RIOOLYMPICS proposes a strategy for using the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro as an opportunity to accelerate a self-propelling process for change. The three-part report begins with an examination of the success of Barcelona’s Olympic Games in 1992, then by applying the model of Barcelona critically to Rio, opportunities are found in the backstage of this city. Finally, a systemic strategy for Rio is developed for avoiding the Olympic hangover and triggering change, embodied at the urban scale with a set of large-scale interventions on a specific site linked to a series of projects distributed throughout the city and around the Guanabara Bay.
Developed with Victor Muñoz Sanz
