2000: Studies for the 2008 Olympic Games in Paris, France

© Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Studies for Installations for the 2008 Olympic Games in Paris, France, by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, 2006 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate.

When Paris, France vied to host the 2008 Olympic Games, Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha was one of the 12 architects invited to contribute ideas for a vast sports complex. He designed a model Olympic village in collaboration with Alexandre Delijaicov, Anna Ferrari, Cecilia Scharlach, Eduardo Colonelli, Emilie Boudet, Fernando de Mello Franco, Jorge Zaven Kurkdjian, Marta Moreira, Martin Corullon, Milton Braga, Rostko Kovacevic, Roberto Klein, and Silvio Oksman.

The Olympic Committee chose Beijing for the 2008 Games, so this project was never constructed.

^{~Pritzker Prize Committee}