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The Youth Olympic Village will be an Olympic Village built for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the district of Villa Soldati, a southern neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
It will be located within the limits of the City Park, next to the Roca Park and the Predio Ferial Olímpico. It will consist of 1440 new apartments on 32 six-storeys buildings, totaling around 160.000 m2. During the YOG the village will host 7500 people, 30% of which will be located in 40m2 apartments, with 4 beds, 2 bedrooms and one bathroom; while the other 70% will live on 65m2 apartments, with 6 beds, 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms.
The design of the buildings of the Olympic Village was the result of six architectural competitions: five for the housing sector and a sixth for the fairgrounds. Each housing module includes elements of all the winning projects, this way the village achieves the architectural diversity of a big city.
The first foundation stone for the Athletes' Village was laid in May 6th, 2016 and it should be finished by December, 2017.
This area can be reached by Premetro tram at Cecilia Grierson station, or by the southern Metrobus line.