SUSTAINABLE BUILDING

OLYMPIC HOUSE -
IOC HQ,
SWITZERLAND
Prepared by Pauline Giannah T. Macatangay
OLYMPIC HOUSE - IOC HQ, SWITZERLAND
INTRODUCTION

Olympic House, located in Lausanne Switzerland, is the headquarters of the

International Olympic Committee (IOC) and serves as a symbol of the IOC’s
commitment to sustainability.

The Olympic House embodies the IOC’s mission to promote sustainability in

sports and serves as an example of how sustainable building practices can be
integrated into modern design. In this way, the Olympic House represents a
unique convergence of sustainability and sporting excellence.

Olympic House - IOC HQ, Switzerland

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HOW OLYMPIC HOUSE BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST

SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD?
 SUSTAINABLE SITES

RESPECTFUL INTEGRATION

Castle Le Château de Vidy

Lake Geneva

Incorporating the historic setting of the park, home to the

eighteenth-century castle Le Château de Vidy was a crucial
aspect of the project.

The shores of Lake Geneva are a protected area, and therefore

3XN, working with the IOC, approached the project with the
intent to achieve the highest level of integration within the
surrounding environment.

Olympic House - IOC HQ, Switzerland

 LAKE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM
The water will be used both to cool the building and to heat it by
using heat pumps to reverse the process.

Lake heating and Cooling system is a system that helps regulate the
temperature of the building according to the user’s comfortable
temperature seasonally.

PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
The roof of the Olympic House is covered with 3,000 square
meters of photovoltaic panels, which generate renewable
electricity from the sun.

Solar panels on the roof will produce an amount of

electricity equivalent to the consumption of 60 Swiss
households.
 RAINWATER HARVESTING
The building has a rainwater harvesting system that collects
rainwater from the roof and stores it in a cistern. The
collected water is used for irrigation and toilet flushing,
reducing the building's demand for potable water.

WATER EFFICIENCY
The Olympic House has several water-efficient features, such
as low-flow faucets, toilets, and urinals, which reduce the
building's water consumption.

This started with the building’s construction through its reuse of materials from the original IOC office onsite. However, the project
team did not have a short-term view of resource consumption. The Olympic House has been specifically designed to reduce resource
consumption over the course of its lifetime. First, the building made several innovations in water conservation. Low-flow faucets and
toilets were installed in bathrooms to decrease water use. Additionally, a 300 m3 rainwater harvester was built below the building. The
water collected here is stored and utilized for toilet flushing, car washing, and plant watering. This reduces the freshwater
consumption of the facility. In fact, with all of these innovations in place, municipal water consumption is expected to be reduced by
60% as compared to a standard new office building.

SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS

The Olympic House incorporates sustainable materials,

such as FSC-certified wood and low-emission paints
and adhesives, to minimize its environmental impact.

UNITY STAIRCASE
The full height of the building connects all floors
Reuse and Recover Bathroom Equipment
through a central atrium. The oak staircase and its
periphery define the central area for social activity and
movement.

REUSE AND RECOVER BATHROOM EQUIPMENT

Twenty sets of toilets, sinks tap and mirrors were given
to the organization to be dismantled, cleaned, and sold
as second-hand building materials.

LARGE MARBLE EQUIPMENT

One iconic piece of the old office building was a large
marble arch. This arch was preserved and reset in the
Unity Staircase Large Marble Equipment
Olympic House, helping to connect the IOC’s past with
its future.
 INDOOR
ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY
This started with an integration of
indoor and outdoor environments,
intentionally “bringing the outside
in”. Ninety percent of regularly
occupied spaces within the Olympic
House have access to outdoor views,
and natural daylight permeates
throughout the office.
GREEN ROOF HIGH
The building has a green roof, which PERFORMANCE
helps to reduce heat gain and
provides additional insulation. The
INSULATION AND
green roof also promotes biodiversity WINDOWS
and improves the building's aesthetic
The Olympic House has high-
appeal.
performance insulation and windows
that minimize energy loss and help to
maintain a comfortable interior
temperature.
 GREEN BUILDING

COUNCIL HOUSE 2,
MELBOURNE
Prepared by Pauline Giannah T. Macatangay
 COUNCIL HOUSE 2, MELBOURNE
INTRODUCTION

The City of Melbourne has set a formidable task for itself - to build a
revolutionary new building that harvests sunlight, cool night air, water, wind,
and rain to create a lasting landmark for one of the world's most livable cities -
through the design of Council House 2. It is affectionately known as CH2 to
differentiate it from the currently used Council House building, which is on the
adjacent site and has become known as CH1.

Council House 2, Melbourne

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HOW COUNCIL HOUSE 2 (CH2) BECOME A GREEN

BUILDING?
 INDOOR AIR QUALITY
THERMAL MASS
The vaulted ‘wavy’ ceilings are made from pre-cast concrete and therefore
have high thermal mass that, as it is in contact with the indoor air, helps
the building spaces to remain cooler during the day as the thermal mass
absorbs some of the excess heat. This heat is then released during night
purging.

CHILLED BEAM AND CEILING PANELS

Cold water will be used to remove most of the unwanted heat from the
building. The panels and beams simply run chilled water through them:
the water absorbs the heat from the air cooling it and taking the heat
away.

GREEN WALLS
CH2 has a unique natural ventilation system that brings in fresh air while
filtering out pollutants. The building also uses low-VOC materials and has
an indoor plant wall that helps purify the air.

Council house 2, Melbourne

 ENERGY EFFICIENCY

MICRO-TURBINE: CO-GENERATION
A gas-fired micro-turbine located in the roof plant room is used to
generate electricity, reducing reliance on the public electricity grid.
The process produces waste heat, the water-cooling of the turbine
produces steam, which is used to help the building’s air-conditioning
plant.

ENERGY EFFIENCY
SOLAR POWER: PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
CH2 includes 23 solar panels, which are equivalent to about
26 square metres of photovoltaic cells. These are located on
the roof and generate close to 3.5kW of electricity from the
sun’s energy. The amount of energy generated is
approximately equivalent to that required to power the
movement of the Western timber shutters.

WATER CONSERVATION

CH2 harvests rainwater and recycles wastewater, reducing the

building's water usage by 90%.

SHOWER TOWER

CH2 is cooled by timely management of the difference in

temperature between night air and day air. In this case, a whole
side of the building is opened up to direct air intake through
automatic shutters made from recycled wood.

This night vents the warmer air directly from the office and shop
spaces and cools down the overhead mass of concrete. The
warm air rises up to openings in the ceiling and then travels
through hollow floors to a vertical shaft and eventually to roof
vents. This passive treatment alone is enough to keep the
spaces comfortable for a part of the day. Cooled fresh air rises
up through floor registers throughout the day.

The remaining water is piped into basement storage where it is

cooled through a phase change apparatus and distributed when
needed.
 GREEN MATERIALS

The building's materials were chosen for their low environmental impact and recycled content. The building's
façade is made up of recycled aluminum (North Elevation), recycled wood (West Elevation)
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All sustainable buildings are green. But

not all green buildings are sustainable.

PRESENTED BY: MACATANGAY, PAULINE