Olympic Village being built without AC

With the Paris Olympics edging closer, sustainability seems to be the aim of the game with the return of the cardboard mattresses from Tokyo - which assemble in less than 12 minutes with no nails, screws, or glue - and the buildings themselves being made of wood with special engineering designed to maximise airflow, allowing the building to be up to 6 degrees lower than outside.

The Olympic Village is being built across three cities: Saint-Denis, Saint Ouen, and Île Saint-Denis, and will house 22,250 athletes throughout the Olympic and Paralympic games. Furthermore, the village has plans to be converted into a new neighbourhood once the games have finished, complete with 2,500 new homes, 1 student residence, 1 hotel, a 3-hectare landscaped park, about 7 hectares of gardens and parks, 120,000 sqm of offices and city services and 3,200 sqm of neighbourhood shops.

However, with the increasing temperatures of European summers, especially in cities, it is yet to be seen whether these buildings will be able to comfortably accommodate all the athletes; It is also unclear how France plans to market the new ‘neighbourhood’ once the games has ended.