romana

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Olympic Village at Porta Romanam, Milan
COIMA SGR and its partners Covivio and Prada Holding today revealed that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill will design the Olympic Village for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics as part of the updated Porta Romana railway yard master plan. SOM was selected to design the village following an international competition involving 27 groups comprised of 71 studios from nine different countries. Developed by COIMA SGR and its partners in collaboration with the Milano-Cortina Foundation, the Municipality of Milan, and the Lombardy Region, the Olympic Village will transform the Porta Romana district, creating a sustainable urban community and offering a powerful new model for Olympic facilities to serve post-Olympic social goals. Thanks to innovative sustainability features, the village will target minimal environmental impact in accordance with NZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Building) requirements.
Designed first and foremost to become an integral part of Milan?s urban fabric, the village encompasses a se...