The Village Plaza will be a key part of the Athletes' Village and is constructed largely from wood donated by municipalities across Japan (AFP Photo/Behrouz MEHRI) |
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers on Wednesday unveiled the "Village Plaza", a key part of the Athletes' Village that is being built from wood donated by municipalities across Japan.
The
facility will be a gathering place for athletes and their teams, as well as the
site of welcome ceremonies and press briefings during the Games.
The unusual
structure is made mostly from wood, with the floors, walls and parts of the
roof using timber including larch, Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress.
The vast
complex nods to both modern and traditional elements.
The Village
Plaza nods to traditional Japanese wood buildings, but incorporates
novel
structures, including an arch frame structure (AFP Photo/Behrouz MEHRI)
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"It's
based on Japanese traditional wood buildings, but not on any specific building
in particular," said Nariki Makihara, Tokyo 2020 senior manager for venues
sustainability.
Novel
features include columns made by laying wooden planks at inclines against each
other, and roof beams made by weaving planks into a latticework.
The wood
has been donated by 63 municipalities across the country, and the facility will
be dismantled after the Games, with the timber returned for re-use, a model
organisers tout as part of their commitment to a sustainable Olympics.
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