hippodrome du
chateau de versailles
France
The Château de Versailles racecourse is not a permanent structure, but an innovative ephemeral installation created especially for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It has been set up at the Étoile Royale, in the grounds of the Château, in the immediate vicinity of the Grand Canal.
THE PROJECT :
Hippodrome
THE WORK :
Expert appraisal and various works at the Hippordrome du Chateau de Versailles, France, for the 2024 Olympic Games
DETAILS:
CUSTOMER: COJO
Project
context
the chateau de versailles racecourse, ephemeral infrastructure for the 2024 olympics
The Château de Versailles racecourse, erected for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, is an exceptional ephemeral installation nestled in the royal park, at the Étoile royale and bordering the Grand Canal. Designed to combine heritage enhancement and top-level equestrian sports, this 8,250 m² arena, surrounded by U-shaped stands accommodating up to 16,000 spectators, is the stage for dressage, show jumping and eventing competitions.
The cross-country course, meanwhile, stretches across the estate, with footbridges crossing the Grand Canal and a capacity of around 40,000 spectators. Based on a powerful dialogue between the art of dressage born at Versailles and the modernity of Olympic sport, the racecourse embodies the fusion of history, innovation and spectacle: a fleeting but memorable interlude, a promise to combine equestrian excellence and heritage majesty.
Work
carried out
our equestrian expertise for the 2024 olympics
- Expertise, diagnosis and recommendations for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, carried out on possible infrastructure works, track works, obstacle works
- Various interventions: drainage, shaping, coring, sandblasting, surface drainage cracks, water obstacles, reception and run-up areas, intersections, pruning and transplanting.
- Issues: preserving and conserving the site's flora and fauna & the reversibility of installations
of experience
worldwide
permanent
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equestrian surfaces
Gregori International renovates and manufactures technical floors, even in the most remote places on the planet, for all types of surfaces, open or not, for permanent or temporary use: equestrian arenas and riding arenas, paddocks, walkers, longe rings, Havrincourt rings, trotting tracks, gallop tracks, racecourses, polo fields, etc.
