Summary:
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) designed the Milan Olympic Village, completed ahead of schedule under Italy’s first ‘partnering’ contract model, with COIMA handing over the 50,000 sqm complex to Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 in July 2025; it will host 1,300 athletes during the Winter Games before converting into Italy’s largest publicly supported student housing community with 1,700 beds.
- The post-Games conversion is set for a record four-month turnaround, delivering 450 subsidized student units supported by COIMA’s ESG City Impact Fund and the Fondo Nazionale Abitare Sociale, meeting 6% of Milan’s student housing demand and benefiting from potential public funding under Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
- Certified LEED Gold, the village achieves zero operational emissions through fossil fuel-free energy systems and sustainable construction methods, while integrated public green spaces and adaptable community facilities ensure a lasting social and environmental legacy within Milan’s broader Porta Romana urban regeneration.
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