More than 45% of the new Paris Athletes Village is made from timber, with a large portion prefabricated and installed on-site, “choosing the best construction methods to achieve an exceptional project in record time.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is according to Thomas Charmasson, President of Gipsen-Roux, the contractor responsible for one of the most impressive games infrastructure projects ever built. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seven years in the making, the Village\u2014 is close to opening after Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet and French President Emmanual Macon last month announced that major works had now finished \u2014costing \u20ac2 billion, billed as the most eco-friendly Village ever constructed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It includes 14,250 beds, 8,200 fans, and 5,535 sofas. Two athletes share 1,300 12-square-metre rooms, many sandwiched by laminated veneer lumber floors and ceiling panels.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to President Macon, the build “was completed on time, on budget and with exemplary social and environmental responsibility,” despite “COVID, two years of inflation and the war in Ukraine.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n