Milan’s Olympic Turn Exposes Strains Emerging with City’s Boom

Milan’s Olympic turn exposes strains emerging with city’s boom

The city’s rise has also brought growing pains, including gentrification and higher housing costs

A Century of Temporary Housing Experiments: Milano–Cortina and the Evolution of Olympic Villages

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games- Athletes Village (HARUMI FLAG). Image via Wikimedia Commons CC 2.0 With the Milano–Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics underway, it is worth looking back at how the Olympic Village has evolved from a purely functional solution into a strategic urban project. From improvised housing compounds to key pieces of urban regeneration, Olympic Villages have repeatedly functioned as large-scale experiments in how parts of the city can …