The 2029 Asian Winter Games will be hosted at a 60-square-kilometre skiing and outdoor activity resort that is set to be completed in 2026 as part of Neom, a renewable energy-powered region under development in Saudi Arabia.
"Trojena will have a suitable infrastructure to create the winter atmosphere in the heart of the desert, to make this Winter Games an unprecedented global event," explained Neom chief executive Nadhmi al-Nasr.
Named Trojena, the development is being designed by a team of architects from all over the world including UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects, Dutch practice UNStudio, international studio Aedas, German practice LAVA and Australian studio Bureau Proberts.
The masterplan was designed by LAVA, which has also designed a tunnel-shaped development described as a "futuristic folded-vertical village" by Neom.
Alongside the village will be a man-made freshwater lake designed by Bureau Proberts, while Zaha Hadid Architects "came up with other elements of the design", said Neom.
Aedas is designing the ski village itself, while UNStudio will create a series of ski-slope villas. In total, the development will contain more than 3,600 hotel rooms and 2,200 homes.
(Source:dezeen)
