Inaugurated the Olympic Villa of Paris 2024, “un ejemplo de ciudad del futuro”

The French president, Emmanuel Macron inaugurated this Thursday the Olympic Villa of the Paris Games, a construction that he considered “exemplary”, so much for its environmental character as for its proposal to welcome athletes and to become “un example of the city of the future”.

“You can be proud. Habéis cumplido las promesas, tanto de plazos como de presupeso“, assured the president before a group of workers who, during four years, raised the 82 housing blocks in which about 14,500 athletes will live during the Olympic and Paralympic Games next summer.

Located near the Estadio de Francia de Saint-Denis, which will house the athletics tests of the Games, la Villa Olímpica is called to become the epicenter of the event for athletes y ha sido pensada para facilitareles la vida.

Restaurants, leisure zones, 7.5 hectares of green spaces, walks on the banks of the Seineapartments with air conditioning but designed to attenuate the exterior temperature… los organizadores assuren que no han olvidado ningun detail para facilitar la vida de los deportistas.

The president visited the facilities, recorrió part of the 52 hectares that were converted into a new neighborhood divided between three municipalities in the north of the capital, in a place where there was an industrial zone on the banks of the Seine.

Accompanied by other political leaders, members of the Games Organizing Committee and some former athletes involved in the candidacy, Macron explained the work that “shows the French experience in the construction sector“.

“We are a country of constructors (…) and despite the covid crisis, the two years of inflation, the war in Ukraine, we have achieved the major project of France in a record time”, highlighted Macron, who pointed out that this same experience is serving to reconstruct the cathedral of Notre Dame, severely damaged by a fire in April 2019 and that it is expected to reopen its doors at the end of the year.

Buildings of the future

The president assured that the Villa Olímpica will inspire the sector in the next few years, both for the way it has fulfilled the environmental and social objectives, with four times fewer labor accidents than in a normal work, as for the heritage that will be left for the future

“Here we see the buildings that will be built in 2040, capable of withstanding the climatic conditions of 2050, both cold and hot“, said the head of the State about the system of geothermal energy and natural refrigeration with which it has been endowed to the constructions.

También destacó la innovation en los materials utilizados, que han permitido reducir un 47 % las misesiones contaminantes durante la construcción, pero que han servido de “laboratorio” para aplicaloro en el futuro.

With this Villa Olímpica, the main work raised for the Paris Games, which mostly opted for existing sports facilities, Macron assured that France “can be proud”.

“Los atletas van poder pasar los Juegos en las mejores condicions, vamos a coger aquí a todo el mundo“, assured the president, who also highlighted that he will leave “un legado” in this area north of Paris.

Porque en los años siguientes the Villa Olímpica will be converted into a new modern city, “lo que dejará richesa en el territorio”.

“Create enthusiasm”

For the president, this type of action will end up convincing the French, especially the Parisians and inhabitants of the region, of the goodness of the Games, which will contribute to attenuating their animosity towards an event that, for now, only the generic problems

“Los Juegos crean molestias, but dejan un legado (…) Sin los Juegos no se habryan creado todas estas viviendas que van a permaneran”, he pointed out.

He added that other initiatives of Paris 2024, such as the inauguration ceremony on the Seine, “will contribute to the French se sientan orgolosos”, which will end up creating enthusiasm among the population.