Diller Scofidio & Renfro has triumphed over BIG and John McAslan & Partners in a competition to masterplan the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.

The practice’s team for the prestigious job in the city’s Porta Romana central south-east district consists of Outcomist, PLP and Carlo Ratti Associati with Gross. Max, Nigel Dunnett Studio, Arup, Portland Design, Systematica, Studio Zoppini, Aecom, Land and Artelia.

The scheme will see a 1,000-unit athletes’ village built alongside new offices, social housing, student housing and a 100,000sq m park at a 217,000sq m site at the disused Porta Romana railway yards.

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