Cape Town 2040

Research, Urban Strategy & Visioning, Project Facilitation & Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Curation & Competitions

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Cape Town 2040 is a think tank focused on exploring how a future Olympic and Paralympic Games could benefit Cape Town and the Western Cape.
We assess the potential impact of the Games on sustainable development, resilience, and regional integration.

Through research, strategic planning, and engagement with urban practitioners, government bodies, athletes, and local communities, CT2040 aims to understand how the Games can accelerate investment and drive long-term positive change for the region.

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View our latest outputs:

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‍Sports Venue Assessment
This report evaluates Cape Town’s existing and potential Olympic sports venues, offering a baseline assessment against international standards and host city requirements. The work concluded that 84% of the competition venues for a potential future Olympic Games in Cape Town and the Western Cape are either existing or could be temporary, creating a solid foundation for a future bid
Download here. | Read the article here.

From Paris to Cape Town
We embarked on a learning mission to Paris 2024, and this report reflects on key insights and opportunities for Cape Town from one of the most sustainable and city-integrated Olympic Games to date.
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Preliminary Assessment of Accommodation
This early-stage report explores how Cape Town could meet Olympic accommodation needs—across athletes, media, and officials—through legacy-driven solutions like student housing and mixed-use development.
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Other collaborations:

Caesarstone Student Design Competition for Athlone Olympic Sports Centre

Cape Town 2040 and Our Future Cities invited the entrants to create a conceptual and functional design for a sports centre in Nantes Park, Athlone. The objective was for the design to be a permanent, shared services structure that acts as a unifying, youth - oriented gathering space and a central welcoming point. As the heartbeat for the new urban sports park, it needs to link the sports facilities in the short term and the potential Olympic Games in 2040.. Cape Town 2040 and Our Future Cities invited the entrants to create a conceptual and functional design for a sports centre in Nantes Park, Athlone. The objective was for the design to be a permanent, shared services structure that acts as a unifying, youth - oriented gathering space and a central welcoming point. As the heartbeat for the new urban sports park, it needs to link the sports facilities in the short term and the potential Olympic Games in 2040.

Watch the Judging Day here | Watch the Awards Ceremony here

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UCT Architecture collaboration on an Olympic Indoor Sports Arena

We partnered with Thomas Chapman and UCT Architecture students to explore design proposals for an Olympic-standard Indoor Arena in Athlone’s Vygieskraal precinct. This collaboration formed part of their “Landscapes of Community” studio led by Thomas Chapman(@local_studio ) under the theme “Spanning Athlone: Translating Large-Scale Sporting Venues for Urban Regeneration".

Students explored how a 7,000-seat arena can host indoor sports for an Olympic Games while supporting community regeneration and adapting for community use, training and local events after the Games. The final studio review took place on 20 March and the top proposals were submitted to the 2025 IOC IAKS Architecture and Design Award.

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