RFK US Capitol
Nationals Park 11th St Bridge South Capitol St Bridge Natatorium
Olympic Stadium
Minnesota Ave Streetcar
Historic Anacostia
Olympic Village
washington dc 2024
XXXIII OLYMPIAD McGraw Bagnoli Architects | Campion Hruby Landscape Architects
Site Section
A catalyst for change
BWI
National Mall
Anacostia Watershed
Washington, DC remains the only Potomac River major world capital to have not hosted an Olympic Games. The inevitable challenge of designing for such a large scale celebration rightly focuses on the opportunities National Mall to highlight the myriad of sports IAD DCA venues and required improvements to a city’s infrastructure, housing and recreation sites. While meeting these challenges, this proposal creates a positive and long-term Regional Connections legacy for the games that recognizes the city’s current and anticipated growth as it looks to absorb over 250,000 residents in the next 20 years. The plan creates an Olympic park that will permanently link the iconic core of Washington to the Anacostia River and the neighborhoods of Historic Anacostia. The plan minimizes the need to create new structures that may become underutilized following the games. Where required, a blend of new and temporary “Pop-Up” venues along the Anacostia River are provided so that the city may benefit from the large-scale investment required of an event of such magnitude. The river itself will be cleaned and connected back to the neighborhoods of Anacosta, which will in turn be linked to planned transit improvements along a series of mixed use developments. By focusing on both short and long-term opportunities presented by the games, the city can create a legacy that benefits all of its citizens and showcases the world-class city Washington, DC has become.
Tidal Basin
Nationals Park
DC United Stadium
Hain’s Point
South Capitol St Bridge
Anacostia River Olympic Stadium
city trends
Open Space
Density
2000 Income
2010 Income
Millenials
Bicycle Use
Transit
Selected Site
Cover Rendering of the opening Olympic ceremony, with an iconic stadium in the foreground and an Olympic Village framed by a remediated Anacostia River and the completion of the currently propsosed Minnesota Avenue Streetcar. Site section shows the height relationships of the site to the river and Nationals Park.
US Capitol RFK Civic Center
East Capitol St
11th Street Bridge Anacostia Park
Commercial Corridors
Natatorium Minnesota Avenue Streetcar Aerial rendering shows the relationships between the proposed Olympiad and the Macmillan Plan. The rejuvenated Anacostia acts as a coutnerpoint to the National Mall.
Olympic Village
Site planning
Points of Interest
New Transit
Commercial Spine
Site Remediation
Site analysis and preferred site selection WALTER REED
BARCELONA
ROCK CREEK
5.0M SF
23.4M SF
106.6M SF
FORT TOTTEN PARK 11.2M SF
MCMILLAN RESERVOIR 5.0M SF
ATLANTA
KENILWORTH LANDFILL
1.2M SF
ARBORETEUM
6.7M SF
26.7M SF
SYDNEY
LANGSTON GOLF
29.3M SF
6.1M SF
PEPCO TRANSFER 5.0M SF
SUBTOTAL 11.7M SF
KENILWORTH 11.0M SF
BEIJING 139.2M SF
TEDDY ROOSEVELT 4.5M SF
NATIONAL MALL
KINGMAN SOUTH
26.0M SF
2.0M SF
ANACOSTIA PARK 20.1M SF
FORT DUPONT 24.6M SF
LONDON
9.8M SF
OLYMPIC SUBTOTAL
28.6M SF
31.9M SF
RIO
Recent Olympics Scale Comparison
12.2M SF
Available Sites
Programming Olympic Sports Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Football (Soccer) Gymnastics Handball Hockey (eld) Judo Modern Pentathlon Rhythmic Gymnastics Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Trampoline Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Athlete Housing* IBC*
RFK
Sydney
Beijing
London
Totals 2 3 1 2 1
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Athletics
Athletics
Handball
Handball
Hockey
Nationals Park
Swimming
Olympic Village*
Olympic Village*
IBC*
IBC*
Archery
Gymnastics Tennis Volleyball Cycling Water Polo
Basketball Fencing
National Mall Verizon Center DC Armory
Gymnastics Modern Pentathlon 3 1 1 2
3 3
Potomac Park
Tennis Volleyball Badminton
Bender Arena
Cycling Table Tennis
2 1
Hockey
Swimming
Taekwondo Water Polo
Convention Center Verizon Center
Current development trends in Washington, DC as well as the potential to make a lasting impact beyond the memory of the games led to identification of the city’s South East quadrant as the host of the main Olympic Park. The regernaration of the Anacostia River and its adjacent neighborhoods, as well as the opportunity to vastly improve transit connections to the area would create long term change to this oftern overlooked area of the city. A detailed programming analysis determined the number and type of venues to be placed at the main site while other existing venues would also be utilized. Building upon lessons of past games, a few key venues will be designed as permanent attractions for the region, while most will be dismantled to return the site to improved park use.
Preferred Site
Rendered Site Plan shows proposed Olympic Plan with permanent and temporary venues located along a remediated Anacostia waterfront. Pedestrian bridges connect across the river, and RFK stadium is converted into a nationally prominent civic or cultural center. L
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KEY: A. Anacostia River B. Pedestrian Bridges C. Olympic Stadium D. Olympic Village E. Natatorium F. DC United Stadium G. Nationals Park H. Temporary Venues
I. Venue/Future Civic J. Streetcar Corridor K. Water Filtration Park L. Olympic Park M. Mixed-Use Corridors N. Buried Highway O. Olympic Lagoon P. Hain’s Point Venues
systems of influence
Olympic Visions
Investment CULTURAL visit
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investment
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Water Quality
PHYSICAL use spend in build use visit visit
River Commercial Corridors Infrastructure
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improve increase
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use + programming increase Waterfront Recreation
HUMAN Media Athletes
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Olympics and their host city should engage in a reciprocal relationship. Properly leveraged, the relationship can benefit both; the games themselves are a grand spectacle that creates a lasting impression of their host country and city. The massive undertaking on the part of the host city also provides an opportunity to create long lasting regional and local benefits. By using the Olympics to develop not only an improved transit system but also a waterfront filtration and rehabilitiation system for the Anacostia River, Washington can create a valuable legacy with long term benefits to an overlooked quadrant of the city. Easy access between transit and water as well as the introduction of pedestrian bridges linking back to the city across the river will improve the lives of current residents, and create new urban, mixed use neigbhorhoods linked to infrastructure to address the city’s long-term growth needs. Environment
Images (Right top to bottom): Olympic Park from RFK site with new pedestrian bridge and temporary venue. New transit stop and mixed use development along Minnesota Ave Streetcar line. Olympic Lagoon, adjacent to proposed Natatorium and the remediated Anacostia River, provide long term opportunities for eco-tourism, waterfront recreation and increased biodiversity.
Celebration: The Olympic Lagoon and Olympic Stadium will be a place to celebrate both the spectacle and the legacy of the games. Its visual connection to the existing Nationals Park and to the Capitol firmly locate the Olympics within the city of Washington, DC.
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Campion Hruby Landscape Architects 26 South Street Annapolis, MD 21401 410.280..8850 campionhruby.com
Team Members David C. Bagnoli Adam McGraw Kevin Campion Robert Hruby
Jeff McBride Nicole Keroack Steven Ni Ryan McEnroe
Steve Makrinos Emilie Carter Abby Thomas