Project Name: |
Southeast False Creek Olympic Village |
Project Location: |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Alucobond Materials: |
77,000 sq ft 4mm Alucobond naturAL Brushed |
Year of Installation: |
2009 |
Architect: |
Nick Milkovich Architects |
Fabricator/Installer: |
Keith Panel Systems Co., Ltd.Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
General Contractor: |
ITC Construction GroupVancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Images: |
Keith Panel Systems, Nick Milkovich Architects, Michael Elkan |
Three architectural firms were challenged by the Vancouver Organizing Committee to design Millennium Water: The Southeast False Creek Olympic Village in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for its first use as a temporary home for many of the 2,600 athletes from 82 nations competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics. (The Olympic Games were held Feb. 12-28, 2010, in venues located throughout Greater Vancouver, as well as in the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia, where additional athletes were hosted.) More permanently, Millennium Water was designed as a sustainable mixed-use residential and commercial community, incorporating not only environmental sustainability but social and economic sustainability goals as well.