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From TORINO 2006 to BEIJING 2022 From TORINO 2006 to BEIJING 2022 Conference Day | 26.01.2016 Politecnico di Torino | Castello del Valentino | Salone d’Onore An event promoted by: Politecnico di Torino Tsinghua University In collaboration with: City of Torino Urban Center Metropolitano, Torino Torino 2006 – Beijing 2022 Olympics and mountains Experiences in comparison The Joint Studio PoliTO-Tsinghua Bridging knowledge between Olympic cities A handover of skills towards a possible Projects and management in the mountain The Joint Studio PoliTO-Tsinghua is a collaboration collaboration territories. program, aiming at developing common activities in The experience of Torino 2006 shows that a big event, the area of higher education and research between the like the Winter Olympic Games, could be conveniently The organization of the XXth Winter Olympic Games in Besides the relevance of the territorial externalities, Department of Architecture and Design of Politecnico turned, from a temporary exceptional happening 2006 has been a paramount experience for Torino, whose the Olympic Games represent also clearly, for a local di Torino and the School of Architecture of Tsinghua limited to some specific sites, to a stable and structural traditional and historic rapport with the mountains played territory, an important opportunity to improve its sports University in Beijing. condition of further development for the wider area of a a fundamental role in the bidding construction. and accommodation facilities, its infrastructures and its The first edition in 2008 had been focused on the metropolitan region. A decade after the event, public services. post-event reuse of some sports venues of 2008 Olympic Instead of creating a simple collection of eye-catching the legacy of the Olympics The 2006 Winter Games and glamorous architectures scattered within the urban looks still significant; not have brought in Torino and Games in Beijing. Joint Studio 2015, the fifth edition, fabric and the near valleys, the planning of Torino’s only because of the presence in its mountains some major went back on Chinese Olympic topics, as China were one Games invested since the beginning an intense effort in of many important new new facilities, like the Ski of the two finalist candidates for 2022 Winter Olympic creating a territorial strategy, strongly related both with sports and accommodation jumps, the Bobsleigh track, Games. the urban transformations - that are radically changing facilities within the city and the Olympic Palasport etc.; Immediately after the final presentation of the JS 2015, the city in the last decades - and with the development in the surrounding valleys, some of them still maintain in July, China won the bid for the 2022 Olympics. policies of the entire Metropolitan Area. but most of all because the their original function, but the The venues have been planned in Beijing itself and in expertise and the skills that most of them were originally Zhangjiakou, a popular skiing site located at 170 km have been implemented designed to be used, after the north of Beijing, in the Province of Hebei. during the organization of event, for other purposes, The objective of the 2015 studio was to develop a the event still linger now as a which is a key concept of design research on Olympics facilities as a long-term major patrimony of the local the sustainable approach to a sustainability item, in terms of environment, economics administrative and technical temporary event. and social impact. About twenty Chinese and Italian culture. Furthermore, in the Torino’s Games, a relatively new The close relationship between alpine and urban venues system of evaluation – the VAS (Environmental Strategic has been a major character of the 2006 Winter Olympic Evaluation) has been introduced to take into account Games, which is grounded both on a strong relation the overall territorial consequences of the expected Both Torino and Beijing have been in the recent past of the city with the alpine culture and on the will of transformations. Olympic Cities (in 2006 and 2008) and they have important exploiting the Olympic event as an opportunity of local experience - that could be seen somehow complementary development for the whole metropolitan area. - in the organization of big events. Now, after the victory In this session this topic will be discussed among: the of Beijing’s bid for 2022 Winter Olympics, an ideal key persons of the two institutions involved in the connection could be created between the two cities, to organization of Torino’s and Beijing’s Winter Games, share their own experiences and expertise. the TOROC (Torino Organizing Committee) and In this session the fundamentals of a possible 2022 Bid Committee; the TOP (Torino Olympic Park) In this session some experiences of excellence in the collaboration will be introduced by the Authorities Foundation, which is now the manager of the Olympic north-west Alpine valleys, not necessarily linked to of: Metropolitan City of Torino, Piemonte Region, venues; the IAM (Institute of Alpine Architecture) of the 2006 Olympic Games, will be presented together Politecnico di Torino and Tsinghua University of Beijing. the Politecnico, which is a local reference point for alpine with a short glance of the VAS procedure; with the During the session an agreement will be signed between oriented research, and the University of Torino. aim of feeding a profitable debate about the territorial students have jointly drawn some alternative masterplans Politecnico di Torino and Tsinghua University of Beijing, transformations in mountain territories. for Zhangjiakou Olympic Village. to support future cooperation activities. h 11.00-12.30 a.m. Presentations on Torino 2006-Pechino The new 2016 edition of the Joint Studio was born in h 1.30-3.00 p.m. Presentations on Torino 2006-Pechino 2022 (I part). coincidence with both the victory of Beijing’s bid and h 9.30 a.m. Official opening by the Rector of Politecnico Chaired by the Director of the Department of Architecture 2022 (II part) and conclusions. Chaired by the professors of the Joint Studio Gustavo the tenth anniversary of the Torino’s Games. di Torino, Marco Gilli; the Mayor of the City of Torino, and Design, Paolo Mellano. In the present edition the focus will be the reuse and Piero Fassino; the President of the Piedmont Region, Sergio Ambrosini, Mauro Berta, Michele Bonino. Speakers: the improvement of the Olympic venues. The students Chiamparino; the Dean of the School of Architecture of Dino Chiaia, Vice Rector for Internationalisation, Politecnico Speakers: will work on two different sites in the Torino and in the Tsinghua University, Zhuang Weimin. di Torino. Antonio De Rossi, Roberto Dini, IAM (Istituto di Architettura nearest mountains, and in July they will present their final Valentino Castellani, former president of TOROC. Montana). h 10.45 a.m. Signature of the agreement between Tsinghua projects in Beijing. Zhang Li, Tsinghua University. Gui Lin, Beijing 2022 Olympic Committee. University’s School of Architecture and the Department of Valter Marin, President of the Foundation Torino Olympic Ubaldo Prucker, Studio AT, designers of the Pragelato Ski Jump. Architecture and Design of Politecnico di Torino, for the Tsinghua University Park. Rosanna Viola, CEIPiemonte - with COGEI and collaboration on the Olympic sites. Professors: Liu Jian, Zhang Li. Gianmaria Ajani, Rector of Università degli Studi di Torino. LEAPFACTORY. Luigi Bistagnino, Marta Bottero, Roberto Pagani, Politecnico Politecnico di Torino Open discussion. di Torino. Professors: Gustavo Ambrosini, Mauro Berta, Michele Bonino. h 12.30 a.m-1.30 p.m. Buffet lunch Teaching Assistants: Marta Mancini, Davide Vero. Open discussion..
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