


During the Olympic Games, various venues are needed for a very short time window. However these structures are often neglected or even unusable afterwards. For this purpose, the implementation of a redeployable temporary arena, easy to set up and flexible in its sporting use, provides a contemporary contribution to the question of portable structures and the advantages of building in steel.
Thanks to it’s high structural performance and durability, steel constructions can benefit from completely reversible dry-assembly and disassembly. This material is thus deemed particularly favourable for generating nomadic structures that have the capacity to be efficiently transported and deployed multiple times. Such a deployable, light and flexible structure - which can be set up in different locations - can be achieved by minimising the number of components and maximising the traction elements. This has been examined on the basis of several case studies.
The project intends to present a moveable arena in a credible way and is characterised by constructive simplicity, high flexibility and structural ease while remaining in accordance the guidelines for venues mandated by the International Olympic Committee. As transport and construction process are simplified by the use of a limited set of repeated, handy components, the highly complex nodes give the structure a constructive and architectural elegance. The designed construction kit makes it possible to achieve multiple configurations in order to react to different conditions of sports and occasions with simple adjustments without making spatial or operational compromises. The representation of the packed structure underlines the impressive comparison between the compactness during transport and generosity in the assembled state.