I’m sure you’ve all been watching some of the greatest athletic events that happen but once every four years. At the Olympics, true talent comes out, competition is fierce, and the best man wins the gold. When the creme de la creme are performing on the world stage, you know the venues have to look spectacular! Berlin-based architecture firm Magma Architecture brings true talent to the table with their sustainable Shooting Range venue at this year’s Olympic games in London.

“Three mo­bile build­ings will ac­co­mo­date the 10, 25 and 50 m shoot­ing com­pe­ti­tions. Shoot­ing is a sport in which the re­sults and progress of the com­pe­ti­tion are hardly vis­i­ble to the eye of the spec­ta­tor. The de­sign of the shoot­ing venue was dri­ven by the de­sire to evoke an ex­pe­ri­ence of flow and pre­ci­sion in­her­ent in the shoot­ing sport through the dy­nam­i­cally curv­ing space.
All three ranges were con­fig­ured in a crisp, white dou­ble curved mem­brane façade stud­ded with vi­brantly col­ored open­ings. As well as an­i­mat­ing the façade these dots op­er­ate as ten­sion­ing nodes. The open­ings also act as ven­ti­la­tion in­take and door­ways at ground level.”

The venue looks like it’s either been shot with a paint gun, or a sea anemone lives inside. Either way, I think we’d all love to be in London right now taking in all of the amazing spectacles!

Written by Whitney Washington

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