Olympic Canoe Slalom Stadium

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Architects: Vigliecca & Associados

Location: Deodoro, Rio de Janeiro - State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Area: 450000.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Gabriel Heusi, J. P. Engelbrecht, Renato Sette Camara + Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro, Andre Motta, Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro, Miriam Jeske

Seating Capacity: Estádio Olímpico De Canoagem Slalom: 8.000

Seating Capacity:Centro Olímpico De Bmx: 7.500

Seating Capacity: Parque Olímpico De Mountain Bike: 27500

Area: Estádio Olímpico De Canoagem Slalom: 35.500

Area: Centro Olímpico De Bmx: 4.000
Area: Parque Olímpico De Mountain Bike: 450.000

© Gabriel Heusi

Olympic Canoe Slalom StadiumThe Olympic Canoe Slalom Stadium is considered the most complex structure built for RIO 2016. Designed by the architecture firm Vigliecca & Associates with the consultancy of Whitewater Parks International, the project aimed to create one of the best Slalom Canoe competition channels in the world. It also focused on being very economic to operate, specially once in legacy mode. It is the first artificial whitewater course in Brazil.

© Gabriel Heusi

The mandatory use of an artificial circuit for the practice of Canoe Slalom at th...