The competition is "another important milestone in the long race New York has been in to bring the Olympic Games to New York City," says Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff.
The first step in creating an Olympic Village for 16,000 athletes, coaches and officials is an issuance for RFQs, which begins today with information posted on the committee's website. NYC2012 will then hold a question-and-answer opportunity until Oct. 24. At that time all the questions and answers will be posted on the website. Interested firms then have until Nov. 17 to submit the simple, nine-page request, according to Alexander Garvin, director of planning for NYC2012.
A 10-person Design Review Panel will then evaluate all the submissions and select five finalists for the design phase of the competition, he adds. The finalists will be revealed on Dec. 4. The first submissions due in November will include only the firm's name, the names of the people who will work on the project, proposed approaches and three visuals: a residential project already completed, a project that was not completed and the firm's favorite project. The submissions will not include any designs for the proposed village.
"All through this we will be working with Olympians," Garvin says. "There are two Olympians on the design panel … who lived in the villages and know what it is like."
If the city is selected as the host of the 2012 Olympic Games, the Olympic Village would be located in Queens West, across the East River from the United Nations. After the 17-day games, the village--which will consist of approximately 4,400 housing units--would become residential housing for 18,000 people. If the city loses its bid, the site would still be the future site of residential development, according to Doctoroff. There is already an approved housing plan for the area which will go through, "win or lose," he adds.
"If we do not receive the bid, the Queens West site, which forms the basis of the village, will go ahead," he says, "but probably not on the same timetable as if we were selected."
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