It is actually my first time to visit Olympic Village. I read about its superb design principles and livabilities in previous readings. But walking around the place is so different from just imaging the scene based on sentences of the book. I see designers trying to integrate the view with the architectural structure; I see the history of past industrial machines and the aboriginal spirit rise from parks and marshes; I see the thriving community in the process of creating its own sense of place as time goes by.