Utilizing the unique potential of the site, located en route to
Madrid-Barajas Airport, the proposal for Madrid 2016 Olympics shooting
range is a target visible from the airplanes arriving and departing
from the airport.
Titled Una Nueva Diana Para Madrid (A New Target for Madrid), it is proposed for two stages.
STAGE I - During-Olympics
400 meters in radius, the proposed target is structured in three layers.
First layer is made up of concentric circles of infrastructural
framework along/within which the required Olympic programs are located,
ultimately following the iconographic geometry of a target.
Second layer subdivides the site into quadrants via two axial paths –
east/west & north/south to maximize access and connections between
different fields. Each quadrant accommodates a different category of
program per its unique requirements. Most outdoor fields require
orientation along north/south axis to create even lighting conditions
for all athletes. Hence training camps for qualification stages,
competition fields and athlete facilities are located in northeast
quadrant easily accessible to each other. For access control, all
publicly accessible areas are located along & south of the
east/west axial path that lead spectators from the parking area
provided on the western quadrants to the arenas in the northeast
quadrant.
Third layer is a large canopy structure based on an extruded hexagonal
pattern, which accommodates several categories of program elements.
Each program category is demarcated by an extrusion of hexagonal
modules to the ground level forming an aerially visible “bullet hole.”
STAGE II - Post-Olympics
The post-Olympics target is to farm solar energy, leaving a
sustainable legacy of the facility. Installed in north/south
orientation the farm will grow in counter-clockwise manner, providing
over 300 MW to sustain 153,000 homes and saving 180,000 MT of CO2
emission per year.
The platform will incorporate solar-tower technology with a field of
heliostats (mirrors that are guided according to the position of the
sun) laid out along concentric circles of the target.
Ultimately, Una Nueva Diana Para Madrid (A New Target for Madrid)
seeks to create not only an aerial image but also an intrinsic part of
the city and the memory of its citizens and visitors via its
iconographic presence distributed throughout the city in the form of
posters, flyers, key-chains.