Olympic andParalympic Games(OPG) 2024 in Paris Athletes' Village
05/06/2023 – Emilie ORAND (CSTB)CONTEXT
ATHLETES' VILLAGE
BORDERED BY THE SEINE, IT IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNES OF SAINT-DENIS,SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE AND L'ÎLE-SAINT-DENIS.

WILL WELCOME ATHLETES THROUGHOUT THE GAMES PERIOD.
WILL THEN GIVE WAY TO A SUSTAINABLE CITY DISTRICT WITH HOUSING, SHOPS,AMENITIES AND GREEN SPACES.

Source: https://projets.ouvrages-olympiques.fr/village-des-athletes/2

CONTEXT
ATHLETES' VILLAGEA DESIRE TO EMBODY XXIST CENTURY URBAN PLANNING

With around 7 hectares of green spaces, nature will play an essential role in the athletes' village.
Urban planning for the 21st century due to :- its energy performance;- its carbon neutrality;- its strong promotion of biodiversity.

And also to promote "living together" and the development of an inclusive society, taking into
account the diverse needs of every citizen, especially those with disabilities.
→ Aim: to promote wood construction

3CONTEXT→ The challenge: to ensure the reliability of timber construction onhigh-rise buildings.
❑ Building heights over 28 m
❑ Laying cladding on wood-frame facades❑ Prefabrication

To date, there are no standards in France for wooden buildings of this height.
Setting up a plan with the various
stakeholders in this ambitious project totake up this challenge.

46 buildings studied
Tens of thousands of m² of facades

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CONTEXTE
The Athletes' Village in 2025
Once the Olympic Games are over, the athletes' accommodation will be transformed to create anew neighborhood.
The facilities will include housing, business activities (shops and services), children's facilities (2schools, 2 childcare centres, 1 high school) and sports facilities.

In figures
In Saint-Ouen-sur-Seineand Saint-Denis•

1 715 family housing (including 25 to 40% social housing, depending on the municipality),•

621 special housing (for students, the elderly, etc.),•

1 school group (nursery and elementary schools) in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine,•

1 school group (nursery and elementary schools) and a new gymnasium in Saint-Denis,•The Pablo Neruda gymnasium in Saint-Ouen, renovated and enlarged,•A 2.5-hectare park,•

117,000 m2 of activities, offices and services,•

2,000 m2 of local shops,•

2 childcare centres with 30 cribs each

At L’île-Saint-Denis•

320 family housing (including 90 social housing
and 20 housing units for social home ownership),•

1 student residence with 142 rooms,•

A 1.3-hectare urban park,•

1 hotel with 115 rooms,•

2 office buildings,•

1,850 m2 of shops,•A 1,200 m2 water sports centre,•

1 Cité des Arts of 1,500 m2
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Source: https://projets.ouvrages-olympiques.fr/village-des-athletes/

The OPG2024 experiment: Getting involved

Copyright : ARTELIA– BÂTIMENTS IDF

SOLIDEO - Olympic Works Delivery Company - drew on the skills and expertise of the CSTB, inpartnership with the SOCOTEC inspection office, France Bois 2024 and ADIVBOIS, and with thesupport of CODIFAB and France Bois Forêt in the field of timber construction operations planned for the2024 Olympic Games.

« ALONE WE GO FASTER, TOGETHER WE GO FURTHER »6

The OPG2024 experiment: Anticipating the future

Copyright : UAPS

Copyright : ECDM Emmanuel Combarel Dominique Marrec architectes

Facilitate the evaluation of innovative products and processes to help wood construction and biosourced materials gain access to the OPG 2024 market.
Facilitate the appropriation by project management teams of non-traditional techniques
implemented on wood supports and desired on the athletes' village operations.
Analyze, as soon as building permits are issued, all the projects of each group present on the ambitious
Olympic Village site, and identify the most representative non-traditional techniques on the structures andthe most sensitive.
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The OPG2024 experiment: Guiding

Copyright : DREAM, COBE, la SCCV et LOTOARCHI LAB

Copyright : Société ECVA

Produce design support documents in the form of technical specification guides for design,manufacture and implementation, facilitating :• the appropriation by project management teams of non-traditional techniques;• the obtention of ATEx or Technical Appraisal for recognition as a standard technique.
3 technical specifications guides :•ETICS on FOB (wood-frame facades) / COB (wood-frame constructions)•Terra cotta cladding on FOB/COB•

Accessible shower tray on wooden floor8

The OPG2024 experiment: Making it possible1 single expert committee for all operations, bringing together crossdisciplinary expertise (wood construction, facades, joinery,waterproofing, implementation, manufacturing, etc.)
Buildings under construction on theAthletes' and Media Village site9

The OPG2024 experiment: Inheritance

Copyright : DREAM, COBE, la SCCV et LOTOARCHI LAB

Experiment
practiceHypothesis generationtransfer

Copyright : Société ECVA

Experiential learning :Thoughtful observation
analyze

Apprenticeship must not end with the issue of an ATEx
(Technical Experimentation Assessment).

It must create the conditions for genuine feedback.
Conceptualization
generalize
The learning cycle of David Kolb, 1984

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The greatest difficulty is not so much daring toinnovate as taking it on.
Experimentation involves the actors.

Thank you for your attention.

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