Keyword: Inclusivity

The Friendly and Inclusive Spaces Awards were established to promote inspiring buildings and sites that have created socially sustainable environments through high quality architectural design.

The city Government of the Rio de Janeiro in collaboration with the Brazilian Institute of Architects-Rio de Janeiro announce an open, anonymous international competition in a single phase for the general urban plan of the Rio 2016 Olympic Park.

This competition is organized to select the best master plan for the Rio 2016 Olympic Park to relocated at Barra da Tijuca.

The Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be a sports celebration, which shall serve as a turning point for transformation, assuring a sustainable legacy to the city bringing about the development of solutions to improve the urban environment and quality of life of it’s citizens.

The competition was organised by the Établissement Public d’Aménagement de la Ville Nouvelle d’Évry. It was launched on 18 May 1971 by Maurice Doublet, Prefect of Greater Paris and Michel Boscher, Mayor, Member of Parliament for Évry and President of the Établissement Public d’Aménagement de la Ville Nouvelle. 

This two-phase international competition was approved by the International Union of Architects (UIA).