Olympic Village Square

The Olympic Village Square features a series of jagged, zinc-clad buildings that sharply contrast with the surrounding seawall greenery. This plaza served as the heart of the twenty-ten Winter Games, housing over two thousand athletes and coaches in what was marketed as a prototype for sustainable urban living. Before the first medalist arrived, the project nearly collapsed under the weight of a massive financial bailout when the original developer hit the wall of the global recession, forcing the city to take over construction.