The Olympic Sites
Subtitle: The Architecture of 2006 in the Urban Landscape of Turin
Series: Contemporary Architecture in Turin
Publisher: U. Allemandi & C.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Turin; London; Venice; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9788842214625
Subjects: Turin - Urban planning - Architecture - 2006 Winter Olympic Games
Description: The architecture realised for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games is the most visible aspect of a change that has had a profound effect on some locations in Turin, and has continued a large-scale transformation process already begun in previous years, sometimes even changing its course. The book proposes an itinerary among the Olympic buildings, along with a description of the places which they helped to form. It is a guide of the Olympic projects, but also a kind of "balance sheet" of the event, weighing the capacity of this architecture to give the city a new identity, respond to specific problems, and propose new ways of living urban spaces. While Turin appears ever more eager to bet on hosting major events, the reutilisation of the large structures built for the Olympics is one of the critical issues that urban strategies will need to address in the near future.
Table of contents: pagenum: 7
title: Introduction; pagenum: 11
title: The Olympics: plans and strategies; pagenum: 18
title: Lingotto and surroundings; pagenum: 35
title: The Stadium area; pagenum: 47
title: Italia '61; pagenum: 54
title: The "Spine"; pagenum: 59
title: The Olympic architecture - after the Olympics; pagenum: 63
title: Olympic architecture in Turin and Piedmont