The Izu Velodrome is the first 250-meter indoor cycle track to be built in Japan. In creating a wooden indoor racetrack, the client aimed to introduce a facility that could host UCI Category-1 sprinting events and serve as a training ground for Japan’s top cycling athletes. Gensler worked with the client to select a wooden cycle track design specialist — from only three in the world — and worked closely with them, including assessing the facility’s lifecycle costs and creating a cost-effective strategy that balanced the design of permanent facilities with temporary ones used only during world-class races.