The Youth Olympic Village is an
Olympic Village
An Olympic Village is an accommodation center built for the Olympic Games, usually within an Olympic Park or elsewhere in a host city. Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes, as well as officials and athletic trainers. Afte ...
built for the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...
in the district of
Villa Soldati
Villa Soldati is a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the South-West of the city. It has a population of approximately 41,000 people, 40% of which live in Barrio Soldati, a public housing development built between 1973 and 1979.
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, a southern neighborhood of
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
. The village also hosted the closing ceremony.
It is located within the limits of the
City Park
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, next to the
Roca Park and the
Predio Ferial Olímpico. It consists of 1440 new apartments on 32 six-storeys buildings, totaling around 160,000 m
2. During the YOG the village hosted 7500 people, 30% of which were located in 40 m
2 apartments, with 4 beds, 2 bedrooms and one bathroom; while the other 70% lived in 65 m
2 apartments, with 6 beds, 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms.
The design of the buildings of the Olympic Village was the result of six architectural competitions: five for the housing sector and a sixth for the
fairgrounds
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. Each housing module includes elements of all the winning projects, this way the village achieves the architectural diversity of a big city.
The first foundation stone for the Athletes' Village was laid on May 6, 2016, and it should be finished by December, 2017.
This area can be reached by
Premetro tram at
Cecilia Grierson station, or by the southern
Metrobus line.
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Venues of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Olympic Parks
Olympic Villages